A geologist's vibrant maps reveal how the Mississippi River has wandered across its valley, making it look like a colorful, winding serpent. These maps, created by Harold Fisk in 1944, document the ...

A map shared on X, TikTok, Facebook and Threads, among other platforms, in August 2024 claimed to show the Mississippi River and its tributaries. One popular example was shared to X (archived) on ...

The map above shows all of the tributary rivers that feed water into the Mississippi River. This is important because it's not always about the rain that falls near or on top of the river.

The river’s low levels have allowed people to walk on foot to Tower Rock, CNN has previously reported – an island in the middle of the Mississippi River south of St. Louis that is typically ...

The Mississippi River is designed as a self-scouring channel, with the water flowing at a rate high enough to kick sediment out into the Gulf of Mexico and away from Louisiana’s starving wetlands.

Construction begins on Mississippi River underwater sill as saltwater wedge begins to creep upriver Construction of the saltwater sill began in the river at mile marker 64 near Myrtle Grove, La.