Mississippi is an Indian word, meaning "Great River" or "gathering of water".
The Mississippi River is one of the world's major rivers in size and habitat diversity.
It is the third longest and largest river in the world, the second largest in North America.
It flows 3,705 kilometers from its source at Itasca in the Minnesota North Woods, through the mid-continent United States. The Mississippi enters the Gulf of Mexico about 160km downstream from New Orleans, through a 26, 150-sq km delta.
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