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The city sits on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River at the site of the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, just south of the mouth of the Wolf River. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 294.8 sq mi (763.4 km 2 ), of which 279.3 sq mi (723.4 km 2 ) is land and 15.4 sq mi (40.0 km 2 ), or 5.24%, is water.
In 1988, the water level of the Mississippi fell to 10 feet (3.0 m) below zero on the Memphis gauge. The remains of wooden-hulled water craft were exposed in an area of 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) on the bottom of the Mississippi River at West Memphis, Arkansas. They dated to the late 19th to early 20th centuries.
The International Port of Memphis covers both the Tennessee and Arkansas sides of the Mississippi River from river mile 725 (km 1167) to mile 740 (km 1191). [175] A focal point of the river port is the industrial park on President's Island , just south of Downtown Memphis .
Mississippi River: Locale: West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee: Official name: Memphis & Arkansas Bridge: Maintained by: TDOT & ARDOT: ID number: 79I00550101: Characteristics; Design: Cantilevered through truss bridge: Total length: 5,222 feet (1,592 m) Width: 52 feet (16 m) Longest span: 791 feet (241 m) Clearance below: 112 feet (34 ...
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]
Mississippi River water levels are plummeting to an all-time low this week at Memphis in the wake of a sweltering summer and ongoing drought – setting a record for the second consecutive year ...
Hatchie River: Mississippi River: 238 mi (383 km) Bolivar: Hickman Creek: Hiwassee River: Tennessee River: 147 mi (237 km) Charleston: Holston River: Tennessee River: 136 mi (219 km) Kingsport: Indian Creek (Caney Fork River tributary) Caney Fork River: Buffalo Valley (Putnam County) Indian Creek (Tennessee River tributary) Tennessee River ...
Prior to around year 400, the creek flowed from its headwaters west-northwesterly until the location of the present-day I-240/TN 385 interchange. From there it continued across what is now East Memphis and Midtown and connected with the Wolf River just before it empties into the Mississippi River.