MISSISSIPPI RIVER PRESENTATION

Presentation

MISSISSIPI

RIVER

contents

1. Cover

5. Facts

2. Section

6. History

7. Climate

3.Upper course middle course lower course

8. Tradition

9. Map 10.End

4. Flora and Fauna

UPper course, middle course and lower course

UPPER COURSEThe Upper Mississippi runs from its headwaters to its confluence with the Missouri River at St. Louis, Missouri. The Upper Mississippi is divided into two sections: The headwaters, 493 miles (793 km), from the source to Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota MIDDLE COURSE The Mississippi River is known as the Middle Mississippi from the Upper Mississippi River's confluence with the Missouri River at St. Louis, Missouri, for 190 miles (310 km) to its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois. The Middle Mississippi is relatively free-flowing.

LOWER COURSE The Lower Mississippi River is the portion of the Mississippi River downstream of Cairo, Illinois. From the confluence of the Ohio River and Upper Mississippi River at Cairo, the Lower flows just under 1000 miles (1600 km) to the Gulf of Mexico. Length: 990 mi (1,600 km)

Flora and fauna

By crossing so many states and having a material rich in silt and clay, it has a high richness in flora and fauna.In addition, having a humid and semi-tropical climate is ideal for the development of many species of animals and plants.

FLORA There are numerous species, some endemic and others not.The best known are : Carex vulpinidea Carex stipata Impatiens capensis Caltha plaustris

FAUNAMany of these listed species are unique to the Mississsipi river since they can only be found here. Louisiana black bear American crocodile Yellow map turtle The lake sturgeon The dancing fish known as Notorus hildebrandis

FACTS ABOUT THE MISSISSIPI RIVER

Location: United States of America Total Length: 2,320 miles Maximum Depth: 200 feet Main Outlet: Gulf of Mexico Known for: Being the second longest river in North America The start of the Mississippi River is a small glacial lake called Lake Itasca in Minnesota, USA. Mississippi Population: 2021 2,966,407

HISTORY

As its respectful Indian name indicates, the Mississippi played an important role in the lives of the aboriginal peoples settled on its banks. To the Native American peoples of the river, the Mississippi was both highway and larder. On it they paddled their cottonwood dugouts and their bark canoes, and from it they took the fish that was a mainstay of their diet. Constant shifts of migration, local or large-scale, interwove tribal languages and cultures. By the time Europeans arrived, the Sioux, who originally had lived on the upper river, had withdrawn westward to give place to Ojibwa, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Fox, and Sauk. Downriver the Illinois tribe had established prosperous agricultural communities.

climate

Mississippi is located in the humid subtropical climate region, characterized by temperate winters; long, hot summers; and rainfall that is fairly evenly distributed through the year. Normal mean annual temperatures range from 62F in the north to 68F along the coast. Low temperatures have dropped to 16F below zero while high temperatures exceed 90F over 100 days each year. Temperatures routinely exceed 100F at many places in the state each year and drop to zero or lower an average of once in five years in the state. Freezing temperatures reach the Gulf coast almost every winter. Normal precipitation ranges from about 50 to 65 inches across the state from north to south. Measurable snow or sleet falls on some part of the state in 95% of the years.

TRADItions

Mississipian people shared similar beliefs in cosmic harmony, divine aid and power, the ongoing circle of life and death, and spiritual powers with neighbouring cultures throughout much of estern North America

MAP

The Mississipi river is the major river of North America and the United States

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