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At the end of the Mississippi there is a zone in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] where very few animals can survive comfortably because of the [[fertilizer]] and other chemicals that run off of farms into the river and its tributaries, which then dump them into the [[gulf]].<ref>[http://toxics.usgs.gov/hypoxia/hypoxic_zone.html Hypoxic zone-USGS]</ref> |
At the end of the Mississippi there is a zone in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] where very few animals can survive comfortably because of the [[fertilizer]] and other chemicals that run off of farms into the river and its tributaries, which then dump them into the [[gulf]].<ref>[http://toxics.usgs.gov/hypoxia/hypoxic_zone.html Hypoxic zone-USGS]</ref> |
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==Transportation== |
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The Mississippi has been extremely important for transportation in the history of the United States. In the 1800s, many [[steamboat|steamboats]] traveled on the Mississippi River. [[St. Louis, Missouri]], [[Memphis, Tennessee]], and New Orleans were important port cities. |
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== The Mississippi River in books == |
== The Mississippi River in books == |
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Revision as of 13:13, 16 July 2013
The Mississippi River is a river in the United States. It is one of the longest rivers in the world.
The name "Mississippi" comes from a Native American name that means "big river."
The source of the Mississippi is in the state of Minnesota, near the border with Canada. The Mississippi flows south through the middle of the United States. It flows past the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi.
The mouth of the Mississippi is in the state of Louisiana, south of the city of New Orleans. The Mississippi flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
At the end of the Mississippi there is a zone in the Gulf of Mexico where very few animals can survive comfortably because of the fertilizer and other chemicals that run off of farms into the river and its tributaries, which then dump them into the gulf.[1]
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The Mississippi River in books
A big part of the book Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is set on the Mississippi River. Twain also wrote a book called Life on the Mississippi, which had some stories about how he used to work on a steamboat.