Mississippi River basin
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The Mississippi River basin is the vast drainage area of the Mississippi River system, encompassing much of the central United States and parts of Canada and covering one of the largest river basins in the world.
All labels observed (14)
Statements (79)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drainage basin
ⓘ
river basin ⓘ watershed ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mississippi River basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
Mississippi River basin ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi drainage basin
|
| area |
about 1.2 million square miles
ⓘ
about 3.2 million square kilometers ⓘ |
| climate | varies from humid subtropical to semi-arid and continental ⓘ |
| contains |
extensive agricultural lands
ⓘ
floodplains ⓘ major urban areas ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | multiple physiographic regions of North America ⓘ |
| drainagePercentageOfUS | about 41 percent ⓘ |
| drains | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| drainsPortionOf | 31 U.S. states ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue |
flood risk
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ nutrient pollution ⓘ sediment loading ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Mississippi River Commission
ⓘ
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Arkansas River basin
ⓘ
Atchafalaya Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Atchafalaya River basin
Des Moines River ⓘ
surface form:
Des Moines River basin
Illinois River ⓘ
surface form:
Illinois River basin
Lower Mississippi River basin ⓘ Minnesota River ⓘ
surface form:
Minnesota River basin
Missouri River Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Missouri River basin
Ohio River ⓘ
surface form:
Ohio River basin
Platte River ⓘ
surface form:
Platte River basin
Red River of the South ⓘ
surface form:
Red River of the South basin
Tennessee River ⓘ
surface form:
Tennessee River basin
Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Mississippi River basin
Yazoo River basin ⓘ |
| hydrologicCodeSystem | United States Geological Survey hydrologic unit codes ⓘ |
| includesPartOf |
Alabama
ⓘ
Alberta ⓘ Arkansas ⓘ Colorado ⓘ Alabama ⓘ
surface form:
Georgia
Illinois ⓘ Indiana ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Manitoba ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ Missouri River ⓘ
surface form:
Missouri
Montana ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ New York ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ Ohio ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ South Dakota ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ |
| influences | hypoxic zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
North America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| majorCityInBasin |
Memphis
ⓘ
Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis
|
| name | Mississippi River basin self-link ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mississippi River basin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi River system
|
| rank | one of the largest river basins in the world ⓘ |
Referenced by (227)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Basin
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River drainage basin
subject surface form:
Smoky Hill River
this entity surface form:
Mississippi–Missouri river system
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Basin
subject surface form:
Fox River (Illinois–Wisconsin)
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River system
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi drainage basin
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River system
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River system
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River drainage basin
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River system
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River drainage
subject surface form:
Mad River (Ohio)
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River system
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River system
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River headwaters region
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River system
subject surface form:
White River (Indiana)
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Basin
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River watershed