Place details
Place nameMississippi River
Other namesMississippi, Missisipi River, Missisipi Fiume, Mississippi, fleuve, Fiume del Missisipi, Fleuve Mississippim, Masciccipi River, Meact-Chassipi, Mech-e-se-be River, Mechacebe River, Mechasipi River, Meche Sebe River, Mee-chee-see-bee River, Merchacebe River, Mesasippi River, Meschacebe, Meschacebee, Meschasipi River, Messa Sepo, Messipi River, Michi Sepe River, Micissipi River, Micissippi River, Mischipi River, Misipi River, Misisipi River, Misseppey River, Missi-sipi Riviere, Missicipy River, Missiippi River, Missipi River, Missippi River, Missippy River, Colbert River, El Rio Grande de la Flordia, Escondido, Father of Waters, Fleuve Colbert, Grand Riviere, Grande Riviere, La Grande Riviere, La Palisade River, La Riviere des Peres, Malabanchia, Malabouchia, Malbanchia, Malbanchya, Malbouche, Mico, Chicagua, Chucagua River, Balbancha, Barbancha
CountryUnited States
Latitude47.233
Longitude-95.2
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Major navigable river, located in the central United States; it is the third longest river system in the world (after the Nile and the Amazon); first crossed by Europeans when De Soto arrived in 1541; navigation rights were problematic at the time of the American Revolution.