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Title: The Mighty Mississippi


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The Mighty Mississippi
  • Vocabulary

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Mississippi River
  • Means big water or father of waters

3
Source
  • The starting point, or beginning of a river.

4
Mouth
  • The endpoint of a river.

5
Tributary
  • A small river that feeds into a larger river.

6
River Basin
  • All the land that is drained by a river and the
    rivers tributaries

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New Orleans, LA
  • One of the busiest ports in our nation.

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Port
  • A place where ships load and unload goods.

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Delta
  • The fertile land formed by the soil the river
    deposits as it flows into the sea.

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Wetland
  • A wet area, such as a swamp or a marsh.
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