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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]
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.
HAER No. IL-27, "Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL", 52 photos, 16 data pages, 4 photo caption pages; HAER No. IL-28, "Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 17, New Boston, Mercer County, IL", 78 photos, 14 data pages, 5 photo caption pages
Steamboats played a major role in the 19th-century development of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, allowing practical large-scale transport of passengers and freight both up- and down-river. Using steam power, riverboats were developed during that time which could navigate in shallow waters as well as upriver against strong currents.
The inland and intracoastal waterways of the eastern United States. The inland waterways of the United States include more than 25,000 mi (40,000 km) of navigable waters. Much of the commercially important waterways of the United States consist of the Mississippi River System —the Mississippi River and connecting waterways.
The Upper Mississippi River is today the portion of the Mississippi River upstream of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, [ 1] at the confluence of its main tributary, the Missouri River. [citation needed] Historically, it may refer to the area above the Arkansas Post, above the confluence of Ohio River, or above Cape Girardeau .
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 Mississippi River which begins at the Mississippi River's source and extends to its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois.
Populated places on the Mississippi River. Included in this category are populated places and ghost towns which are located directly on the Mississippi River, or were historically located directly on the Mississippi River but are now located a distance from the river due to changes in the river's course. Wikimedia Commons has media related to ...