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The Amazon River is considerably longer than the Mississippi River. At around 4,000 miles, the Amazon River is 1,700 miles longer.
The Missisissippi river is the longer than the Colorado River because the mississippi river is the longest river in america. The Mississippi river is about 2552 miles long flowing from Minnesota all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, while the Colorado River is only 1450 miles long flowing from Colorado rocky mountains to the Gulf of California.
The longest tributary is the Missouri River which is only 33 miles shorter than the Mississippi River. A tributary is a river or a stream that does not go directly into the ocean bed.
The Mississippi River is the largest river in North America in terms of volume of water flowing in it. The Missouri River is the longest river in N.A., but is behind the Ohio River in the volume of water that it contributes to the Mississippi River.
much shorter, the Thames is only 215 miles long
Actually, the Mississippi River is along the border of 10 states but it runs "through" Minnesota and Louisiana, as well as a tiny portion of Illinois (Kaskaskia).States along the Mississippi River are:MinnesotaWisconsinIowaIllinoisMissouriKentuckyTennesseeArkansasMississippiLouisiana
The smallest point of the Mississippi River is at Lake Itasca, in Minnesota, where it is only 20 to 30 feet wide. At Lake Winnibigoshish, it is about 11 miles wide.
The Mississippi river is considered the largest river system in North America. Some sources reference it as the longest as well, at 2340 miles (3765 km) long. Others claim this length for the Missouri River and list the Mississippi as only 2320 miles (3730 km) in defined length. Both are subjective based on the definition of the tributaries used (especially with the Missouri, where the reported length can vary from 2320 to 2540 miles!). Taken together, the Jefferson/Missouri and the Mississippi form the longest river system in North America. If measured from the source of the Jefferson at Brower's Spring (Montana), to the Gulf of Mexico, the length of the Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson combination is approximately 3,900 miles (6,300 km). This makes it the 3rd longest river system in the world. The length of the Mississippi River is 6,084 km or 3,781 miles. Source: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/1753894090274608
The Missouri River.Missouri River.......according to my mapThe Missouri River is the longest tributary to the Mississippi River. The Mighty Missouri travels 2,431 miles before meeting the Mississippi in St. Louis, MO.
The Mississippi River is the second longest river in the United States. It is about 2,320 miles (3,730 km) long and is only about 20 miles (40 km) shorter than the Missouri River.
The Mississippi River is the second longest river in the United States. It is about 2,320 miles (3,730 km) long and is only about 20 miles (40 km) shorter than the Missouri River.
The Mississippi River, Colorado River and Missouri River are some.