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The serious drought in much of the United States over the past several months is having an impact on the Mississippi River, the second-longest river in the country after the Missouri River. The ...

The river flows through 10 states, but drains from 32 states and 2 Canadian provinces. Stock image of a map of the Mississippi river and some of its tributaries.

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The floodplain forest is one of the most imperiled habitat types on the Mississippi River. Most of the tree samples were taken in Pool 9. “Pool 9 is a hot spot for surviving elms,” he said.

As flooding cycles on the Mississippi Delta region, more rounds of heavy rain are on the way and could spark new flooding along small streams and perhaps some rivers in the central United States.

The Mississippi River basin, which includes 32 states and two Canadian provinces, produces 92% of the nation’s agricultural exports and 78% of the world’s exports in feed grains and soybeans.

Photos and satellite imagery from the central United States show how the region’s worst drought in at least a decade has pushed the Mississippi River and its tributaries to drop to record lows ...

Workers lift a tarp over a HESCO sand barrier along River Drive in Davenport, Iowa, as the city prepares for flooding from the Mississippi River, Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

Transporting water from the Mississippi River basin, which drains roughly 40 percent of the continental United States, has always been a long shot that many say isn’t practical or remotely cost ...