The Mississippi is a very important river for the United States, it is the second longest river in the country, surpassed only by Missouri.
The Missouri River is one of the tributaries of the Mississippi, together making up the largest basin in all of North America. The name Mississippi comes from ojibwe misi-ziibi, which means “great river”.
The Mississippi River starts at Lake Itasca, in Itasca State Park, in the US state of Minnesota, and flows through crossing the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Mississippi has the third largest river basin in the world, surpassed in size by the Amazon and Congo basins.
This important water resource crosses the North American territory in the north-south direction, because of this characteristic it was of fundamental importance in the occupation process of the country, in addition, in the second half of the 19th century, steam vessels were created that soon became indispensable in the commercial flow developed in the States. United.
The Missouri and Ohio Rivers are voluminous and are the main tributaries of the Mississippi. These tributaries meet and at the place of confluence there are occasionally significant floods and so as not to cause damage to some In urban and rural areas dikes and protection reservoirs are erected, but even so sometimes floods break these barriers. built.
By Eduardo de Freitas
Graduated in Geography
Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/geografia/rio-mississipi.htm