Map Mississippi River Watershed
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The table below lists the watersheds by name.
Map mississippi river watershed. The animated map above made by nasas scientific visualization studio highlights the rivers huge watershed and every river in it conveying a magnitude that can be hard to fathomthe map is. The mississippi river is the second longest river and chief river of the second largest drainage system on the north american continent second only to the hudson bay drainage system. Its source is lake itasca in northern minnesota and it flows generally south for 2320 miles 3730 km to the mississippi river delta in the gulf of mexicowith its many tributaries the mississippis watershed.
Map of mississippi river map of mississippi river. Mississippi river has many tributaries which help in the drainage to all the 31 us states and as well as two canadian provinces which are between rocky and appalachian mountains and the mississippi river is the 15 th largest and 4 th longest river in the world. The river passes through various states of united states which are minnesota.
The illinois river is a principal tributary of the mississippi river. The river runs approximately 273 miles 439 km long in the us. This river was important among native americans and early french traders as the principal water route connecting the great lakes with the mississippi.
The mississippi watershed is the largest drainage basin in north america at 32 million square kilometers in area. The usgs has created a database of this area which indicates the direction of waterflow at each point. By assembling these directions into streamflows it is possible to trace the path of water from every point of the area to the mouth of the mississippi in the gulf of mexico.
This map shows the 8 major basins and 81 major surface water watersheds there are none numbered 6 45 or 64 in minnesota.
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