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The Mississippi River


River Severn
| River Thames

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).

Country
USA
States it flows through
Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois, Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Minnesota
Length
6020 kilometres
Number of tributaries
250
Source
Lake Itasca in Minnesota
Mouth
Louisiana into the Gulf of Mexico

Further information

web.bryant.edu/~langlois/ecology/mississippihome.html

cgee.hamline.edu/rivers/Resources/river_profiles/mississippi.html

 
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