The waters from Tennessee ultimately flow into the Gulf of Mexico. This occurs via several rivers, such as the Tennessee River, which joins the Ohio River, and ultimately the Mississippi River that empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
La Salle was the first man to navigate the Mississippi River all the way through the gulf of Mexico.
Ships can navigate up the Mississippi River as far as Minneapolis, Minnesota, which is about 2,340 miles from the river's mouth at the Gulf of Mexico.
The Mississippi empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Mississippi River ends in the Gulf of Mexico. It passes through the state of Louisiana just before the Gulf of Mexico. The state of Mississippi borders Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, and the Gulf of Mexcio.
The Mississippi River.
The largest river that empties into the Gulf of Mexico is the Mississippi River.
Niger river
The strict answer to the question is approximately 1450 miles via the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers. However, by navigating downstream on the Tennessee River to the Ten-Tom Waterway where it enters the Tennessee in Pickwick Lake, continuing on the TTWW to the its confluence with the Black Warrior River, continuing on the BWR to its confluence with the Mobile River, into Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico; the distance is approximately 730 miles.
The mouth of the Mississippi is the Gulf of Mexico.
* Gulf of Mexico * Rio Grande * Sabine River * Red River
Mississippi is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, Arkansas and Louisiana to the west, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.Mississippi is bordered by Tennessee to the north; Alabama to the east; Arkansas across the Mississippi River and Louisiana to the west; and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.