Mississippi River
What places does the mississippi river impact?
and if you can, could you please also tell me any features the mississippi river have?
The Mississippi and its tributaries drain almost all the plains between the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. Its drainage basin is the third largest in the world, exceeded in size only by the watersheds of the Amazon and Congo Rivers. The drainage basin covers 1,247,300 square miles (3,230,490 square kilometers) in 31 states and 2 Canadian provinces. This area encompasses the nation’s most productive agricultural and industrial regions. The Mississippi is the nation’s chief navigable water route. Barges and towboats on the Mississippi River System carry sixty percent of the agricultural goods, industrial products, and raw materials transported on inland waterways.
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Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
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