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The Mississippi River has three stages: First, it is a youthful river, further down the stream it comes into its mature stage, and even further down the river, at the end, it comes into its old age stage.
All rivers have three stages, it just depends what part of the river you are looking at.
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What Illinois stream is a tributary stream to the Mississippi river?
Ohio River
What is the difference between a youthful river and a mature river?
A youthful stream is swift flowing, has sharper contours and the banks would be steep, whereas a mature stream is more mellowed in pace, is slow flowing, and is wider than the river upstream. The banks wouls be more silted and have smaller gravel, which is not the case of the youthful stream.
What is a youthful stream?
A youthful river is a river with a steep gradient that has very few tributaries and flows quickly. Its channels erode deeper rather than wider.
What is the primary difference between the Mississippi river and the Colorado river?
The Mississippi River is longer than the Colorado River.The Mississippi River
What rivers flow up elevation?
youthful stream
What is the difference between a youth river and a mature river?
Mature river is a river with a gradient that is less steep than those of youthful rivers and flows more slowly than youthful rivers. A mature river is fed by many tributaries and has more discharge than a youthful river. Its channels erode wider rather than deeper. An example being the Mississippi River. Youthful river is a river with a steep gradient that has very few tributaries and flows quickly. Its channels erode deeper rather than wider. An example being the Ebro River.
What tributary of the Mississippi River is the longest?
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.
What makes the Mississippi river muddy?
It is erosion and the Mississippi River is carrying that soil down stream.
What is a tributary and how do they come to be?
A tributary is a small stream of water that feeds into a larger stream or into a lake. So the Ohio River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, the Little Miami River is a tributary of the Ohio River, and the Genessee River is a tributary of Lake Ontario.
What is a tributary?
A tributary is a small stream or body of water that flows into a larger body of water. Note that a tributary could also be a river, for example, the Missouri and Ohio rivers flow into the Mississippi river.a tributary (correct spelling) is basically a smaller river that flows into a larger river.
What are the stages of stream?
youthful, mature and old age.
What major river starts in Minnesota?
The Mississippi River
