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How does water of Mississippi river change to salt water when it gets to the ocean?
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∙ 13y ago
The Miss. River is fresh water, and when it collides with the Gulf of Mexico, it mixes with the salt ocean water, thus becoming salt water!!
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Can you get to Maine from the Mississippi River by water without entering the ocean?
no
What body of water formed the western boundary of the unites states?
Prior to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the western border of the US was mostly the Mississippi River.
Are shark only found in ocean water?
no bullsharks have been found in the Mississippi river as far north as Mississippi
Can you get to Florida by water from the Mississippi River without entering the ocean?
yes because there is planes
How did the Mississippi River change course?
The origin of the Mississippi River is Lake Itasca, in Minnesota. The origin of a river is also called its headwaters.
Is the Mississippi river salt water or fresh water?
The great Mississippi river is made entirely of fresh water.
What is the label the large body of water into which the Mississippi River empties?
The Mississippi River rises out of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota and flows southward for 2,320 miles to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.
What body of water do rivers not flow in to the east?
The Pacific ocean cause the Mississippi river flows into the Atlantic ocean and the Rio Grande river flows into the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific is in the west.
What ocean is in Mississippi?
The Mississippi River flows from north to south, running through many Midwestern US states. It empties directly into the Gulf of Mexico. It NEVER empties into ANY ocean. The State of Florida separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean; The Mississippi River is far away from both Florida and the Atlantic! Water currents from the Atlantic flow into the Gulf south and southwest of Florida, especially during hurricane season.
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 were Marquette and jollet looking for on their expedition down the Mississippi river?
They were looking for a water route across to the ocean and the continent.
On what bodies of water are the cities of st. Louis and nauvoo located?
Mississippi river
