Mississippi River
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Farm runoff in 41 watersheds feeding Mississippi...The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it aims to stop agricultural runoff in 41 watersheds in 12 states from ending up in the Mississippi River. The departments says it has $320 million for farmers who want to slow runoff. The agency is... In this article: Mississippi, Mississippi River, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Oxygen, Iowa, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans, Missouri, and Kentucky |
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Va. Girl finds dinosaur bone at park in Maryland
...near Contee Road, has been producing fossils since the 1850s, forming what experts call the most important dinosaur site east of the Mississippi River. In 2005, an amateur explorer found a two-foot dinosaur leg bone. The Maryland-National...
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | 2 days ago
Mississippi River levee bonfire building threatened by high water levels
Matthew Hinton/The Times-PicayuneA ship floats down the Mississippi River in Paulina where posts and a sign on the east bank mark the spot for a Christmas bonfire to be built. The Army Corps of Engineers has halted the building of the...
In this article: Christmas Eve, St. James Parish, and Army Corps of Engineers
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 4 days ago
Metro East levee troubles are regional issue.
A plague of "sand boils" undermining an important Mississippi River levee in Alton is an ominous reminder of the critical need for extensive flood protection improvements in the Metro East. Engineers discovered the problem at the Alton...
In this article: Best interests, Tax, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Wood River
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Reuters | 6 days ago
Feared Asian carp may be near U.S. Great Lakes
...Sanitary Ship Canal, which is fed by several waterways that flow away from Lake Michigan. The canal is connected by various rivers to the Mississippi River. Two electrical barriers constructed in recent years in the canal near Chicago were...
In this article: Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, Silver, Chicago River, National Wildlife Federation, and Rotenone
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AP Online | 6 days ago
Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
...Great Lakes adviser to Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Asian carp escaped from Southern fish farms into the Mississippi River during 1990s flooding and have been migrating northward since. The monstrous creatures...
In this article: Lake Michigan, Silver, Great Lakes, Calumet River, Chicago, and Invasive species
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Body found in Mississippi River was Metairie man who had been missing for weeks
Tracking local crime, criminal justice and courts news in metro New Orleans, Louisiana Body found in Mississippi River was Metairie man who had been missing for weeks A man whose body was found floating in the Mississippi River in Gretna...
In this article: New Orleans, Louisiana
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Body pulled from Mississippi River in Gretna
Tracking local crime, criminal justice and courts news in metro New Orleans, Louisiana Body pulled from Mississippi River in Gretna New Orleans Harbor Police officers pulled a body out of the Mississippi River in Gretna this morning,...
In this article: New Orleans, Louisiana
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Mississippi River is a tributary of the Ottawa River in eastern Ontario in Canada. It is in length from its source in Upper Mazinaw Lake, has a drainage area of , and has a mean discharge of . It rises east of the Kawartha lakes and flows northeast through Crotch, Dalhousie, and Mississippi Lakes, past Carleton Place, through the municipality of Mississippi Mills and the town of Almonte, then north to join the Ottawa River just east of Arnprior.
Tributaries include the:
* Clyde River
* Indian River
* Fall River
The river originally powered textile mills. Today, it provides hydroelectric power.
The Purdon Conservation Area, a wetland in this river's watershed, contains Canada's largest native colony of showy lady slipper orchids, some 16,000 plants.
The origin of the river's name is something of a mystery; although its current spelling may be derived from that of its much larger American cousin, it is most certainly a corruption of a different native name, as the translation 'great water' would not apply to a relatively minor tributary of the Ottawa, definitely the largest river in the area. Instead, the name may originate from "Mazinaa[bikinigan]-ziibi", Algonquian for '[painted] image river', referring to the pictographs found on Mazinaw Lake, though this is by no means proven.
- Name:
- Mississippi River
- Basin Countries:
- Canada
- Mouth:
- Ottawa River at
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