Mighty Mississippi
America's longest waterway
The Mighty Mississippi is the Mississippi River, the largest river system in North America, flowing from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
The epithet emphasizes the river's impressive size, power, and cultural significance in American history and imagination: We crossed the Mighty Mississippi at Memphis.
The phrase carries a ring of folklore and patriotic geography.
- Old Man RiverPersonified great river
- steamboatEngine-powered watercraft
- paddle wheelerBoat propelled by rotating blades
- bankPlace holding deposits
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
river delta · Mark Twain · river pilot · flood · river · oxbow lake · barges · current · folklore · Native Americans · fishery · wetlands · mud · levee · shipping lanes · catfish · biodiversity · blues
- river nicknamesOld Man River, Blue Danube, Yellow River
Mighty Mississippidry creek bed
Streambed without water
ephemeral stream · arroyo · wadi · dry gulch · standing water
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