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which river empties into the mississippi
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The drainage basin for the Mississippi River is immense, encompassing a total area of more than 1,247,000 square miles.
The Mississippi River is the third longest river system in the world and has approximatly 250 primary tributaries which empty into it.
The two Largest of the Mississippi's tributaries would be the Missouri River which flows into it from the west and the and the Ohio River which flows into it from the east.
An extensive list of direct major and minor tributaries of the Mississippi River can be found at,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tributaries_of_the_Mississippi_River
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The longest stream of river in the US is the Missouri River which begins at Three Forks, Montana (elevation 4,032 feet) and flows 2,714 miles to near St. Louis, Missouri. Many people consider the Missouri to be the main reach of the Mississippi River!
The Mississippi River, from its source at Lake Itasca in Minnesota, to the Gulf of Mexico, is only 2,348 miles long. The combined reach of the Missouri-Mississippi Rivers is 3,741 miles--a length exceeded only by the Amazon and Nile rivers. The Mississippi River has shortened by several hundred miles since the days of Mark Twain. Even today it varies 30-50 miles each year.
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