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Wikipedia: The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. About 2,320 miles (3,730 km) long, the river originates at Lake Itasca, Minnesota, and flows slowly southwards in sweeping meanders, terminating 95 miles (153 km) by river below New Orleans, where it begins to flow to the Gulf of Mexico. Along with its major tributary, the Missouri River, the river drains all or parts of 31 U.S. states stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the Canada–US border on the north, including most of the Great Plains, and is the fourth longest river in the world and the tenth most powerful river in the world.
![[Campsite at the river in Arkansas]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mississippi_River_Sandbar_Sunset_s.jpg "Campsite at the river in Arkansas")
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![[View to the Southwest along the former riverbed of the Mississippi River, just South of the Tennessee/Arkansas...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Reverie_TN_08_former_MS_river_S_s.jpg "View to the Southwest along the former riverbed of the Mississippi River, just South of the Tennessee/Arkansas...")
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![[The Stone Arch Bridge, the Third Avenue Bridge and the Hennepin Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Minn04_s.jpg "The Stone Arch Bridge, the Third Avenue Bridge and the Hennepin Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis")
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![[The Mississippi River just north of St. Louis (2005)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Miss_R_dam_27_s.jpg "The Mississippi River just north of St. Louis (2005)")
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![[In Minnesota, the Mississippi River runs through the Twin Cities (2007)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Missrivermpls_s.jpg "In Minnesota, the Mississippi River runs through the Twin Cities (2007)")
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![[Sequence of NASA MODIS images showing the outflow of fresh water from the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MississippiRiver_GulfMex_MODIS_2004jul_aug_s.jpg "Sequence of NASA MODIS images showing the outflow of fresh water from the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico")
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