The-Mississippi-River-密西西比河PPT课件.ppt

;Contents;Name;Geography; Source Lake Itasca(艾塔斯卡湖) Mouth Gulf of Mexico(墨西哥湾) Length 2,348 mi / 6,020 km Country United States States Minnesota,Wisconsin,Iowa,Illinois,Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana ;the 4th longest river in the world (after the Nile, Amazon River, Yangtze River) triangular drainage area —40% of the country(U.S.) an important transportation artery of North America. ;the Upper Mississippi From its origin at Lake Itasca to St. Louis, Missour the Middle Mississippi From St. Louis to the Ohio River confluence the Lower Mississippi from its confluence（合流点） with the Ohio River to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico ; Outflow;History;Native Americans Modern American Indian nations inhabiting the Mississippi basin include Cheyenne, Sioux, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, Fox, Kickapoo, Tamaroa, Moingwena, Quapaw and Chickasaw. European exploration Colonization Steamboat era Civil War ;Navigation Flood control ;The Mississippi River is the longest and most economically important waterway in the United States. That industry ships corn, soybeans, and wheat from farms in the Midwest to destinations around the globe. Roughly 60 percent of all grain exported from the United States travels on barges along this waterway. Any disruption has a ripple effect. Theres a lot of money at stake for these farmers, and theres other commodities that are coming down the river as well, so its not just grain but its also chemicals are coming down the river, coal is coming down the river, various things like that, noted Jasen Brown, a Hydraulic Engineer with the Army Corps.;Flood :Mississippi at its worst;1830 – 1850: the golden age of steamboats 1830: Federal government Navigation lock(船闸) canal 1848: the Illinois Michigan Canal —connection of the Mississippi