Mississippifloden

Mississippi River
Mississippi River near Harpers Ferry, Iowa
Etymologi: Ojibwe word misi-ziibi, meaning "Great River", or gichi-ziibi, meaning "Big River"
Land	United States
Delstater	Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
Bifloder
- venstre	St. Croix River, Wisconsin River, Rock River, Illinois River, Kaskaskia River, Ohio River
- højre	Minnesota River, Des Moines River, Missouri River, White River, Arkansas River, Red River
Byer	Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN, La Crosse, WI, Quad Cities, IA/IL, St. Louis, MO, Memphis, TN, Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, LA
Udspring	Lake Itasca[1]
- sted	Itasca State Park, Clearwater County, MN
- højde	450 moh
- koord.	47°14′23″N 95°12′27″V / 47.23972°N 95.20750°V / 47.23972; -95.20750
Udmunding	Mexicanske Golf
- sted	Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, LA
- koord.	29°09′04″N 89°15′12″V / 29.15111°N 89.25333°V / 29.15111; -89.25333
Længde	3.766 km
Afvandingsomr.	2.981.076 km²
Kort over Mississippiflodens afvandingsområde.

Mississippifloden udspringer 450 meter over havet i Lake Itasca i det nordlige Minnesota. Mississippi løber ud i Den Mexicanske Golf ca. 160 km neden for New Orleans i Louisiana. Mississippifloden er den næstlængste flod i USA^[2]; den længste er Missouri-floden, der løber ind i Mississippifloden. Den samlede længde af de to floder er ca. 6.270 km, og tilsammen udgør de det største flodsystem i USA.

1. ^ The United States Geological Survey recognizes two contrasting definitions of a river's source.USGS.gov By the stricter definition, the Mississippi would share its source with its longest tributary, the Missouri, at Brower's Spring in Montana. The other definition acknowledges "somewhat arbitrary decisions" and places the Mississippi's source at Lake Itasca, which is publicly accepted as the source,USGS.gov and which had been identified as such by Brower himself.MT.gov Arkiveret 18. januar 2012 hos Wayback Machine
2. ^ Lengths of the major rivers på water.usgs.gov