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HAER No. MO-34, "Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam Complex No. 20, Canton, Lewis County, MO", 33 photos, 18 data pages, 2 photo caption pages HAER No. MO-35, " Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam Complex No. 22, Saverton, Ralls County, MO ", 21 photos, 15 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
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.
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 Chippewa River Basin. Located in Michigan and Wisconsin. 9,570 sq mi (24,800 km 2) HUC0705: 0706 Upper Mississippi–Maquoketa–Plum Subregion: The Mississippi River Basin below the Root River Basin west of the Mississippi River and the La Crosse River Basin east of the Mississippi River to Lock and Dam 13, excluding the Wisconsin River Basin.
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is the longest contiguous river refuge in the continental U.S., spanning 261 river miles from Wabasha, Minnesota to Rock Island, Illinois.
This article lists rivers by their average discharge measured in descending order of their water flow rate. Here, only those rivers whose discharge is more than 2,000 m 3 /s (71,000 cu ft/s) are shown. It can be thought of as a list of the biggest rivers on Earth, measured by a specific metric. For context, the volume of an Olympic-size ...
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.
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge protects more than 240,000 acres of floodplain along the river from Wabasha, Minnesota, to Rock Island, Illinois, including much of ...