The scale of the Mississippi River in perspective

Without these watersheds and rivers the United States would be like Australia.

luckiest country in the world. and, no wonder the revolutionists went war to expand westwards.

Wow. 31 states accessible by the one river. God is awesome.

Haven't seen it lately have you....

Can someone help me understand, how do geographers determine the flow of a river? For instance, why do they decide that at the section where the Ohio river merged into the Mississippi River, that the rest of the river isn’t the Ohio river? As in, why doesn’t the Mississippi River merge into the Ohio river that empties into the Gulf of Mexico as opposed to the Ohio river merging into the Mississippi River? Is there a formula for this or is it arbitrary? Thanks!

This is a great presentation except the animation shows the river flowing into the Gulf of Mexico at Morgan City, LA, which is actually where the Atchafalaya river flows. The Mississippi River passes through New Orleans and empties into the Gulf at the tip of southeast LA.

Beautiful!

Pipe some out west

In the park there is a stone marker.If a drop of rain hits the north it heads to the North west passage. East to the Mississippi drainage. West to the Snake,Columbia drainage.

Sadly, the Mighty Mississippi is
polluted.

People don’t understand, shipping by water is cheap. The Mississippi isn’t just rivers, it’s the backbone of this nations wealth. Everything the Midwest produces for export floats down to the Port of New Orleans for loading onto seagoing ships. No rivers, no trade, rail is too expensive.

I don't know what happen but it happens

They don't call it The Mighty Mississippi for nothing 💥😎❤

Concise, informative and musically reminiscent of the 'Famiy Guy' theme.

To be technical it should be called Minnesota River since that's the source 🤷

Wow---Mississipi River also has 3 adjoining rivers. Luv USA

Nicely done, I always enjoy learning more through clear and concise presentations.

Everything west of Mississippi is considered Mexico! ...

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And I wish I could visit America because I love her so much.

I thank you very much for this information. I have a subject about this place. I'm a student in Germany. 😊

No one is gonna tell him that’s not the Ohio river.
I’m from Pittsburgh (aka, where the Allegheny River and monongahela river touch to form the Ohio river) you are probably from Wyoming

love u MISSIPI

WHY AM I JUST NOW FINDING THHHHIIIISSSS OOOOOUUUUUTTTTT

No one is talking about my boy the Missouri River. It’s freaking 2,000 miles long, and has most of the veins and arteries that lead to the Mississippi.
But that also just makes the Mississippi cooler.

WRONG! It passes through TWO States. Minnesota and Louisiana, the one where it begins and the one where it ends, the other eight States BORDER on the big river!

I wonder how many countries have in their secret plans to invade the USA with the part of the plan being , blocking the Mississippi River from New Orleans.

Fail. Too bad you have it emptying in the wrong place in Louisiana. The river hasn't flowed through bayou Lafourche in a few thousand years.

You put the river coming out the wrong spot

absolutely incredibly juxtaposing

The Mississippi river should be damned like the Hoover Dam so that the freshwater doesn't escape into the gulf of mexico. The water should be diverted to the western states like Texas, New Mexico and Arizona so that there would be enough freshwater for everyone!

Astonishing.

That’s a lot of water

So that’s why the river is soo brown

Dig the 1950’s music.

Also, the Mississippi is the best river in the World. The Nile, Amazon and Yangtze can kiss my ass.

I live in Mississippi I am hour away from Mississippi river

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MISSISSIPPI RIVER !

Wow I didn’t realize what it’s deal was thanks for sharing

Mississippi is the Father of all rivers,so said Marko Rollinholmgrown

So informative video

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What happen if Mississippi River dry out? The whole Midwest states agriculture will be gone.

Left out the new river also. Starts in North Carolina flows north through Virginia then west.

Can you do this with other watersheds like the Delaware river and Chesapeake bay

Whats the music?

Thank God we have the Missippi River