Source
The Source of the Mississippi river is Lake Itasca, Minnesota
Waterfall
There are 3 waterfalls through the run through the Mississippi River
St Anthony Falls: 49 Feet (14.9 M)
Grandfalls: 40 Feet (12.1 M)
Dunn's Fall: 65 Feet (19.8 M)
St Anthony Falls: 49 Feet (14.9 M)
Grandfalls: 40 Feet (12.1 M)
Dunn's Fall: 65 Feet (19.8 M)
Meanders
A Meander is a winding and twisty part in a river and it can create an Oxbow Lake (Found in next Part of Features of Rivers)
Ox-Bow Lake
An Ox-Box Lake is a lake formed by a meander that tries to make a shorter route by connecting to the other side and destroys land and cut across and forms an Oxbox Lake
Tributaries
The Mississippi River has a few tributaries such as the The Arkansas River, The The White River, The Red River and The Big Black River.
River Basin
The Mississippi River drainage basin cover 1,245,000 sq miles of land and is the 3rd largest Drainage basin in the world after the Amazon and the Nile.
Rapids
The Mississippi Rivers rapid is called the Grand Rapid in the state of Minnesota
Delta
The Mississippi delta supports some of Americas economy and wildlife. Through the past few years birds and fish have been losing their habitats and the Mississippi delta has been sinking into the Gulf of Mexico because of rising seas and strong hurricanes.
Estuary
The Mississippi Estuary is 30 miles (50km) long where the river flows into its own Delta. The Mississippi river discharges on average 4.75 million gallons (18 million litres) of water per second.
Mouth
The Mouth of the Mississippi River is in New Orleans, Louisiana and flow into the Gulf of Mexico (As shown on map)