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2 days ago · The Mississippi River is the primary river, and second-longest river, of the largest drainage basin in the United States. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,766 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.
3 days ago · Mississippi River, the longest river of North America, draining with its major tributaries an area of approximately 1.2 million square miles (3.1 million square km), or about one-eighth of the entire continent. The Mississippi River lies entirely within the United States.
3 days ago · The surface expression of the many sub-deltas is the Mississippi delta, with an area exceeding 11,000 square miles (28,500 square km). Stretching its distributaries into the gulf, the Mississippi once delivered some 220 million tons of sediment there each year, most of it as silt.
4 days ago · The Mississippi drainage basin includes the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers, the two longest main-stem rivers in the United States, as well as 18 more of the rivers on this list. The Mississippi main stem is highlighted in dark blue.
Jun 28, 2024 · Overview of the Missouri River, the longest tributary of the Mississippi River and second longest river in North America
2 days ago · The Mississippi River is the second longest river in the United States, with a length of 2,320 mi (3,734 km) from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in Gulf of Mexico. The longest is its tributary the Missouri River measuring 2,341 mi (3,767 km).
Jun 15, 2024 · The Mississippi River actually flows more than 2,350 miles along, starting in the central US and ending in the Mexican Gulf. 2. It competes with the world’s longest rivers. The Mississippi River is actually one of the longest rivers on a global scale, too.
