Sungai Mississippi

Sungai Mississippi
Sungai Mississippi
	Sungai manado dekat Fire Point di Monumen Nasional Effigy Mounds, Iowa
	Daerah aliran sungai Mississippi
	Peta OpenStreetMap Wikipedia \| Kode sumber \| Tata penggunaan Koordinat:; 47°14′22.9″N 95°12′27″W / 47.239694°N 95.20750°W; 29°9′13″N 89°15′2.9″W / 29.15361°N 89.250806°W;
Etimologi	Ojibwe Misi-ziibi, berarti "Sungai Besar"
Lokasi
Negara	Amerika Serikat
Negara bagian	Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
Kota-kota	Saint Cloud, MN, Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN, La Crosse, WI, Quad Cities, IA/IL, St. Louis, MO, Memphis, TN, Greenville, MS, Vicksburg, MS, Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, LA
Ciri-ciri fisik
Hulu sungai	Danau Itasca (tradisional)
- lokasi	Taman Nasional Itasca, Clearwater County, MN
- koordinat	47°14′23″N 95°12′27″W / 47.23972°N 95.20750°W
- elevasi	1.475 ft (450 m)
Muara sungai	Teluk Meksiko
- lokasi	Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, LA
- koordinat	29°09′04″N 89°15′12″W / 29.15111°N 89.25333°W
- elevasi	0 ft (0 m)
Panjang	2.340 mi (3.770 km)
Debit air
- lokasi	Tidak ada (Representasi sumatif dari daerah tangkapan: Lihat sumber); maks dan min di Baton Rouge, LA
- minimum	159.000 cu ft/s (4.500 m3/s)
- rata-rata	593.000 cu ft/s (16.800 m3/s)
- maksimum	3.065.000 cu ft/s (86.800 m3/s)
Debit air
- lokasi	Vicksburg
- minimum	144.000 cu ft/s (4.100 m3/s)
- rata-rata	768.075 cu ft/s (21.749,5 m3/s) (2009-2020 water years)
- maksimum	2.340.000 cu ft/s (66.000 m3/s)
Debit air
- lokasi	St. Louis
- rata-rata	168.000 cu ft/s (4.800 m3/s)
Daerah Aliran Sungai
Luas DAS	1.151.000 sq mi (2.980.000 km2)
Anak sungai
- kiri	St. Sungai Croix, Sungai Wisconsin, Sungai Rock, Sungai Illinois, Sungai Kaskaskia, Sungai Ohio, Sungai Yazoo, Sungai Hitam Besar
- kanan	Sungai Minnesota, Sungai Des Moines, Sungai Missouri, Sungai Putih, Sungai Arkansas, Sungai Ouachita , Sungai Merah, Sungai Atchafalaya

Sungai Mississippi ialah sungai di Amerika Serikat. Ia merupakan salah satu sungai terpanjang di dunia dan merupakan sungai terpanjang ke dua di Amerika Utara. Sungai ini memiliki panjang 3,734 km (2,320 mi) dan bersumber pada Danau Itasca di Minnesota dan berujung pada Teluk Sonder.

Nama "Mississippi" berasal dari bahasa penduduk asli Amerika yang berarti "Bapak Air"

Mata air Mississippi ialah di negara bagian Minnesota, dekat perbatasan dengan Kanada. Mississippi mengalir dari selatan melintasi tengah AS. Mengalir melewati negara bagian Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, dan Mississippi.

Muara Mississippi ialah di negara bagian Louisiana, selatan kota New Orleans. Mississippi bermuara di Teluk Meksiko.

Mississippi memiliki banyak anak sungai. Batas air Mississippi meliputi kebanyakan AS. Ini berarti bahwa Mississippi dan anak-anak sungainya mengalir di kebanyakan negara AS.

Beberapa anak sungai terpenting Mississippi ialah (didaftarkan dari mata air ke muara sungai):

Mississippi telah menjadi sungai penting dalam sejarah AS. Saat pertama kali AS menjadi negara, Sungai Mississippi merupakan perbatasan barat AS. Dalam sejarah AS, Mississippi telah menjadi sangat penting untuk pengangkutan dengan air.^{[butuh rujukan]}

Referensi

^ The United States Geological Survey recognizes two contrasting definitions of a river's source.USGS.gov Diarsipkan June 30, 2017, di Wayback Machine. By the stricter definition, the Mississippi would share its source with its longest tributary, the Missouri, at Brower's Spring in Montana. The other definition acknowledges "somewhat arbitrary decisions" and places the Mississippi's source at Lake Itasca, which is publicly accepted as the source,USGS.gov and which had been identified as such by Brower himself.MT.gov Diarsipkan January 18, 2012, di Wayback Machine. However, the river continues for several miles upstream from Lake Itasca to Nicolet Lake and its feeder stream.
^ ^a ^b Kammerer, J.C. (May 1990). "Largest Rivers in the United States". U.S. Geological Survey. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal June 30, 2017. Diakses tanggal February 22, 2011.
^ "USGS 07289000 Mississippi River at Vicksburg, MS". United States Geological Survey. Diakses tanggal October 6, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Median of the 14,610 daily streamflows recorded by the USGS for the period 1967–2006.
^ James L. Shaffer and haris T. Tigges. The Mississippi River: Father of Waters. Chicago, Ill.: Arcadia Pub., 2000.
^ The Upper Mississippi River Basin: A Portrait of the Father of Waters As Seen by the Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Basin Study. Chicago, Ill.: Army Corps of Engineers, North Central Division, 1972.
^ Heilbron, Bertha L. "Father of Waters: Four Centuries of the Mississippi". American Heritage, vol. 2, no. 1 (Autumn 1950): 40–43.

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[1] The United States Geological Survey recognizes two contrasting definitions of a river's source.USGS.gov Diarsipkan June 30, 2017, di Wayback Machine. By the stricter definition, the Mississippi would share its source with its longest tributary, the Missouri, at Brower's Spring in Montana. The other definition acknowledges "somewhat arbitrary decisions" and places the Mississippi's source at Lake Itasca, which is publicly accepted as the source,USGS.gov and which had been identified as such by Brower himself.MT.gov Diarsipkan January 18, 2012, di Wayback Machine. However, the river continues for several miles upstream from Lake Itasca to Nicolet Lake and its feeder stream.

[USGSrivers-2] Kammerer, J.C. (May 1990). "Largest Rivers in the United States". U.S. Geological Survey. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal June 30, 2017. Diakses tanggal February 22, 2011.

[3] "USGS 07289000 Mississippi River at Vicksburg, MS". United States Geological Survey. Diakses tanggal October 6, 2021.

[fn_2-4] Median of the 14,610 daily streamflows recorded by the USGS for the period 1967–2006.

[5] James L. Shaffer and haris T. Tigges. The Mississippi River: Father of Waters. Chicago, Ill.: Arcadia Pub., 2000.

[6] The Upper Mississippi River Basin: A Portrait of the Father of Waters As Seen by the Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Basin Study. Chicago, Ill.: Army Corps of Engineers, North Central Division, 1972.

[7] Heilbron, Bertha L. "Father of Waters: Four Centuries of the Mississippi". American Heritage, vol. 2, no. 1 (Autumn 1950): 40–43.

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Sungai Mississippi
Sungai manado dekat Fire Point di Monumen Nasional Effigy Mounds, Iowa
Daerah aliran sungai Mississippi
Peta OpenStreetMap Wikipedia \| Kode sumber \| Tata penggunaan Tampilkan peta yang diperbesar Tampilkan peta yang diperkecil Tampilkan peta penuh Koordinat: 47°14′22.9″N 95°12′27″W / 47.239694°N 95.20750°W / 47.239694; -95.20750 29°9′13″N 89°15′2.9″W / 29.15361°N 89.250806°W / 29.15361; -89.250806
Etimologi	Ojibwe Misi-ziibi, berarti "Sungai Besar"
Lokasi
Negara	Amerika Serikat
Negara bagian	Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
Kota-kota	Saint Cloud, MN, Minneapolis, MN, St. Paul, MN, La Crosse, WI, Quad Cities, IA/IL, St. Louis, MO, Memphis, TN, Greenville, MS, Vicksburg, MS, Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, LA
Ciri-ciri fisik

Hulu sungai	Danau Itasca (tradisional)^[1]
- lokasi	Taman Nasional Itasca, Clearwater County, MN
- koordinat	47°14′23″N 95°12′27″W / 47.23972°N 95.20750°W / 47.23972; -95.20750
- elevasi	1.475 ft (450 m)

Muara sungai	Teluk Meksiko
- lokasi	Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, LA
- koordinat	29°09′04″N 89°15′12″W / 29.15111°N 89.25333°W / 29.15111; -89.25333
- elevasi	0 ft (0 m)
Panjang	2.340 mi (3.770 km)

Debit air
- lokasi	Tidak ada (Representasi sumatif dari daerah tangkapan: Lihat sumber); maks dan min di Baton Rouge, LA^[2]
- minimum	159.000 cu ft/s (4.500 m³/s)
- rata-rata	593.000 cu ft/s (16.800 m³/s)^[2]
- maksimum	3.065.000 cu ft/s (86.800 m³/s)


Debit air
- lokasi	Vicksburg^[3]
- minimum	144.000 cu ft/s (4.100 m³/s)
- rata-rata	768.075 cu ft/s (21.749,5 m³/s) (2009-2020 water years)
- maksimum	2.340.000 cu ft/s (66.000 m³/s)


Debit air
- lokasi	St. Louis^[4]
- rata-rata	168.000 cu ft/s (4.800 m³/s)^[4]

Daerah Aliran Sungai
Luas DAS	1.151.000 sq mi (2.980.000 km²)
Anak sungai
- kiri	St. Sungai Croix, Sungai Wisconsin, Sungai Rock, Sungai Illinois, Sungai Kaskaskia, Sungai Ohio, Sungai Yazoo, Sungai Hitam Besar
- kanan	Sungai Minnesota, Sungai Des Moines, Sungai Missouri, Sungai Putih, Sungai Arkansas, Sungai Ouachita , Sungai Merah, Sungai Atchafalaya