the mississippi river empties into the ocean at the gulf of mexico.
where does the mississippi river empty into the ocean?
the gulf of mexico
the history of this portion of the upper mississippi river actually dates back to an origin "as an ice-marginal stream during what had been referred to as the “nebraskan glaciation.”" current terminology would place this outdated and abandoned period in the pre-illinoian stage. the level of erosion often exposes cambrian limestone of about 510 million years of age. evidence from soil borings and recent lidar imagery in the lower wisconsin river valley in the driftless area suggests that the river in the valley used to flow towards the east, rather than its present westerly course towards its confluence with the mississippi river. this has lead to the new hypothesis that the ancient upper mississippi river (also named the wyalusing river) at one time flowed east through the current wisconsin river valley and into the great lakes/saint laurence river system somewhere near the door peninsula. the hypothesis posits that the flow of the ancient wyalusing river was ultimately captured by the ancestral mississippi river to the south when that river eroded through the military ridge near wyalusing state park, possibly as a result of an ancient ice sheet in a previous continental glaciation blocking the wyalusing river to the east. the resulting proglacial lake would have filled the wyalusing river valley until it overtopped the military ridge, ultimately carving through the ridge and draining the lake. this resulted in the ancient upper mississippi river changing course and flowing south towards the gulf of mexico as it does currently instead of east into the saint lawrence river and the north atlantic ocean. the stream capture hypothesis for the upper mississippi river would have created a substantial diversion of water from the great lakes basin and the saint lawrence river, reducing the inflow of fresh water into the north atlantic with possible impacts to ocean currents and climate.
driftless area
bullet::::- couva river









































bullet::::- guaracara river









































bullet::::- tarouba river









































bullet::::- cipero river









































bullet::::- south oropouche river









































bullet::::- guapo river









































section::::tobago.









































section::::tobago.:north coast.









































on the north coast, river empty into the caribbean sea









































bullet::::- courland river









































bullet::::- coffee river









































bullet::::- castara river









































bullet::::- bloody bay river









































section::::tobago.:south coast (atlantic ocean).









































on the south coast, rivers empty into the atlantic ocean









































bullet::::- cook's river









































bullet::::- bacolet river









































bullet::::- sandy river









































bullet::::- hillsborough west river









































bullet::::- hillsborough east river









































bullet::::- goldsborough river









































bullet::::- richmond river (great dog river)









































bullet::::- belle river









































bullet::::- roxborough river









































bullet::::- queens river









































bullet::::- kings bay river









































section::::references.
list of rivers of trinidad and tobago