Mississippi ISA project

Mouth to Source

Length: 3,734 km

The Mississippi river starts at Lake Itasca and ends at Gulf of Mexico. A famous bridge is the Stone Arch Bridge. An Island that lies on the Mississippi river is Campbell's Island.

Wildlife

The Mississippi River and its floodplain are home to a diverse population of living things:

At least 260 species of fishes, 25% of all fish species in North America; Forty percent of the nation's migratory waterfowl use the river corridor during their Spring and Fall migration; Sixty percent of all North American birds (326 species) use the Mississippi River Basin as their migratory flyway;

The Upper Mississippi is host to more than 50 species of mammals;

At least 145 species of amphibians and reptiles inhabit the Upper Mississippi River environs.

It has many wood islands with hardwood forests and wildlife like sloths, canvasback ducks. Tundra swans, white tailed deer and muskrats.

Occupations

Mississippi river is used for fishing and tourism.

Fishing: The upper Mississippi river is home to over 119 species of fish, more species than are found in any of Wisconsin’s inland lakes. Favorite fish include walleye, sauger, large and small mouth bass, white bass, cat fish, northern pike, bluegill, crappie and perch.

Tourism: The Mississippi River is used for Boat Cruise.

Environmental Issues of Mississippi River

Some of the toxins are known to cause cancer, reproductive disorders and developmental delays. Eventually leading to fish species dying out.

The Mississippi is the second most polluted waterway in the USA.

More than 12.7 million pounds of chemicals have been released into the Mississippi since 2010.

Landforms

Minnehaha Falls:Minnehaha Park is a city park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, containing Minnehaha Falls and the lower reaches of Minnehaha Creek.

Mississippi Gorge: The Mississippi Gorge was formed as the Mississippi River cuts away the soft sandstone that supported an upper layer of harder limestone and shale. Over thousands of years, the sandstone wore away and the limestone fell to the bottom of the river creating the gorge.

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Bibliography\
http://www.scienceclarified.com/landforms/Faults-to-Mountains/Floodplain.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi