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The Mississippi is widest above its navigable portion, where it is 11 miles wide at Lake Winnibigoshish.
It reaches its widest navigable width downstream from its confluence with the Missouri River (near Alton, IL) where it is nearly 1 mile across.
It is about 1/2 mile wide at New Orleans, LA before entering its delta.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoAn average would be impossible to determine.
In its early course, the river is only 30 feet wide.
In some lakes formed by the river in Minnesota, it is at least 2 miles wide and arguably as much as 11 miles wide.
In the middle river, below the navigation locks, it is as narrow as 700 feet.
South of the confluence with the Missouri, it is as wide as 1 mile (divided by islands).
It is 1/2 mile wide above and near New Orleans before splitting into narrower channels in the delta.
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∙ 9y agoThe Mississippi River is over one mile wide in some places. It is 2,320 miles in length. This is equivalent to 3,734 kilometers.
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∙ 9y agoAccording to experts the width of the Mississippi River is approximately 20 and 30 feet wide. Also, the river stretches more than 7 miles in width.
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∙ 12y agoThe mississippi river is about 2 miles wide at the widest point.
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∙ 11y ago2530miles(4070km) at the Gulf of Mexico as it enters the upper misssissippi river it is more than 2 miles
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∙ 12y ago2,340 miles
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What the difference between potomac river and Mississippi river?
The difference is width
Can you travel the whole length on the US on the Mississippi river why or why not?
No it only goes to the width
Can you travel the whole length of the US on the Mississippi River Why or Why not?
No it only goes to the width
Can you travel the whole length of the US of the Mississippi River why or why not?
No it only goes to the width
What is wider Columbia river or Mississippi river?
The Mississippi River is wider than the Columbia River. The Mississippi River varies in width along its course, but at its widest point near Alton, Illinois, it can reach over 3 miles wide. In comparison, the Columbia River is typically less than a mile wide.
What were the boundaries of the Louisiana Territory?
My understanding is that it consisted of all the land drained by the Mississippi-Missouri river complex. The exact boundaries were not at all precise.
What major river starts in Minnesota?
The Mississippi River
What is the largest river in Louisiana?
I think it is the Mississippi River but not for sure
What river separates Missouri from Illinois?
The Mississippi River forms the boundary between Illinois and Missorui
Into what river does the Ohio River Empty?
Mississippi River. :)
What major body of water did the new states Kentucky and Tennessee givethe us direct access to for the first time?
the Mississippi river
What separates Tennessee and Arkansas?
The Mississippi River is the boundary between Tennessee and Arkansas.
