Mississippi River

River, central U.S. It rises at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and flows south, meeting its major tributaries, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, about halfway along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. It enters the Gulf southeast of New Orleans, after a course of 2,350 mi (3,780 km). It is the largest river in North America, and with its tributaries it drains an area of 1.2 million sq mi (3.1 million sq km). Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto was the first European to discover the river in 1541. French explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette traveled down it in 1673 as far as the Arkansas River. French explorer La Salle reached the delta in 1682 and claimed the entire Mississippi region for France, as Louisiana. France kept control over the upper river, but the lower portion passed to Spain in 1769. It was designated the western boundary of the U.S. in 1783. France sold it to the U.S. in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. During the American Civil War, Union forces captured Vicksburg, Miss., in 1863, breaking the Confederate hold on the river. As the central river artery of the U.S., it is one of the busiest commercial waterways in the world.

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Around the Great Lakes and along much of the Mississippi watershed, facility operators lose about $1 billion each year to the mussel.

Gunning for the gut: tiny particles might fight invasive zebra mussels by Harder, B. / Science News

The group represents about 300 Algonquins who claim the Upper Rideau and Mississippi watersheds north of Kingston, Ont.

Hunting rights of Metis and non-status Indians upheld by court by Christine Wong / Wind Speaker

Focusing on the Des Plains and Mississippi watersheds, the project aims to increase awareness of upstream action and downstream impact and by providing one tip per day on a website, creating a watershed workbook for elementary, middle and high school students; and creating a water monitoring network in the Mississippi River online.

American Water Funds 2009 Environmental Grant Programs by Business Wire

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Mississippi Bubble, the

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