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River course
Mississippi
At home. Your way.
Digital room mockup; framing and proportions are illustrative.
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In a room12 × 16 in · Illustrative framing
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The place, its figures and sources
The real figures
- Main-stem length
- ≈3,782 km
- Mississippi drainage basin
- ≈3.2 million km²
- Basin also reaches 2 Canadian provinces
- 31 states
Sources and limits
Sources and limits
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Main-stem length · ≈3,782 km
Lake Itasca to the Gulf; not the Mississippi–Missouri combined system.
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Mississippi drainage basin · ≈3.2 million km²
Whole drainage basin including tributaries; use the published approximate metric value.
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Basin also reaches 2 Canadian provinces · 31 states
All or parts of 31 United States states and two Canadian provinces in the whole Mississippi drainage basin; not states crossed by the main river or the artwork viewport.
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Reported river fish species · 260+
At least 260 fish species reported for the Mississippi River by NPS; this is published river-wide biodiversity context, not a current local species survey.
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Origin → gulf outlet · Lake Itasca → Louisiana delta
Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to the delta in Louisiana opening into the Gulf.
- US National Park Service
- Facts: US National Park Service (river facts, updated 2026) · Map: Natural Earth generalized river network; source line parts preserved
- Public domain
Decorative artwork, not a navigation chart. Mapped shorelines and extents are approximate; historical or modeled data are labeled.
Visual guidance · Paper proof pending.