[PAR] [TLE] Mississippi River [SEP] The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.  Flowing entirely in the United States (although its drainage basin reaches into Canada), it rises in northern Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for 2320 mi to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.  With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 31 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains.  The Mississippi ranks as the fourth-longest and fifteenth-largest river in the world by discharge.  The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. [PAR] [TLE] Oakland Female Seminary [SEP] Oakland Female Seminary (also Oakland Seminary for Young Ladies) was a private girls' school located in the U.S. state of California.  Situated at 528 Eleventh Street in Oakland, it contained 57 rooms.  Founded on November 8, 1858, by Millicent Kittredge Blake, it was the first girls' school established west of the Mississippi River.  Carrie Stevens Walter was the valedictorian of the first graduating class.
[PAR] [TLE] Mississippi River [ SEP ] The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second - largest drainage system on the North American continent , second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system . Flowing entirely in the United States ( although its drainage basin reaches into Canada ) , it rises in northern Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for 2320 mi to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico . With its many tributaries , the Mississippi 's watershed drains all or parts of 31 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains . The Mississippi ranks as the fourth - longest and fifteenth - largest river in the world by discharge . The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota , Wisconsin , Iowa , Illinois , Missouri , Kentucky , Tennessee , Arkansas , Mississippi , and Louisiana . [PAR] [TLE] Oakland Female Seminary [ SEP ] Oakland Female Seminary ( also Oakland Seminary for Young Ladies ) was a private girls ' school located in the U.S. state of California . Situated at 528 Eleventh Street in Oakland , it contained 57 rooms . Founded on November 8 , 1858 , by Millicent Kittredge Blake , it was the first girls ' school established west of the Mississippi River . Carrie Stevens Walter was the valedictorian of the first graduating class .
Oakland Female Seminary was the first girls' school west of what second-largest drainage system in North America?
Oakland Female Seminary was the first girls ' school west of what second - largest drainage system in North America ?
Mississippi River
Mississippi River