Title: Which is the Widest River in the United States?
Headings: Which is the Widest River in the United States?
Which is the Widest River in the United States?
Interesting Facts about the Mississippi River
The Origin of Mississippi
Flow of the Mississippi
The Upper Mississippi
The Middle Mississippi
The Lower Mississippi
Confluence with the Gulf of Mexico
Human Settlements and Ecology
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Where the Mississippi does originates?
What is the total length of the Mississippi?
What is the river’s total drainage area?
What North American states does the river pass through?
How many states in US does it drains?
What is the origin of the name ‘Mississippi’?
Into how many sections the Mississippi river can be divided?
Which section of the Mississippi has the largest number of dams?
How many of dams are used for power generation?
What is the purpose of remaining dams?
Which is the farthest navigation point on the Mississippi?
Passing through which dam the drop in elevation of Mississippi is the largest?
Which is the only waterfall on Mississippi river and where?
Which lake is the widest in upper Mississippi?
Name some major tributaries of the upper Mississippi.
Name the chief tributaries of the middle Mississippi.
What are the main tributaries of lower Mississippi?
Where the Mississippi river does empties itself?
What is the discharge rate of Mississippi river into the Gulf of Mexico?
When was the earliest bridge across the Mississippi was constructed?
When was the first rail road bridge across the Mississippi constructed?
What are the rare turtle species found in the Mississippi basin?

Content: Wing Dams are constructed along the banks of the river to reduce its overflow. The farthest navigable point from the head of Mississippi lies in its Upper parts- Coon Rapids Dam, Minnesota. The elevation of River falls gradually while passing through a number of lock dams. The upper portion of the Mississippi also has the only waterfall along the full length of the river- Saint Anthony falls in Minneapolis. These numerous locks and dams along the upper Mississippi has resulted in many natural as well as artificial lakes, like- Lake Winnibigoshish ( approx 20 km in diameter), Lake Onalaska ( across 7 km) and Lake Pepin ( across 3 km). Another interesting fact about the flow of Upper Mississippi from its source to St Paul’s in Minnesota is that its elevation drops to about 209 meters, which is half of the initial elevation of the river. The upper Mississippi after its confluence with St. Croix River in Iowa passes through a number of step banks formed due to the river erosion on both sides. The upper Mississippi is a multi threaded stream with many islands and bars. Some important tributaries of the Upper Mississippi river are- Minnesota River, Cannon River, Croix River, Wisconsin River and Skunk River etc. The Middle Mississippi
The middle Mississippi has a length of 190 miles (310 kilometers), from the upper Mississippi’s confluence with the Missouri river at St Louis to its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo Illinois.