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The Mississippi River. By Louis and Alice. Introduction. The Mississippi river is the largest river in America. It starts up in the mountains and flows through gorges and waterfalls and past muddy swamps and many houses. The Mississippi river has a length of 2,320 miles.
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The Mississippi River By Louis and Alice
Introduction • The Mississippi river is the largest river in America. • It starts up in the mountains and flows through gorges and waterfalls and past muddy swamps and many houses. • The Mississippi river has a length of 2,320 miles. • The Mississippi drains most of the area between the Rocky Mountains except the areas drained by Hudson Bay. • The river starts in Minnesota and then empties into the Gulf of Mexico. click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River
Wildlife in Mississppi It has many wooded islands with hardwood forests and wildlife like sloths, canvasback ducks, Tundra swans, white-tailed deer and muskrats. Click here to find out more
Living By the river The population of people living by the river is massive, at last count, 2,844,658 People living by the river are used to floods so they are not scared when a flood evolves. There are a lot of houses next to the Mississippi and a lot of facilities.
Mississippi Quiz The Mississippi is largest river in America? True or False Where does the river start? Minnesota or the Gulf of Mexico What is the population by the river? 2,844,658 or 2,334,765