The Mississippi River serves as the border for 9 U.S. states. Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi are bordered along the east side of the Mississippi River. Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas are bordered along its west side. The river also serves as Louisiana's border with Mississippi before turning west and flowing through Louisiana to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.
The Mississippi River serves as the border for 9 U.S. states. Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi are bordered along the east side of the Mississippi River. Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas are bordered along its west side. The river also serves as Louisiana's border with Mississippi before turning west and flowing through Louisiana to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.
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It goes through ten states.
mississippi river
The Saint Croix and Mississippi Rivers form part of the boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Mississippi
Missouri River BasinThe Missouri River starts in Montana and flows through North and South Dakota, forms the boundary between Nebraska and Iowa and part of the boundary between Kansas and Missouri, and flows through Missouri to the Mississippi River.
The river that separates the east and west U.S. is usually considered the Mississippi.
The Mississippi River and its tributaries drain all or part of 31 states and a small part of one Canadian province.
Utah
The Colorado River forms part of the southwest boundary of the United States.
The Rio Grande River
The Louisiana Purchase expanded the southern part of the United States. It included many future states, but did not include the upper part of the Mississippi River.
Indiana and Illinois
The Columbia River forms part of the border between Washington State and Oregon. Both of these states are West of the Mississippi River.