Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the chief river o the lairgest drainage seestem on the North American continent.[3][4]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ The Unitit States Geological Survey recognises twa contrastin defineetions o a river's soorce.USGS.gov Bi the stricter defineetion, the Mississippi would share its soorce wi its langest tributary, the Missouri, at Brower's Spring in Montana. The ither defineetion acknowledges "somewhit arbitrary decisions" an places the Mississippi's soorce at Loch Itasca, which is publicly acceptit as the soorce,USGS.gov an which had been identified as such bi Brower himsel.MT.gov Archived 2012-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Kammerer, J.C. (Mey 1990). "Largest Rivers in the United States". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 Februar 2011.
- ↑ United States Geological Survey Hydrological Unit Code: 08-09-01-00- Lower Mississippi-New Orleans Watershed
- ↑ "Lengths of the major rivers". United States Geological Survey. Archived frae the original on 5 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 14 Mairch 2009.
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