Bodies of Water
The Mississippi
Also Known As Misi-ziibi Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) for "great river" (misi, great; ziibi, river), the source of the English name Mississippi.
Rivers
The Mississippi is the principal river of the United States, rising at Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota and flowing roughly 3,730 kilometers south to the Gulf of Mexico through a delta below New Orleans. Its drainage basin covers all or part of thirty-two states and two Canadian provinces, one of the largest river systems on Earth, and its combined length with the Missouri, its longest tributary, runs considerably farther than the Mississippi measured alone.
Facts
Area (sq km)Area given is the river's total drainage basin, not a water surface. Elevation (m) Length (km)Measured from the river's own source at Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. The combined Missouri-Mississippi system, counting the Missouri as the headwaters, is considerably longer and is sometimes cited in its place. Connections
Associated With
Source Mississippi River (Wikipedia)
United States, Countries The Mississippi own entity-description already places it as a defining river system of the United States.
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Flows Through
Source Mississippi River (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. National Geographic Atlas of the World
National Geographic Society, 2019
2. Mississippi River (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Source elevation (Lake Itasca)
1,475 ft (450 m)
Infobox, Mouth coordinates field
29.15111N 89.25333W
Associated With: New Orleans, Lead section, Atchafalaya diversion passage
prevent the lower Mississippi from shifting into the channel of the Atchafalaya River and bypassing New Orleans
View the Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mississippi River (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationFlows Through: United States, Infobox, Country fieldQuote, Flows Through: United States, Infobox, Country field
United States
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