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  1. EtymologyOjibwe Misi-ziibi, meaning "Great River"
    Nickname(s)"Old Man River", "Father of Waters"
    CountryUnited States
    Name and significance

    The word Mississippi itself comes from Misi zipi, the French rendering of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Algonquin) name for the river, Misi-ziibi (Great River).
    In the 18th century, the river was set by the Treaty of P… See more

    Divisions

    The Mississippi River can be divided into three sections: the Upper Mississippi, the river from its headwaters to the confluence with the Missouri River; the Middle Mississippi, which is downriver from the Missouri to … See more

    Watershed

    The Mississippi River has the world's fourth-largest drainage basin ("watershed" or "catchment"). The basin covers more than 1,245,000 square miles (3,220,000 km ), including all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadi… See more

    Outflow

    The Mississippi River discharges at an annual average rate of between 200 and 700 thousand cubic feet per second (6,000 and 20,000 m /s). The Mississippi is the fourteenth largest river in the world by volume. O… See more

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