Top 8 Great Facts About The Mississippi River

It’s the second-longest river in North America

With a length of 3,730 kilometers (2,320 miles), the Mississippi River is the second-longest river in North America. Only one of its many tributaries, the Missouri River, is longer with a total length of 3,768 kilometers (2,341 miles).

Only 1 percent of its drainage basin is located in Canada

If you look closely at the map below, you can also see that it partially drains areas in 2 Canadian provinces, right in between the Appalachian Mountains in the East and the Rocky Mountains in the west. Regardless, this only makes up 1% of the total drainage basin area.

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