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Rivers

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

BY JESSIE WILSON

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Beginning and the end

The river begins in lake itasca in Minnesota and ends in New Orleans and from New Orleans it empties out into the gulf of Mexico

Photo by Sri Dhanush

Length

2320 miles
Or
3734 km

Photo by NatureNerd (probably outside)

States

The Mississippi flows through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
The river drains into 41% of the states and two Canadian providence

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Industries

92% of agricultural exports come through the river
78% of the nations soybeans,feed grains,and livestock go through there

Photo by ecstaticist

WILDLIFE THERE ARE 260 SPECIES OF FISH OR 25% OF ALL NORTH AMERICAN FISH SPECIES 326 SPECIES OF BIRDS

Photo by Nataraj Metz

pollution
there are series of factories along the river Minneapolis has factories along the river that put waste into the water
agricultural runoff such animal poop or fertilizer
18 million people depend on this water.

Photo by RVWithTito

fun facts
It’s the fourth longest river in the world
the sport of water-skiing was invented on the Mississippi on a stretch called Lake Pepin in the 1920s.

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