Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States, stretching 2,340 miles from Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. Its watershed drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, with a total drainage basin of 1,151,000 square miles. The river has played a vital role in the history and development of the United States, serving as a transportation artery, communications link, and pathway for western expansion, and has been the subject of American literature, particularly in the writings of Mark Twain.learn more on wikipedia