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This is a sortable list of tributaries of the Mississippi River .
2 dni temu · Mississippi River, the longest river of North America, draining with its major tributaries an area of approximately 1.2 million square miles, or about one-eighth of the entire continent. With its tributaries, the Mississippi River drains all or part of 31 U.S. states and two provinces in Canada.
The Mississippi River is the largest drainage basin in the United States and the second-longest river in North America. It is also the 15 th largest river by discharge in the world. This schematic map of the Mississippi and its major tributaries shows the extent of this watershed.
From the perspective of natural geography and hydrology, the system consists of the Mississippi River itself and its numerous natural tributaries and distributaries. The major tributaries are the Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Red rivers.
Other major tributaries of the Upper Mississippi include the Crow River in Minnesota, the Chippewa River in Wisconsin, the Maquoketa River and the Wapsipinicon River in Iowa, and the Illinois River in Illinois. The Upper Mississippi River at its confluence with the Missouri River north of St. Louis.
The Mississippi River flows 3,778 kilometers from Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota to its delta in southern Louisiana. Its river basin starts in southern Ohio and ends on the coasts of Louisiana, draining 4.76 million square kilometers. The river includes tributaries from thirty-two U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.
17 mar 2015 · The principal tributaries of the Mississippi River are Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, and the Red rivers. The map below shows the major tributaries of the Mississippi river system. The Mississippi River has the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent (after the Hudson Bay drainage system).
