Mississippi River watershed

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mississippi_River_watershed

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:river
gptkbp:area	about 3.2 million square kilometers
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain gptkb:Minnesota_River_Basin gptkb:Atchafalaya_Basin gptkb:Missouri_River_Basin gptkb:Ohio_River_Basin gptkb:Arkansas-Red_River_Basin gptkb:Des_Moines_River_Basin gptkb:Illinois_River_Basin gptkb:Lower_Mississippi_River_Basin gptkb:Tennessee_River_Basin gptkb:Upper_Mississippi_River_Basin gptkb:Wisconsin_River_Basin
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Canada gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:coversPortionOf	2 Canadian provinces 31 U.S. states
gptkbp:drainedBy	gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico
gptkbp:hasTributary	gptkb:Arkansas_River gptkb:Des_Moines_River gptkb:Illinois_River gptkb:Minnesota_River gptkb:Missouri_River gptkb:Ohio_River gptkb:Red_River gptkb:Tennessee_River gptkb:Wisconsin_River
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Mississippi River watershed
gptkbp:importantFor	gptkb:navigation agriculture flood control drinking water supply habitat for wildlife
gptkbp:largestSubwatershed	gptkb:Missouri_River_Basin
gptkbp:largestWatershedIn	gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:mainRiver	gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Memphis gptkb:Minneapolis gptkb:New_Orleans gptkb:St._Louis
gptkbp:monitors	gptkb:U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers gptkb:U.S._Geological_Survey
gptkbp:outletLocation	gptkb:Mississippi_River_Delta
gptkbp:secondLargestSubwatershed	gptkb:Ohio_River_Basin
gptkbp:subject	flooding nutrient pollution sediment transport hypoxia in Gulf of Mexico
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mississippi_River_Delta gptkb:Ohio_River gptkb:French_Broad_River gptkb:Holston_River gptkb:Cumberland_River gptkb:Monongahela_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5