Talk:Mississippi River

Semi-protected edit request on 2 February 2020

When listing names of the river in Native languages, add the name from the Ho-Chunk People, which is Nįįxéte. Meaning "Great Water" or "Great River". Source: Hocąk Teaching Materials Volume 1 Elements of Grammar/Learner's Dictionary, on Page 453. Edited by Johannes Helmbrecht and Christian Lehmann 184.59.7.67 (talk) 06:12, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

 Not done for now: We prefer to have sources that are online. Printed sources are allowed, but they are hard to come by. Please make a request at WP:RX (click the link) to request a link for the source online. Thank you, Interstellarity (talk) 22:09, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

External links

Moved (trimmed) over-abundance of links here for consideration for incorporating into the article or deleting. This is per guidelines (WP:ELPOINTS and WP:ELMIN) and policy (WP:NOTREPOSITORY), and inclusion should be according to WP:ELBURDEN:

• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MN) from the NPS
  • Mississippi River Facts from the NPS
• "Mark Twain's Mississippi", from the digital library of Northern Illinois University
• Interactive detailed satellite photos and zoomable USGS topographic quad maps of the lower Mississippi, the alternative course for the river, and the various control structures and floodways
• Lower Mississippi Valley – Engineering Geology Mapping Program – PDF files of publications about and maps of the geology of the Mississippi River Valley and its tributaries.
• Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain Map
• "Old Man River Loses His Kinks" , April 1942, Popular Science article on 1930-40s project to improve barge navigation between Helena and Natchez
• The short film "The River (1938)" is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
• The short film "The River (Part II) (1937)" is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
• The short film "The Valley of the Giant: Mississippi River story" is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
• Geographic data related to Mississippi River at OpenStreetMap
• Roundtable discussion on Imagining the River, University of Minnesota, 2009
• MRTIS – Mississippi River Traffic Information System

--- Otr500 (talk) 22:57, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 August 2020

Please add the fact that Interstate 55 largely parallels it and Memphis is the largest city along it. Thanks. 104.246.113.199 (talk) 20:11, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

 Not done. It's not clear what changes you want to make. Moreover, please provide reliable source(s) to support any claims made. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 00:27, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

"Mississippi"

The usage of "Mississippi" is under discussion, see Talk:Mississippi (disambiguation)#Requested move 30 September 2020. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:06, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 October 2021

The word "at" needs to be changed to "to" in the Depth section of this article. As well as adding a comma for clarity.

Specifically, the third sentence of the Depth section currently reads:

"Between Saint Louis, Missouri, where the Missouri River joins at Cairo, Illinois, the depth averages 30 feet (9 m)."

but it should read:

"Between Saint Louis, Missouri, where the Missouri River joins, to Cairo, Illinois, the depth averages 30 feet (9 m)."

The way it is currently worded the article sounds like the Missouri River joins the Mississippi river at both Saint Louis and at Cairo. It appears the word "at" was simply used incorrectly instead of "to".

Thanks! Daddydawg (talk) 15:18, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

 Done Slightly different rewording than the suggested ("Between where the Missouri River joins the Mississippi at Saint Louis, Missouri, and Cairo, Illinois, ..."), but the text is clearer. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 15:23, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Mississippi River

Have this article and others that are pertinent to people doing road trips across this great land. Then people can listen to articles about the places they see. 2600:1014:B122:62B2:E9CA:3CB8:4AC5:4913 (talk) 22:37, 15 July 2022 (UTC)