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Sungai Mississippi
| Sungai Mississippi (Mississippi River) | |
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 Sungai Mississippi di New Orleans.
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| Country | Amerika Syarikat |
| States | Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana |
| Major cities | Minneapolis dan St. Paul, MN, St. Louis, MO, Memphis, TN, New Orleans, LA |
| Length | 2,320 mi (3,734 km) |
| Watershed | 1,151,000 mi² (2,981,076 km²) |
| Discharge at | Baton Rouge, LA |
| - average | 450,000 ft³/s (12,743 m³/s) [1] |
| Discharge elsewhere | |
| - St. Louis | 168,000 ft³/s (4,757 m³/s) [2] |
| Source | Tasik Itasca |
| - location | Taman Negeri Itasca, Clearwater County, MN |
| Mouth | Teluk Mexico |
| - location | Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, LA |
| Major tributaries | |
| - left | Sungai Ohio |
| - right | Sungai Missouri, Sungai Arkansas |
 Map of the Mississippi River
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Nama Sungai Mississippi berasal dari bahasa Ojibwe lama iaitu 'misi-ziibi' yang bermaksud 'sungai besar'. Sungai ini adalah sungai kedua terpanjang di benua Amerika Utara. Panjangnya 3733 km dari Tasik Itasca ke Teluk Mexico.
Sungai cawangan terpanjang Sungai Mississippi ialah Sungai Missouri, manakala Sungai Arkansas kedua terpanjang. Jika mengikut isipadu air pula, Sungai Ohio ialah cawangan Sungai Mississippi yang terbesar.
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