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FLEUVE MISSISSIPPI [2 records]

Record 1 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

The chief river system (providing 14,000 miles of waterway) of North America, draining the basin of the Middle Western United States of America between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains. Measured from the source of its chief headstream, the Missouri, it is 3,710 miles long. The Mississippi River proper rises in North Minnesota and flows south, forming borders of nine states, for 2,350 miles, receiving the Missouri at St Louis and the Ohio (main eastearn stream) at Cairo, Illinois, to a great delta on the Gulf of Mexico. Other ports: Minneapolis, Memphis, New Orleans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

Fleuve des États-Unis, né dans le Minnesota et qui se jette dans le golfe du Mexique, par un grand delta.

OBS

Le nom d'un fleuve, lorsque cité sans le générique, demeure masculin.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

Central U.S.A.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

dans la région centrale des États-Unis.

Spanish

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