Mississippi Drainage Basin Borders
The missouri river is the longest river in north america.
Mississippi drainage basin borders. This list is arranged by drainage basin with respective tributaries indented under each larger streams nameall rivers in mississippi eventually flow into the gulf of mexico. The drainage basin empties into the gulf of mexico part of the atlantic ocean. Despite being the third largest river system in the world the exact source of the mississippi is not clear.
The mississippi river has the worlds fourth largest drainage basin watershed or catchment. Rising in the rocky mountains of western montana the missouri flows east and south for 2341 miles 3767 km before entering the mississippi river north of st. Detailed map of the mississippi watershed.
Wisconsin and four other states co manage the upper mississippi river which comprises about 1250 miles. States and two canadian provinces. Water from parts or all of 31 states drains into the mississippi river and creates a drainage basin over 1245000 square miles in size.
States that border the mississippi river minnesota. Mount elbert in colorado is the highest point in the watershed at 14440 feet 4400 m. Interactive map is under construction.
Basin management branch chief natalie segrest. A basin is an area of land that drains into a major river or other sizable water body. The total catchment of the mississippi river covers nearly 40 of the landmass of the continental united states.
There are nine major river basins in mississippi. Louis missourithe river drains a sparsely populated semi arid watershed of more than 500000 square miles 1300000 km 2 which includes parts of ten us. It runs through or borders ten states in the united states minnesota wisconsin iowa illinois missouri kentucky arkansas tennessee mississippi and louisiana before emptying into the gulf of mexico about 100 miles 160 km downstream from new orleans.
Shannon1 cc by sa 40 with data from usgs. Lake itasca a glacial lake located in itasca state park in minnesota. It stretches for 1469 miles flowing through the states arkansas kansas oklahoma and colorado.
Mississippi river is the second largest drainage system in north america located almost entirely in the us with the drainage basin reaching as far as canada. The basin empties into the gulf of mexico about 160 km 100 miles downstream from new orleans. The headwaters of the mississippi river have historically been recorded as being in lake itasca in the.
The mississippi river originates as a tiny outlet stream from lake itasca in northern minnesota. The mouth of the arkansas river is located at napoleon in arkansas and has a drainage basin of about 170000 square miles. Find your basin and contact basin coordinator for information.
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