How 7,000 Streams Become The Mississippi River

[xchrom]

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-7000-streams-become-the-mississippi-river-2013-7

A new online tool released by the Department of the Interior this week allows users to select any major stream and trace it up to its sources or down to its watershed.

The above map, exported from the tool, highlights all the major tributaries that feed into the Mississippi River, illustrating the river’s huge catchment area of approximately 1.15 million square miles, or 37 percent of the land area of the continental U.S.

Use the tool to see where the streams around you are getting their water (and pollution).



http://nationalatlas.gov/streamer/Streamer/welcome.html

[hunter]

1. That's cool!

I wish it extended past the borders.

[emmadoggy]

2. That IS cool!

We just made a visit to the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, IA and there was a lot of info and maps of this same thing. Of course, I knew that the area that feeds the Miss. is huge, but really, seeing it like this is quite an eye-opener. According to the museum, 31 states are involved.

What's strange in looking at this map is how you can almost draw a straight line across the bottom of the red area and how it stops that far north of the delta of the river. Strange that none of the rivers south of that line feed the Miss.

[66 dmhlt]

3. Bookmarked! Amazingly cool & helpful - Thanks!

Especially when you pick a stream from the interactive map, and then click "Detailed Report" - you can get temperature and flow rates!

[trusty elf]

4. Wow, impressive!

I have a picture of my great grandparents' house in New Iberia, Louisiana that was taken during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mississippi_Flood_of_1927

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[xchrom]

5. cool. look at those beautiful buildings. nt

[Sherman A1]

6. Cool,

Thanks for posting!

[JDPriestly]

7. Just the photo in the OP is wonderful. That is the lifeblood of much of America.

[SunSeeker]

8. Another example of how we're all connected. Thanks for the post. nt