The Mississippi River rises in Lake Itasca in Minnesota and ends in the Gulf of Mexico. It covers a total distance of 2,340 miles (3,766 km) from i...

The Mississippi River and its tributaries drain all or part of 31 U.S. states and two provinces in Canada, an area of approximately 1.2 million squ...

The most important varieties of fish found in the Mississippi River include various types of catfish, walleyes, suckers, carp, and garfish.

The Mississippi River is 2,340 miles (3,766 km) long. The Missouri-Mississippi confluence has a combined length of 3,710 miles (5,971 km).

Mark Twain grew up on the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, and the Mississippi is virtually a character in his classic novels The Adventure...