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  2. Mississippi River - Wikipedia

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    The Mississippi River [b] is the primary river, and second-longest river, of the largest drainage basin in the United States. [c] [15] [16] From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,766 km) [16] to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.

  3. Mississippi River System - Wikipedia

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    The Mississippi River System, also referred to as the Western Rivers, is a mostly riverine network of the United States which includes the Mississippi River and connecting waterways. The Mississippi River is the largest drainage basin in the United States. [3] In the United States, the Mississippi drains about 41% of the country's rivers.

  4. Upper Mississippi River - Wikipedia

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    In terms of geologic and hydrographic history, the Upper Mississippi east and south of Fort Snelling is a portion of the now-extinct Glacial River Warren which carved the valley of the Minnesota River, permitting the immense Glacial Lake Agassiz to join the world's oceans at the Gulf of Mexico. The collapse of ice dams holding back Glacial Lake ...

  5. McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System - Wikipedia

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    A map of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System ( MKARNS) is part of the United States inland waterway system originating at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and running southeast through Oklahoma and Arkansas to the Mississippi River. The total length of the system is 445 miles ...

  6. List of locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River

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    USACE St. Paul District Locks and Dams; Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) historical overviews: . HAER No. MN-20, "Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project History, Mississippi River between Minneapolis & Guttenberg, IA, Red Wing vicinity, Goodhue County, MN", 48 data pages (Lock & Dam Nos. 3–10)

  7. Mississippi River Delta - Wikipedia

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    2001 Image of the active delta front before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed much of the delta in 2005. The Mississippi River Delta is the confluence of the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana, southeastern United States. The river delta is a three-million-acre (4,700 sq mi; 12,000 km 2) area of land that stretches from ...

  8. List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River - Wikipedia

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    List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River. The inland and intercoastal waterways, with the Upper Mississippi highlighted in red. The first bridge (and only log bridge) over the Mississippi, about 25 feet south of its source at Lake Itasca. This is a list of all current and notable former bridges or other crossings of the Upper ...

  9. Lists of crossings of the Mississippi River - Wikipedia

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    Lists of crossings of the Mississippi River. This topic is split into two separate articles: List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River – crossings north of the Ohio River. List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River – crossings south of the Ohio River. Categories: Lists of geography lists.

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