Official Source of the Mississippi River | river source, geodetic point

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 river source, geodetic point
The Mississippi River begins the 2,340 mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico at the northern tip of Lake Itasca. It is the second longest river in the United States, only the 2,540 mile Missouri River is longer.
The Mississippi runs northward from Lake Itasca to Bemidji before turning east and then southward.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River
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Coordinates:   47°14'23"N   95°12'27"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago