Mississippi River Basin

Type: Location

As of November 2026, Mississippi River Basin has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Half as Interesting (Nov 2025). Mentioned humorously as a hypothetical division in future water wars, illustrating the scale of disaster scenarios.

The Mississippi River is the primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the U.S. after the Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 mi (3,766 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian mountains. The rive