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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.
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]
Natchez Trace Parkway Natchez Trace Parkway highlighted in brown Route information Maintained by NPS Length 444 mi (715 km) Existed May 18, 1938 (1938-May-18) –present Restrictions No trucks Major junctions South end Liberty Road in Natchez, MS Major intersections US 61 in Washington, MS US 61 in Port Gibson, MS MS 18 in Port Gibson, MS I-20 / US 80 in Clinton, MS US 49 in Jackson, MS I-55 ...
Interstate 40 in Tennessee. Interstate 40 ( I-40) is part of the Interstate Highway System that runs 2,556.61 miles (4,114.46 km) from Barstow, California, to Wilmington, North Carolina. [ 1] The highway crosses Tennessee from west to east, from the Mississippi River at the Arkansas border to the Blue Ridge Mountains at the North Carolina ...
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.
A map showing approximate areas of various Mississippian and related cultures (c. 800-1500 CE) This is a list of Mississippian sites. The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American culture that flourished in what is now the Midwestern, inland-Eastern, and Southeastern United States from approximately 800 CE to 1500 CE, varying regionally. [1]
John James Audubon Bridge: LA 10: St. Francisville and New Roads: 2011 Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge) US 190 Canadian Pacific Kansas City: Port Allen and Baton Rouge: 1940 Horace Wilkinson Bridge
The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a 72-mile (116 km) and 54,000-acre (22,000 ha) protected corridor along the Mississippi River through Minneapolis–Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota, from the cities of Dayton and Ramsey to just downstream of Hastings. This stretch of the upper Mississippi River includes natural ...