Description of Mississippi river

Source and the mouth of the river :

The source of the Mississippi River is Lake Itasca, 1,475 ft (450 m) above sea level in Itasca State Park located in Clearwater County, Minnesota, and has a coordinates of 47°14′23″N 95°12′27″W. The name "Itasca" is a combination of the last four letters of the Latin word for truth (veritas) and the first two letters of the Latin word for head (caput). The river mouth of Mississippi river is in the Gulf of Mexico, has 0 ft (0 m) of elevation and a coordinates of 29°09′13″N 89°15′03″W.


Itasca Lake, Minnesota(June 25, 1997) ; beginning of Mississippi river



















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Mississippi river delta



















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Gulf of Mexico in 3D





















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Tributaries of the river :

The Mississippi river is joined by many tributaries like the Minnesota River in the Twin Cities, the Wisconsin River in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, the St. Croix River, (Wisconsin), the Iowa River near the town of Wapello, Iowa, the Skunk River five miles south of Burlington, Iowa, the Des Moines River in Keokuk, Iowa, the Illinois River and the Missouri River near St. Louis, Missouri, which measures up to 2,341 mi (3,767km) and by the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois.


Some tributaries of Mississippi river

















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Across the Wisconsin river entering near Prairie du chien

















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Missouri River near St. Charles

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Missouri River near St. Louis





















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Cities that the river flowed through :

The Mississippi river also flows through cities like Bemidji, Minnesota ; Little Falls, Minnesota ; Saint Cloud, Minnesota ; Minneapolis, Minnesota ; St. Paul, Minnesota ; Winona, Minnesota ; La Crosse, Wisconsin ; Dubuque, Iowa ; Bettendorf, Iowa ; Davenport, Iowa ; Rock Island, Illinois ; Moline, Illinois ; Muscatine, Iowa ; Burlington, Iowa ; Fort Madison, Iowa ; Nauvoo, Illinois ; Keokuk, Iowa ; Quincy, Illinois ; Hannibal, Missouri ; St. Louis, Missouri ; Ste. Genevieve, Missouri ; Cape Girardeau, Missouri ; Cairo, Illinois ; New Madrid, Missouri ; Reverie, Tennessee ; Memphis, Tennessee ; Tunica, Mississippi ; Helena-West Helena, Arkansas ; Greenville, Mississippi ; Vicksburg, Mississippi ; Natchez, Mississippi ; Baton Rouge, Louisiana ; New Orleans, Louisiana ; Pilottown, Louisiana ; La Balize, Louisiana (historical).


Community of boathouses on the Mississippi River in Winona, MN (2006)

















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In Minnesota, the Mississippi River runs through the Twin Cities (2007)
















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The Mississippi River just north of St. Louis (2005)











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