GROUP 3

Name of River : Mississippi River

Source : www.wikipedia.com

Brief Desciptation :

The Mississippi River is the second-longest river in the United States , with a lenght of 2,320 miles from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico .

Uses :

1 ) The mississippi River runs through 10 states and was used to defined portionsof these states' borders .

2 ) The middle of the riverbed at the time the borders were established was the line to defined the borders between states .

Problem :

1 ) Mississippi River basin and the Gulf of Mexico , environmental groups in nine states have petitioned the federal government to set and enforce pollution standards .

2 ) The setting up of pollution standards has become imperative because the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico till date has spread to around 8,000 square miles and is the second largest .