Top 8 Great Facts About The Mississippi River

It also has the second-largest drainage basin in North America

The drainage basin of the Mississippi River is enormous and covers a total area of 2,980,000 square kilometers (1,151,000 square miles). This makes it the second-largest drainage basin in North America as only that of the Hudson Bay drainage system is larger at 3,861,400 square kilometers (1,490,900 square miles).

Read more on the next page...