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3.  The Mississippi river is the largest river in America.  It starts up in the mountains and flows through gorges and waterfalls and past muddy swamps and many houses.  The Mississippi river has a length of 2,320 miles.  The Mississippi drains most of the area between the Rocky Mountains except the areas drained by Hudson Bay.  The river starts in Minnesota and then empties into the Gulf of Mexico. click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River

4. It has many wooded islands with hardwood forests and wildlife like sloths, canvasback ducks, Tundra swans, white-tailed deer and muskrats. Click here to find out more

5. The population of people living by the river is massive, at last count, 2,844,658 People living by the river are used to floods so they are not scared when a flood evolves. There are a lot of houses next to the Mississippi and a lot of facilities.

6. True or False The Mississippi is largest river in America? True or False Minnesota or the Gulf of Mexico Where does the river start? Minnesota or the Gulf of Mexico 2,844,658 or 2,334,765 What is the population by the river? 2,844,658 or 2,334,765