Mississippi River
Midwest The Mississippi River runs 2,320 miles south from Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Plaquemines Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana, drawing a wide, tangled and twisted dividing line cleaving the continental United States of America almost into two.
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- Stream
- Description: primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States
- Also known as“Balbancha”“Barbancha”“Chicagua”“Chucagua River”“Colbert River”“El Rio Grande de la Flordia”“Escondido”“Father of Waters”“Fiume del Missisipi”“Fleuve Colbert”“Fleuve Mississippim”“Grand Riviere”“Grande Riviere”“Haha Wakpa”“Kickaatiit”“Kickaatit”“La Grande Riviere”“La Palisade River”“LaRiviere des Peres”“Malabanchia”“Malabouchia”“Malbanchia”“Malbanchya”“Malbouche”“Mamaesi Sipu”“Masciccipi River”“Masseippey”“Masseppey”“Meact-Chassipi”“Mech-e-se-be River”“Mechacebe River”“Mechasipi River”“Mee-chee-see-bee River”“Merchacebe River”“Mesasippi River”“Meschacebe”“Meschacebee”“Meschasipi River”“Meschasypy”“Messa Sepo”“Messipi River”“Michi Sepe River”“Micissipi River”“Micissippi River”“Mico”“Mischipi River”“Misipi River”“Misisipi River”“Misissipai River”“Misissipia River”“Misseppey River”“Missi-sipi Riviere”“Missicipy River”“Missiippi River”“Missipi River”“Missippi River”“Missippy River”“Missisipi Fiume”“Missisipi River”“Missisippi River”“Missisipy River”“Mississipi Flu”“Mississipi River”“Mississipie River”“Mississippi River Delta”“Mississippie River”“Mississippy River”“Mississipy River”“Mitchi-Sipi”“Mitchisipi River”“Mnisosethaka”“Myssysypy River”“Namisi Sipu”“Neekoosa-ho-xa-tay-ra”“Occochappo”“Ochechiton”“Onauweyoka”“Palisado”“Rieveiere Conception”“Rio Colbert”“Rio De Flores”“Rio de la Palicado”“Rio De La Palizada”“Rio del Espiritu Sancto”“Rio del Espiritu Santo”“Rio del Spiritu Sancto”“Rio Grande”“Rio Grande del Espiritu Santo”“Rio Grande del Flordia”“Rio Misiaipi”“Rio San Luis”“River of Saint Lewis”“River of the Palisades”“Rivier Missisippi”“Rivier van Saint Louis”“Riviere Buade”“Riviere Colbert”“Riviere de la Conception”“Riviere de Misisipi”“Riviere de Mississippi”“Riviere de Saint Louis”“Riviere Frontenac”“Riviere Louisiana”“Tamaliseu Japatu”“Tamalisieu”“Tapatu”“The Mississippi”“We-o-coof-ke”“Yandawezue”“Zinotarista”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pilottown.
Mississippi River
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Latitude
29.15106° or 29° 9′ 4″ north
Longitude
-89.25338° or 89° 15′ 12″ west
Open location code
76XG5P2W+CJ
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mississippi River” goes by many names.
MississippirivierAfrikaans
Lumi i MisisipitAlbanian
MississippiAlbanian
ሚሲሲፒ ወንዝAmharic
المسسپيArabic
المسيسبيArabic
المسيسيبيArabic
نهر المسيسبىArabic
نهر المسيسبيArabic
نهر المسيسيبيArabic
نهر الميسيسيبيArabic
نهر ميسيسيبيArabic
Río MisisipiAragonese
Río MississippiAragonese
Միսիսիպի գետArmenian
মিছিছিপি নদীAssamese
Ríu MississippiAsturian
Böyük çayAzerbaijani
Missisipi çayıAzerbaijani
Nəhəng çayAzerbaijani
Tukad MississippiBalinese
МиссисипиBashkir
MississippiBasque
Mississippi ibaiaBasque
Mississippi RiverBavarian
МісісіпіBelarusian
МісысыпіBelarusian
মিসিসিপি নদীBengali
मिसिसिपी नदीBhojpuri
मिसिसिप्पी नदीBhojpuri
MississippiBosnian
MississippiBreton
МисисипиBulgarian
မစ္စစ္စပီမြစ်Burmese
MississipiCatalan
Mississippi RiverCebuano
Mississippi RiverCentral Bikol
Salog MississippiCentral Bikol
Mississippi RiverCentral Kanuri
ڕووباری میسیسیپیCentral Kurdish
МиссисипиChechen
Ma’xeé’ome’tää’eCheyenne
密西西比河Chinese
МиссисипиChuvash
Dowr MississippiCornish
Mississippi (avon)Cornish
MississippiCorsican
MissisipiCrimean Tatar
Missisipi (özen)Crimean Tatar
MississippiCroatian
MississippiCzech
MississippiflodenDanish
मिसिसिपी नदीDotyali
MississippiDutch
МиссисипиEastern Mari
نهر الميسيسيبىEgyptian Arabic
MisisipoEsperanto
MississippiEstonian
MississippiáFaroese
Mississippi NaddiFiji Hindi
MississippiFinnish
Flum MississippiFriulian
MisisipiGalician
Río MississippiGalician
მისისიპიGeorgian
ميسيسيپي رۊبارGilaki
میسیسیپی روبارGilaki
𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍀𐌴𐌹Gothic
𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍀𐌴𐌹 (𐌰𐍈𐌰)Gothic
ΜισσισσιππήςGreek
Ysyry MisisipiGuarani
MisisipiGuianese Creole French
Misisipi (flèv)Guianese Creole French
MisisipiHaitian
Me̍t-sî-sî-pí-hòHakka Chinese
MississippiHausa
Mississippi (kogi)Hausa
מיסיסיפיHebrew
מסלול הטיול במורד נהר המיסיסיפיHebrew
मिसिसिप्पी नदीHindi
MississippiHungarian
MississippifljótIcelandic
Fluvio MississippiIdo
Karayan MississippiIloko
MississippijuuhâInari Sami
Sungai MississippiIndonesian
Fluvio MississippiInterlingua
Abhainn MississippiIrish
MississippiItalian
ミシシッピー川Japanese
ミシシッピ川Japanese
Kali MississippiJavanese
Misisipii PɔɔKabiyè
Asif n MississippiKabyle
ಮಿಸ್ಸಿಸಿಪ್ಪಿ ನದಿKannada
Missisipi da’ryasiKara-Kalpak
MississippiKara-Kalpak
МиссисипиKarachay-Balkar
Миссисипи (суу)Karachay-Balkar
مسیسیپی دٔرؠیاوKashmiri
МиссисипиKazakh
Batangari MississippiKomering
Way MississippiKomering
미시시피강Korean
MîsîsîpîKurdish
MississippiLadin
Flumen MississippienseLatin
MississippiusLatin
MisisipiLatvian
Misisipi upeLatvian
MississippiLimburgan
Mississippi (reveer)Limburgan
Rio MississippiLingua Franca Nova
密西西比河Literary Chinese
MisisipėLithuanian
MississippiLombard
Mississippi (fium)Lombard
MississippiLow German
Mississippi (Floss)Luxembourgish
Mississippi RiverLuxembourgish
МисисипиMacedonian
MississipiMalagasy
MississippiMalagasy
Sungai MississippiMalay
മിസിസിപ്പി നദിMalayalam
मिसिसिपी नदीMarathi
می سی سی پیMazanderani
میسیسیپی درکاMazanderani
Mississippi Ò̤Min Dong Chinese
Mississippi HôMin Nan Chinese
მისისიპიMingrelian
Riu MississippiMirandese
Миссисипи мөрөнMongolian
لواد د لميسيسيپيMoroccan Arabic
MississippiNauru
Mississippi, jumeNeapolitan
मिसिसिपी नदीNepali
मिसिसिपी खुसिNewari
Mississippi RiverNorthern Frisian
MississippieatnuNorthern Sami
MississippijohkaNorthern Sami
MississippiNorwegian
MississippiNorwegian Bokmål
Mississippi (elv)Norwegian Bokmål
MississippielvaNorwegian Nynorsk
Mtsinje wa MississippiNyanja
MisisipiObolo
Okwaan̄ MisisipiObolo
MississipíOccitan (post 1500)
ܢܗܪܐ ܕܡܝܣܝܣܝܦܝOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
Mississippi ēaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
МиссисипиOssetian
ਮਿੱਸੀਸਿੱਪੀ ਦਰਿਆPanjabi
رود میسیسیپیPersian
رودخانه میسیسیپیPersian
MississippiPiemontese
MissisipiPolish
مسي سي پي سيندPushto
Mississippi mayuQuechua
MississippiRomanian
MississippiRomansh
Миссисипи мүрэнRussia Buriat
Pека МиссисипиRussian
МиссисипиRussian
Миссисипи, дельта рекиRussian
МіссісіпіRusyn
MėsėsėpėSamogitian
Mėsėsėpė (opės)Samogitian
ᱢᱤᱥᱤᱥᱤᱯᱤ ᱜᱟᱰᱟSantali
MississippiSardinian
Mississippi RiverScots
MississippiScottish Gaelic
МисисипиSerbian
MississippiSerbo-Croatian
MississipiSicilian
MississippiSicilian
MissisipiSilesian
مسيسپي نديSindhi
MississippijeännSkolt Sami
MississippijokkSkolt Sami
MississippiSlovak
MisisipiSlovenian
Webiga MississipiSomali
میسیسیپی چاییSouth Azerbaijani
Mto MississippiSwahili
MississippiflodenSwedish
Mississippi RiverSwiss German
Ilog MississippiTagalog
Missisipi ruTalysh
மிசிசிப்பி ஆறுTamil
МиссисипиTatar
Миссисипи (елга)Tatar
మిసిసిపీ నదిTelugu
แม่น้ำมิสซิสซิปปีThai
མི་སི་སི་ཕི་གཙང་པོ།Tibetan
MississippiTurkish
Mississippi NehriTurkish
Missisipi derýasyTurkmen
МіссісіпіUkrainian
MississippiUpper Sorbian
دریائے مسیسپیUrdu
MissisipiUzbek
MississippiUzbek
MississippiVenetian
MississipiVeps
Sông MississippiVietnamese
MississippiVolapük
Mississippi (flumed)Volapük
Mississippi jõgiVõro
Salog MisisipiWaray (Philippines)
Afon MississippiWelsh
MississippyWestern Frisian
دریائے مسیسپیWestern Panjabi
密西西比河Wu Chinese
МиссисиипиYakut
מיסיסיפי טייךYiddish
密西西比河Yue Chinese
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