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1、MississippiRiverFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumpto:navigation,searchFortheriverinCanada,seeMississippiRiver(Ontario).Coordinates:29°09′13″N89°15′03″W/29.15361°N89.25083°W/29.15361;-89.25083MississippiRiverLowercourseoftheMississippithroughNewOrleansCountry UnitedStates
2、StatesMinnesota,Wisconsin,Iowa,Illinois,Missouri,Kentucky,Tennessee,Arkansas,Mississippi,LouisianaTributaries - leftSt.CroixRiver,IllinoisRiver,RockRiver,OhioRiver - rightMinnesotaRiver,MissouriRiver,WhiteRiver,ArkansasRiver,RedRiverCitiesMinneapolis,MN,St.Paul,MN,Davenport
3、,IA,St.Louis,MO,Memphis,TN,BatonRouge,LA,NewOrleans,LASourceLakeItasca[1] - locationItascaStatePark,ClearwaterCounty,MN - elevation1,475 ft(450 m) - coordinates47°14′23″N95°12′27″W/47.23972°N95.2075°W/47.23972;-95.2075MouthGulfofMexico - locationPilottown,PlaqueminesParish,
4、LA - elevation0 ft(0 m) - coordinates29°09′13″N89°15′03″W/29.15361°N89.25083°W/29.15361;-89.25083Length2,320 mi(3,734 km)Basin1,151,000 sq mi (2,981,076 km2)DischargeforBatonRouge,LA - average450,000 cu ft/s(12,743 m3/s)[2]Mapofthecourse,watershed,andmajortributariesoftheMi
5、ssissippiRiverDetailedmapofMississippiRivertributarystructureTheMississippiRiveristhelargestriversystemintheUnitedStatesandthelargestofNorthAmerica.[3][4]About2,320 miles(3,730 km)long,[5]theriveroriginatesatLakeItasca,Minnesotaandflowsslowlysouthwardsinsweepingmeanders,ter
6、minating95rivermilesbelowNewOrleans,LouisianawhereitbeginstoflowtotheGulfofMexico.Alongwithitsmajortributary,theMissouriRiver,theriverdrainsallorpartsof31U.S.statesstretchingfromtheRockyMountainsinthewesttotheAppalachianMountainsintheeasttotheCanada-U.S.borderonthenorth,inc
7、ludingmostoftheGreatPlains,andisthefourthlongestriverintheworldandthetenthmostpowerfulriverintheworld.ThecurrentformoftheMississippiRiverbasinwaslargelyshapedbytheCordilleranIceSheetofthemostrecentIceAge.Thesouthernmostextentofthisenormousglaciationextendedwellintothepresen
8、t-dayUnitedStatesandMississippibasin.Whentheicesheetbegantorecede,hundredsoffeetof
