Mississippi River

Cultural  

1. The longest river in the United States, flowing over two thousand miles from Minnesota to Louisiana and into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Example Sentences

More than 90% of the 890 cases reported from 1993 to 2023 were from west of the Mississippi River, according to the CDC.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, but it was drained to irrigate crops, and has reappeared only occasionally when floodwaters return.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

George Washington, for one, feared that the area west of the Appalachians might soon break away because it was so remote and it traded via the Mississippi River and New Orleans, then in Spanish hands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Army Corps of Engineers also contributed by leveeing the Mississippi River to prevent flooding, which had the unintended effect of preventing wetlands from naturally regenerating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Why, they’d already had a World’s Fair … and there were tall buildings and a zoo, museums and cathedrals and even the mighty, muddy Mississippi River, with a famous bridge across it.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney