"It is the longest river in the United States second only to the Missouri river." Or in other words... It is the second longest river in the United States. Lol
Because joining the mile high club sounds way more cool than joining the 1.609 kilometer high club, give them an inch, they'll take a mile sounds much better than them taking 1.609 kilometers, and mile high stadium is definitely way more cool than 1.609 kilometer high stadium! @@billthecat129
They’re connected though, so technically the Missouri River is another source for the Mississippi River. They both are the longest, only second to each other.
Unless you consider all the oxbow lakes the meandering Mississippi makes that have chanģed the corse of the river over time. The state boundaries don't change with the river. So, most states do now have at least a little of there land on both sides of the river. Kaskaskia in Illinois is a prime example.
I believe where the Ohio River meets the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois. The Ohio actually has a higher stream flow. The problem there is the Ohio River may be larger by volume but it isn't actually that long. I do wonder though if that makes the Mississippi technically a tributary of the Ohio?
Call me the MS river man. Ive been up and down that mf at least 80 times. Its nice. Got some rich people with glass houses on the hills living on the banks. Its a scenery for sure.
Look at the pattern at the confluence. The Missouri delta alters the course of the Mississippi (St Louis is in Missouri not Illinois), not the other way around.
This brings up a rather interesting question, along with something else I've pondered. Where the Mississippi and the Missouri join, how did they decide which one got to continue South as far as the name? How do we know the Mississippi is not truly the tributary? Just a couple thoughts, and I don't ever remember my science class explaining this to me.
Since you asked, actually, the Mississippi (after it's confluence with the Missouri) is misnamed. The Missouri drains a larger area than the Mississippi before the confluence. So the Missouri River should continue on to the Gulf. However, by the time the source of the Missouri and it's watershed were discovered and explored, the length of the Mississippi had long been named. No one ever bothered to change the name.
If the earth is flat what makes the rivers flow? If the earth is flat why is there water falls? If the earth is flat why can't I fall off the edge? Things I need to know..
We screwed it up like all the other rivers because we let he Army Corp of Engineers drudge it and straighten without concern of the effect on yhe tide.
It's a matter of construction / names. In the current situation the Missouri is the longest river in the US. This would have been much more obvious if the Mississippi would have flown in to the Missouri river near the city of St. Louis.
Scientist say that the Mississippi actually flows into the Missouri River but the Missouri is called a tributary of the Mississippi because the Mississippi was explored first and designated the primary stem even though the Missouri is longer and carries a comparable volume of water.
@quickwimnl ain't gonna happen. This is America. They tried to push that crap on us before. Did Not go as they thought it would. People refused and pushed back
The source should be the furthest away. It may be Itasca is said to be its source but that is only because the person went to the right fork of the river to the end, if they had taken the left fork then they would of found the starting place of the Missouri River. Who's to say that the longer river could have been called the Mississippi, however its all in the name and there could have been 3 river names considering where they intersect. Why call it the Missouri River when that is not where it originates.
Missouri is longest tributary ohio is larger and another commented on river only flow through two states and along others. And maybe a couple others due to cut off enclaves
Technical the Mississippi River is a tributary to the Missouri River..... but we listed the. Mississippi River as main river since we encountered it first.
All major rivers have multiple tributaries. The longest water course in the US is the Mississippi-Missouri and then the highest small tributary after that.
Like the length really matters... It's total network of rivers allowed America to develop the mid-continent before our road networks were built and it irrigates the largest area of farmland in the world.
All I know is that the 1st time I crossed the Mississippi River, it all of 8 feet wide. And the 5th time I crossed it was at Lacrosse Wisconsin and from bank to bank was 1/2 a mile wide. Where the Mississippi River is 8 feet wide and is called the Mississippi River, the Missouri River should have the same rights being called the Missouri River.
It seems they’re 2 different rivers that flow in to one downstream. It starts in Minnesota. Also weird how the estuary is in Louisiana and not Mississippi. I didn’t know that, I just always assumed it was Mississippi
But 96% of the globe knows this and CZcams is an international platform so we dont need to cater to a special interest group....the same country that hates catering to special interest groups
The Mississippi is not the longest river in the US. The Missouri River is. In addition, the Missouri drains a larger area than the Mississippi. So all of the rivers length after the confluence of the Missouri should also be called the Missouri River. Regardless, the length of the Missouri River would never be considered a part of the Mississippi, or part of its length. Adding both rivers together is completely ludicrous!
If you go Google maps and look at the mouth of the Ohio River. You'll see it's a easy turn in the Mississippi River. What they are saying is the Mississippi River is really a tributary. What I'm saying from my description is this. That the Ohio and Mississippi River are really one river not two
unfortunately for the Mississippi all rivers are defined by their width. Heading Inland where they join another river the widest of the two carries the name and so on. Where the Mississippi meets the Missouri just north of St Louis the Missouri is narrower and so it ends.
Why do they still insist on using Metric Measurements? They introduced this back in the 1980's here in the U.S. because most of the world uses it. It didn't take then, an still doesn't now 40 years later! Everything I do when it comes to measurements, I have to have a freakin' calculator at the ready to understand what the hell I'm reading! This is America, we use Imperial Measurements! This is our standard. And leave the clocks alone this November! End this Daylight Savings Time baloney already!
If 193 countries use 1 unit, and 3 (US, Liberia, Myanmar) use another, then it’s pretty obvious which countries do it wrong (it’s not the 193 that use metric)
The Mississippi River comes from Minnesota, while the Missouri River comes from Montana. Should the Mississippi River be called the Minnesota River? Should the Missouri River be called the Montana River?
I wonder if you can take a boat ride from the starting point in minnesota to new orleans Or from the starting point in montana to new orleans I looked it up but didn't find any answer
How is the Mississippi the longest river, if it’s second ONLY to the Missouri? Who edits your script?
Pretty sure it’s AI
I thought the same thing
Exactly
Ai be wilding 😂😂😂
Outside the Missouri River, it is the longest in the United States.
"It is the longest river in the United States second only to the Missouri river."
Or in other words...
It is the second longest river in the United States. Lol
Well, they don't have to pay AI now, do they? But the AI people need to keep checking this stuff until it can successfully check itself.
This is America damnit. We don’t know how long 3700 kilometers is
Yeah well 96% of the global knows....why dont you get off onboard
I do. Get w the rest of the world already ... King Henry VIII is dead, ya know?? 🙄 All you know about is consuming 2 litres of soda
Because joining the mile high club sounds way more cool than joining the 1.609 kilometer high club, give them an inch, they'll take a mile sounds much better than them taking 1.609 kilometers, and mile high stadium is definitely way more cool than 1.609 kilometer high stadium! @@billthecat129
This is America .
Longest in the country second only to the Missouri. That sounds like AI logic.
No the Mississippi river is one mile shorter search it on google
They’re connected though, so technically the Missouri River is another source for the Mississippi River. They both are the longest, only second to each other.
@@G-Rated but the Missouri River terminates at the Mississippi, flowing in to it
It seems to me the river starts at it's source. Lake Itasca.
i’ve been
The Mississippi only flows through two states, Minnesota and Louisiana. The other states it only flows by, forming a border, not through.
It flows through then as well. Each state claims half the river in their borders
Unless you consider all the oxbow lakes the meandering Mississippi makes that have chanģed the corse of the river over time. The state boundaries don't change with the river. So, most states do now have at least a little of there land on both sides of the river. Kaskaskia in Illinois is a prime example.
A technicality
Amazing how the river naturally follows the state borders. What are the odds of that...
@@mph7282, lol😂
"It is the longest river in the United States, second only to the Missouri River." - I like the way you think!
Honestly, sometimes thinking humans actually outperform AI. I really hope a human would catch that contradiction.
Well at 6ft 4 …I’m the tallest man in the United States. Second only to anyone 6ft 5 or taller.
If you're going to say kilometers also say miles.
@@saundracoffelt1932 Isn't AI developed by humans and all humans make mistakes.
I swam at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. The Missouri flowed more than twice as fast as the Mississippi there.
I believe where the Ohio River meets the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois. The Ohio actually has a higher stream flow. The problem there is the Ohio River may be larger by volume but it isn't actually that long.
I do wonder though if that makes the Mississippi technically a tributary of the Ohio?
Nobody likes Ohio, even the water can’t wait to get out of there.
Call me the MS river man. Ive been up and down that mf at least 80 times. Its nice. Got some rich people with glass houses on the hills living on the banks. Its a scenery for sure.
The Mississippi River is 2350 miles long
American.. Km≠Miles, welcome to the International System of Units
So it’s the LONGEST river in the states - second only to Missouri?
Who writes this shit? Do you not check it before you publish?
its ai bruh
I've been to the beginning in Minnesota and saild our the mouth into the Gulf.
I've only covered from St Paul then out the Southwest Pass so never saw the headwaters.
Look at the pattern at the confluence. The Missouri delta alters the course of the Mississippi (St Louis is in Missouri not Illinois), not the other way around.
How can it be the longest river in the U.S. but 'second only to the Missouri' river?? Please explain how that works, Mr. A.I.
Flew to the comments looking for this one😂
We are Americans. We don't know kilogram. Miles people, miles.
LEARN THE METRIC SYSTEM!!!
1 m = 3.28 ft
1 L = 0.26 gal
1 kg = 2.2 lb
Next time I get pulled over in Europe for doing too many kilometers over the speed limit I will tell him “No Officer..I was doing kilograms”
kilograms is a measure of weight. Kilometers is a measure of distance.
@@comfortablynumb4491 I don’t mean to be that dude but kg is mass not weight
Miles AKA Fresdom units
Yes, length is determined by the longer tributary. This is done with the danube using the source as that of the Inn River in Switzerland
If its the longest river in the country how can it be 2nd to the Missouri river
This brings up a rather interesting question, along with something else I've pondered. Where the Mississippi and the Missouri join, how did they decide which one got to continue South as far as the name? How do we know the Mississippi is not truly the tributary? Just a couple thoughts, and I don't ever remember my science class explaining this to me.
Well, how did the Missouri River get it's name when it started so far north/northwest?
Since you asked, actually, the Mississippi (after it's confluence with the Missouri) is misnamed. The Missouri drains a larger area than the Mississippi before the confluence. So the Missouri River should continue on to the Gulf. However, by the time the source of the Missouri and it's watershed were discovered and explored, the length of the Mississippi had long been named. No one ever bothered to change the name.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think that’s how you use “second only to”
I realize how much that natural sources make the borders of states and countries.
If the earth is flat what makes the rivers flow?
If the earth is flat why is there water falls?
If the earth is flat why can't I fall off the edge? Things I need to know..
You’re confusing flat with 2-dimensional. The argument is flat as opposed to spherical, but can still have hills and valleys
@@timothyvenable3336 r/whoosh...
We screwed it up like all the other rivers because we let he Army Corp of Engineers drudge it and straighten without concern of the effect on yhe tide.
And dam it probably
@@poloska9471 dammed it in both senses of the word.
I did not know this
I did not know this
I've straddled the source of the Missouri river, in Montana. It's a spring about 2 feet wide.
It's a matter of construction / names. In the current situation the Missouri is the longest river in the US. This would have been much more obvious if the Mississippi would have flown in to the Missouri river near the city of St. Louis.
The Mississippi River should be a tributary flowing into the Missouri River and end at that point
Is this km thing ever done in miles ALSO? It's how our odometer here in Calif read!
The real key? It's the longest navigable river in the world!
Second only to...
Actually, Elk Lake feeds into Itasca so I would consider Elk or the creeks and springs that feed Elk to be source.
Therefore the Mississippi is the SECOND longest River in the USA.
Its tributaries' lengths aren't added to a river's length in determining the length of that river.
Add in the milk river tributary another 1200 km.
Montana and Alberta headwaters
Then call it the Missouri river
Most atlases call it the Missouri -Mississippi River due to the Missouri having a greater flow where the two meet.
Scientist say that the Mississippi actually flows into the Missouri River but the Missouri is called a tributary of the Mississippi because the Mississippi was explored first and designated the primary stem even though the Missouri is longer and carries a comparable volume of water.
Easy answer, the Rivers Headwaters.
Kilometers really AI NEEDS AN EDUCATION WE DO NOT USE THE METRIC SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES
About freaking time you start doing.
@quickwimnl ain't gonna happen. This is America. They tried to push that crap on us before. Did Not go as they thought it would. People refused and pushed back
THAT RIVER CREATES A 600 miles dead zone in the gulf due to fertilizer and pest spray run off
I've always thought the Missouri River should be the main river all the way to the gulf.
if it was discovered today that's how it would be laid out simply because the Missouri is twice as long above where the two rivers meet
The source should be the furthest away. It may be Itasca is said to be its source but that is only because the person went to the right fork of the river to the end, if they had taken the left fork then they would of found the starting place of the Missouri River. Who's to say that the longer river could have been called the Mississippi, however its all in the name and there could have been 3 river names considering where they intersect. Why call it the Missouri River when that is not where it originates.
How did Mississippi get to name it after them when it runs through all if those other states?
Missouri is longest tributary ohio is larger and another commented on river only flow through two states and along others. And maybe a couple others due to cut off enclaves
Technical the Mississippi River is a tributary to the Missouri River..... but we listed the. Mississippi River as main river since we encountered it first.
And Americans still don't know how long it is because you gave the distance in kilometers and they're too lazy to use Google conversion.
Funny how despite building the most prosperous nation that has ever existed on planet Earth in essentially less than 200 years we're labeled lazy.
Divide by 1.6.
All major rivers have multiple tributaries. The longest water course in the US is the Mississippi-Missouri and then the highest small tributary after that.
Like the length really matters...
It's total network of rivers allowed America to develop the mid-continent before our road networks were built and it irrigates the largest area of farmland in the world.
Of course it matters. It's a statistic and statistics matter.
It's just so we can brag to countries with shorter rivers.
@@philv2529 Thank You. "It's a beautiful river with beautiful bridges" -Oddball (aka Donald Southerland)
How is it that long when it starts in another state.
All I know is that the 1st time I crossed the Mississippi River, it all of 8 feet wide. And the 5th time I crossed it was at Lacrosse Wisconsin and from bank to bank was 1/2 a mile wide. Where the Mississippi River is 8 feet wide and is called the Mississippi River, the Missouri River should have the same rights being called the Missouri River.
it is called Mississippi - Missouri River
Mississippi - Missouri, that's a river system, not a river.
Throw in Montana's Red River while you're at it.
its length should calculated by people who measure in MILES
It seems they’re 2 different rivers that flow in to one downstream. It starts in Minnesota.
Also weird how the estuary is in Louisiana and not Mississippi. I didn’t know that, I just always assumed it was Mississippi
We don't use KM here in USA. So knock it off.
But 96% of the globe knows this and CZcams is an international platform so we dont need to cater to a special interest group....the same country that hates catering to special interest groups
It was in reference to Miss. River in US. So take ur hate elsewhere.
From the source, my mom always told me if you want clean water you need to go to the head of the river that would be the source
If you measure it that way, it would make the Missouri River the longest.
The Mississippi River is a tributary to the Missouri River, or at least it should be
The Mississippi is not the longest river in the US. The Missouri River is. In addition, the Missouri drains a larger area than the Mississippi. So all of the rivers length after the confluence of the Missouri should also be called the Missouri River. Regardless, the length of the Missouri River would never be considered a part of the Mississippi, or part of its length. Adding both rivers together is completely ludicrous!
This makes me feel alot stupider.
Hard to get an accurate measurement due to "The Coastline Paradox"
The way presented looks like Missouri River connects to the Mississippi, why not the Missouri River connecting to the Mississippi!
The Mississippi river is the Mississippi River. The Missouri River is the Missouri River. Two separate river systems.
they are most definitely not two different river systems
Include the water shed in Alberta
If you go Google maps and look at the mouth of the Ohio River. You'll see it's a easy turn in the Mississippi River. What they are saying is the Mississippi River is really a tributary. What I'm saying from my description is this. That the Ohio and Mississippi River are really one river not two
Add in the Monongahela-Allegany/Ohio. Now where is the starting point?
Don't forget the Cheat,Tygart,& Youghiogheny Rivers which feed the Monongahela. Allegheny River is started from NY Pennsylvania border.
I had always heard that the Ohio river was the main tributary of the Mississippi.
Where the Missouri and Mississippi merge there should be named a new river that continues to the sea. Make sense?
unfortunately for the Mississippi all rivers are defined by their width. Heading Inland where they join another river the widest of the two carries the name and so on. Where the Mississippi meets the Missouri just north of St Louis the Missouri is narrower and so it ends.
We still don’t know how long it is because the graphic said 3767km and your script said 3167km.
The Mississippi is filthy by the time it reaches minneapolis.i can only imagine the pollution by the time it reaches the gulf
You REALLY need to proofread your script and compare it to:
A- the facts, &
2- what you print on screen.
MEGA FAIL
It forms the front of the chef holding the plate of Kentucky fried Chicken
You know it's really interesting here in the United States of America we don't use the metric system so kilometers are European nonsense to us
From the Jefferson River.
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Chicago is the most populous city in the US, second only to New York and Los Angeles.
Looks like it only flows through Minnesota and Louisiana . . . the rest of the states are only bordered on the river . . . so there!
It is one of the longest river. Second only to the Missouri River.
Can tell this was made by Europeans, because an American would never measure the rivers in km, we would use Freedom Units.
Pretty sure the was from Southeast Asia. They crank out this AI BS and make lots of money. India also puts out a lot.
You mean special interest units...
This is the USA we use feet & miles not km.
Hey...in the USA we don't use kilometers and the Missouri river in not longer
Missouri River is longer than the Mississippi by ONE MILE.
Well maybe the Missouri should be called the Missoursippy. And it should be counted
Why do they still insist on using Metric Measurements? They introduced this back in the 1980's here in the U.S. because most of the world uses it. It didn't take then, an still doesn't now 40 years later! Everything I do when it comes to measurements, I have to have a freakin' calculator at the ready to understand what the hell I'm reading! This is America, we use Imperial Measurements! This is our standard. And leave the clocks alone this November! End this Daylight Savings Time baloney already!
Use 1 meter = 40 inches
If 193 countries use 1 unit, and 3 (US, Liberia, Myanmar) use another, then it’s pretty obvious which countries do it wrong (it’s not the 193 that use metric)
Thomas Jefferson tried to introduce the Metric System to America...Bad weather and Pirates of the Caribbean kinda screwed that up.
I agree on the DST issue, but you know, that was Jimmy Carter's fault. Blame him.
The Mississippi River comes from Minnesota, while the Missouri River comes from Montana.
Should the Mississippi River be called the Minnesota River?
Should the Missouri River be called the Montana River?
If the Mississippi River originates from a lake in Minnesota is it really the Mississippi River? 😂
Once I hear metric instead of miles, I know somebody not in the us made this and doesn't know what they are talking about.
It starts in Canada
We're Americans, your obsession with the the metric system amuses us all 😅
And the US continues to amuse everyone else
How about the Ohio river , doesn’t it play a part as far as volume is concerned ?
Both of them combined
If it's second to the other river, how is it the longest?
I wonder if you can take a boat ride from the starting point in minnesota to new orleans
Or from the starting point in montana to new orleans
I looked it up but didn't find any answer
Three Forks ,Montana,is where the Gallatin, Madison, and Jefferson Rivers meet and form the mighty Missouri River.
You can hop across the Mississippi at it's head waters so no you can't sail the entire length
You can canoe or I designed a amphibious paddlewheeler that could make the trip
Ps several people have made the trip and written books about it
Just have to portage a couple places
Why is it in kilometers and not miles?
I'm the best looking guy in the United States, second only to 95% of the other men in the country.
2,340 miles...😊
Why not count the Ohio River as well? How long would it be?
2,000 km shorter.
Why is it called Mississippi and not another state?
If they connect at any point then it should be one...
This is America.
Miles, NOT kilometers!
What is a kilometer.. how many inches or whatever
A kilometre is approximately 5/8 the size of a mile
@@jackbradshaw8992... so just use miles
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@@jackbradshaw8992 or 8 ⅝ of a shronk
1 Kilometer = about .6 mile
Why would we NEED to know that?
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