Mississippi

The great river of North America, draining thirty-one states and a Canadian province into the Gulf of Mexico.

Specifications & Metrics

length

about 3,770 km

Core Principles & Analysis

• With its Missouri tributary it forms the longest river system in North America.
• Mark Twain took his pen name from the leadsman's call: mark twain, two fathoms.
• Its delta is so large that its sediment built most of coastal Louisiana.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Mississippi