Mississippi River Watershed
Mississippi River
- Ohio River
- Cache River
- Saline River
- Wabash River
- Little Wabash River
- Embarras River
- Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary)
- Big Muddy River
- Kaskaskia River
- Illinois River
- Macoupin Creek
- La Moine River
- Sangamon River
- Spoon River
- Mackinaw River
- Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
- Fox River (Illinois River tributary)
- Des Plaines River
- Kankakee River
- Iroquois River
- Rock River (Mississippi River)
- Green River (Illinois)
- Kishwaukee River
- Pecatonica River
The minor direct tributaries of the Mississippi include the following, which are parts of the "Mississippi watershed":
- Marys River
- Wood River
- Edwards River
- Henderson Creek
- Hennepin Canal
- Plum River
- Apple River
- Galena River
- Sinsinawa River
- Little Menominee River
- Menominee River
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Famous quotes containing the words mississippi and/or river:
“Listen, my friend, I’ve just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.”
—Patrick Buchanan (b. 1938)
“Sitting in that dusky wilderness, under that dark mountain, by the bright river which was full of reflected light, still I heard the wood thrush sing, as if no higher civilization could be attained. By this time the night was upon us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)