Mississippi River
The Mississippi River runs 2,320 miles south from Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Plaquemines Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana, drawing a wide, tangled and twisted dividing line cleaving the continental United States of America almost into two.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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Localities in the Area
Pilottown
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Pilottown is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Pilottown is situated 3½ km north of Mississippi River.
Mississippi River
- Type: Stream
- Description: largest river system in North America
- Categories: main stream and body of water
- Location: Plaquemines Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.15106° or 29° 9' 4" northLongitude
-89.25338° or 89° 15' 12" westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open Location Code
76XG5P2W+CJGeoNames ID
4333587Wikidata ID
Q1497Mississippi River Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Asif n Mississippi
- Afar: Missisipi dáryası
- Afrikaans: Mississippirivier
- Albanian: Lumi i Misisipit
- Albanian: Mississippi
- Amharic: ሚሲሲፒ ወንዝ
- Arabic: Salog Misisipi
- Arabic: المسسپي
- Arabic: المسيسبي
- Arabic: المسيسيبي
- Arabic: نهر المسيسبى
- Arabic: نهر المسيسبي
- Arabic: نهر المسيسيبي
- Arabic: نهر الميسيسيبي
- Arabic: نهر ميسيسيبي
- Aragonese: Río Misisipi
- Armenian: Միսիսիպի գետ
- Assamese: মিছিছিপি নদী
- Asturian: Ríu Mississippi
- Azerbaijani: Böyük çay
- Azerbaijani: Missisipi çayı
- Azerbaijani: Nəhəng çay
- Balinese: Tukad Mississippi
- Bashkir: Миссисипи
- Basque: Mississippi
- Basque: Mississippi ibaia
- Bavarian: Mississippi River
- Belarusian: Місысыпі
- Belarusian: Місісіпі
- Bengali: মিসিসিপি নদী
- Bhojpuri: मिसिसिपी नदी
- Bhojpuri: मिसिसिप्पी नदी
- Bhojpuri: मिसीसिपी नदी
- Bosnian: Mississippi
- Breton: Mississippi
- Bulgarian: Мисисипи
- Burmese: မစ္စစ္စပီမြစ်
- Catalan: Mississipi
- Cebuano: Mississippi River
- Central Bikol: Mississippi River
- Central Bikol: Salog Mississippi
- Central Kurdish: ڕووباری میسیسیپی
- Chechen: Миссисипи
- Cheyenne: Ma'xeé'ome'tää'e
- Chinese: Mississippi Hô
- Chinese: 密西西比河
- Chuvash: Миссисипи
- Cornish: Mississippi (avon)
- Corsican: Mississippi
- Crimean Tatar: Missisipi (özen)
- Crimean Tatar: Missisipi
- Croatian: Mississippi
- Czech: Mississippi
- Danish: Mississippifloden
- Dotyali: मिसिसिपी नदी
- Dutch: Mississippi
- Eastern Mari: Миссисипи
- Egyptian Arabic: نهر الميسيسيبى
- English: Mississippi
- English: Mississippi River Delta
- English: The Mississippi
- Esperanto: Misisipo
- Estonian: Mississippi
- Faroese: Mississippiá
- Fiji Hindi: Mississippi River
- Finnish: Mississippi
- French: Le Mississippi
- French: Mississippi
- French: Mississippi (fleuve)
- Galician: Misisipi
- Galician: Mississippi
- Galician: Río Mississippi
- Galician: میسیسیپی روبار
- Georgian: მისისიპი
- German: Mississippi
- German: Mississippi River
- Gilaki: میسیسیپی روبار
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍀𐌴𐌹 (𐌰𐍈𐌰)
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍀𐌴𐌹
- Greek: Μισσισσιππής
- Guarani: Ysyry Misisipi
- Guianese Creole French: Misisipi (flèv)
- Guianese Creole French: Misisipi
- Haitian: Misisipi
- Hakka Chinese: Me̍t-sî-sî-pí-hò
- Hausa: Me̍t-sî-sî-pí-hò
- Hausa: Mississippi (kogi)
- Hausa: Mississippi
- Hebrew: מיסיסיפי
- Hebrew: מסלול הטיול במורד נהר המיסיסיפי
- Hindi: मिसिसिप्पी नदी
- Hungarian: Mississippi
- Icelandic: Mississippifljót
- Ido: Fluvio Mississippi
- Iloko: Karayan Mississippi
- Inari Sami: Mississippijuuhâ
- Indonesian: Sungai Mississippi
- Interlingua: Fluvio Mississippi
- Irish: Abhainn Mississippi
- Italian: Mississippi
- Japanese: ミシシッピー川
- Japanese: ミシシッピ川
- Javanese: Kali Mississippi
- Kabiyè: Misisipii Pɔɔ
- Kabyle: Asif n Mississippi
- Kannada: ಮಿಸ್ಸಿಸಿಪ್ಪಿ ನದಿ
- Kara-Kalpak: Missisipi da'ryasi
- Kazakh: Миссисипи
- Korean: 미시시피강
- Kurdish: Mîsîsîpî
- Ladin: Mississippi
- Lao: Karayan Mississippi
- Latin: Flumen Mississippiense
- Latin: Mississippius
- Latvian: Misisipi
- Limburgan: Mississippi (reveer)
- Lingua Franca Nova: Rio Mississippi
- Literary Chinese: 密西西比河
- Lithuanian: Misisipė
- Lombard: Mississippi (fium)
- Lombard: Mississippi
- Low German: Mississippi
- Macedonian: Мисисипи
- Malagasy: Mississipi
- Malay: Sungai Mississippi
- Malayalam: മിസിസിപ്പി നദി
- Marathi: मिसिसिपी नदी
- Mazanderani: می سی سی پی
- Mazanderani: میسیسیپی درکا
- Min Dong Chinese: Mississippi Ò̤
- Min Nan Chinese: Mississippi Hô
- Mingrelian: მისისიპი
- Mirandese: Riu Mississippi
- Mongolian: Миссисипи мөрөн
- Moroccan Arabic: لواد د لميسيسيپي
- Nauru: Mississippi
- Nepali: मिसिसिपि खुसि
- Nepali: मिसिसिपी नदी
- Newari: मिसिसिपी खुसि
- Northern Frisian: Mississippi River
- Northern Sami: Mississippieatnu
- Northern Sami: Mississippijohka
- Norwegian: Mississippi
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mississippi (elv)
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mississippi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Mississippielva
- Nyanja: Mtsinje wa Mississippi
- Occitan (post 1500): Mississipí
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܢܗܪܐ ܕܡܝܣܝܣܝܦܝ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Mississippi ēa
- Ossetian: Миссисипи
- Panjabi: ਮਿਸੀਸਿੱਪੀ ਦਰਿਆ
- Panjabi: ਮਿੱਸੀਸਿੱਪੀ ਦਰਿਆ
- Persian: رودخانه میسیسیپی
- Persian: رود میسیسیپی
- Piemontese: Mississippi
- Polish: Missisipi
- Polish: Mississippi
- Portuguese: Mississippi
- Portuguese: Mississípi
- Portuguese: Rio Mississippi
- Portuguese: Rio Mississípi
- Pushto: مسي سي پي سيند
- Quechua: Mississippi mayu
- Romanian: Fluviul Mississippi
- Romanian: Mississippi
- Romansh: Mississippi
- Russia Buriat: Миссисипи мүрэн
- Russian: Pека Миссисипи
- Russian: Миссисипи, дельта реки
- Russian: Миссисипи
- Rusyn: Міссісіпі
- Samogitian: Mėsėsėpė (opės)
- Santali: ᱢᱤᱥᱤᱥᱤᱯᱤ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ
- Sardinian: Mississippi
- Scots: Mississippi River
- Scottish Gaelic: Mississippi
- Serbian: Мисисипи
- Serbo-Croatian: Mississippi
- Sicilian: Mississipi
- Sicilian: Mississippi
- Silesian: Missisipi
- Skolt Sami: Mississippijeänn
- Skolt Sami: Mississippijokk
- Slovak: Mississippi
- Slovenian: Misisipi
- Somali: Webiga Mississipi
- South Azerbaijani: میسیسیپی چایی
- Spanish: Río Misisipi
- Spanish: río Misisipi
- Spanish: río Mississippi
- Swahili: Mto Mississippi
- Swedish: Mississippifloden
- Swiss German: Mississippi River
- Tagalog: Ilog Mississippi
- Tamil: மிசிசிப்பி ஆறு
- Tatar: Миссисипи (елга)
- Tatar: Миссисипи
- Telugu: మిసిసిపీ నది
- Thai: แม่น้ำมิสซิสซิปปี
- Tibetan: མི་སི་སི་ཕི་གཙང་པོ།
- Tosk Albanian: Mississippi River
- Turkish: Mississippi
- Turkish: Mississippi Nehri
- Turkmen: Missisipi derýasy
- Ukrainian: Міссісіпі
- Upper Sorbian: Mississippi
- Urdu: دریائے مسیسپی
- Uzbek: Missisipi
- Uzbek: Mississippi
- Venetian: Mississippi
- Veps: Mississipi
- Vietnamese: sông Mississippi
- Võro: Mississippi jõgi
- Waray (Philippines): Salog Misisipi
- Welsh: Afon Mississippi
- Western Frisian: Mississippy
- Western Panjabi: دریائے مسیسپی
- Wu Chinese: 密西西比河
- Yakut: Миссисиипи
- Yiddish: מיסיסיפי טייך
- Yue Chinese: 密西西比河
- Balbancha
- Barbancha
- Chicagua
- Chucagua River
- Colbert River
- El Rio Grande de la Flordia
- Escondido
- Father of Waters
- Fiume del Missisipi
- Fleuve Colbert
- Fleuve Mississippim
- Grand Riviere
- Grande Riviere
- Haha Wakpa
- Kickaatiit
- Kickaatit
- La Grande Riviere
- La Palisade River
- LaRiviere des Peres
- Malabanchia
- Malabouchia
- Malbanchia
- Malbanchya
- Malbouche
- Mamaesi Sipu
- Masciccipi River
- Masseippey
- Masseppey
- Meact-Chassipi
- Mech-e-se-be River
- Mechacebe River
- Mechasipi River
- Meche Sebe River
- Mee-chee-see-bee River
- Merchacebe River
- Mesasippi River
- Meschacebe
- Meschacebee
- Meschasipi River
- Meschasypy
- Messa Sepo
- Messipi River
- Michi Sepe River
- Micissipi River
- Micissippi River
- Mico
- Mischipi River
- Misipi River
- Misisipi River
- Misissipai River
- Misissipia River
- Misseppey River
- Missi-sipi Riviere
- Missicipy River
- Missiippi River
- Missipi River
- Missippi River
- Missippy River
- Missisipi Fiume
- Missisipi River
- Missisippi River
- Missisipy River
- Mississipi Flu
- Mississipi River
- Mississipie River
- Mississippi, jume
- Mississippie River
- Mississippy River
- Mississipy River
- Mitchi-Sipi
- Mitchisipi River
- Mnisosethaka
- Myssysypy River
- Mėsėsėpė
- Namisi Sipu
- Neekoosa-ho-xa-tay-ra
- Occochappo
- Ochechiton
- Onauweyoka
- Palisado
- Rieveiere Conception
- Rio Colbert
- Rio De Flores
- Rio De La Palizada
- Rio Grande
- Rio Grande del Espiritu Santo
- Rio Grande del Flordia
- Rio Misiaipi
- Rio San Luis
- Rio del Espiritu Sancto
- Rio del Espiritu Santo
- Rio del Spiritu Sancto
- Rio de la Palicado
- Rio de la Palizada
- River of Saint Lewis
- River of the Palisades
- Rivier Missisippi
- Riviere Buade
- Riviere Colbert
- Riviere Frontenac
- Riviere Louisiana
- Riviere de Misisipi
- Riviere de Mississippi
- Riviere de Saint Louis
- Riviere de la Conception
- Rivier van Saint Louis
- Sông Mississippi
- Tamaliseu Japatu
- Tamalisieu
- Tapatu
- We-o-coof-ke
- Yandawezue
- Zinotarista
Other Places Named Mississippi River
In the Area
Localities
- Mississippi River DeltaArea
- VeniceVillage, 18 km northwest
- South PassHamlet, 20 km southeast
- DuvicVillage, 22 km northwest
- Boothville-VeniceLocality, 23 km northwest
- OlgaHamlet, 26 km northwest
Landmarks
- Head of Passes West Jetty LighthouseLighthouse
- Head of PassesSection of a stream
- Head of Passes East Jetty LighthouseLighthouse
- Head of Passes LighthouseLighthouse
- Portage BayBay, 3 km south
- Maziers PondBay, 3 km northeast
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