Mississippi Valley Division
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The United States Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division is responsible for the Corps water resources programs within 370,000-square-miles of the Mississippi River Valley, as well as the
The Mississippi River Commission building in Vicksburg
Mississippi River
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The Mississippi River is the primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri. From its traditional sourc
Mississippi Valley Division
…Mississippi River Valley, as well as the watershed portions of the Red River of the North that are within the United States. It encompasses the entire Mississippi River from Lake Itasca, Minnesota, to the Gulf of Mexico. It excludes the watersheds of the Missouri River and Ohio River, and portions of the Arkansas River…
The source of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca
The first bridge (and only log bridge) over the Mississippi, about 25 feet south of its source at Lake Itasca
De facto head of navigation, St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Minnesota