The Mississippi is widest above its navigable portion, where it is 11 miles wide at Lake Winnibigoshish.
It reaches its widest navigable width downstream from its confluence with the Missouri River (near Alton, IL) where it is nearly 1 mile across.
It is about 1/2 mile wide at New Orleans, LA before entering its delta.
An average would be impossible to determine.
In its early course, the river is only 30 feet wide.
In some lakes formed by the river in Minnesota, it is at least 2 miles wide and arguably as much as 11 miles wide.
In the middle river, below the navigation locks, it is as narrow as 700 feet.
South of the confluence with the Missouri, it is as wide as 1 mile (divided by islands).
It is 1/2 mile wide above and near New Orleans before splitting into narrower channels in the delta.
2530miles(4070km) at the Gulf of Mexico as it enters the upper misssissippi river it is more than 2 miles
The difference is width
No it only goes to the width
No it only goes to the width
No it only goes to the width
The Mississippi River is wider than the Columbia River. The Mississippi River varies in width along its course, but at its widest point near Alton, Illinois, it can reach over 3 miles wide. In comparison, the Columbia River is typically less than a mile wide.
My understanding is that it consisted of all the land drained by the Mississippi-Missouri river complex. The exact boundaries were not at all precise.
The Mississippi River
I think it is the Mississippi River but not for sure
The Mississippi River forms the boundary between Illinois and Missorui
Mississippi River. :)
the Mississippi river
The Mississippi River is the boundary between Tennessee and Arkansas.