The Mississippi River Explained in under 3 minutes

The #Mississippi is part of one of the largest river systems in the world, covering over one third of the entirety of the United States. The system boasts many stems like the Missouri river or the Ohio river and these two, together with 20 other of the US's largest #Rivers eventually merge into the Mississippi. The Mississippi river has played a very important part in the development of the USA as a nation, and even today played a mayor part in the economy of the US. The #Geography of the central US is massively shaped by this gigantic river.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:05 Size
1:10 Navigation
2:11 Environment
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[@julian9898]

...3 minutes, or 180 Mississippis ;)

[@mr.green2341]

“The Mighty Mississipp! The Old Man! The olllld Miss!” - Clark W. Griswold

[@flowingafterglow629]

Dee-eeep river...

[@Concussed1.]

Hahahahahahaha I was thinking about that the whole video.

[@BadgerCheese94]

I live in the Twin Cities in Minnesota. The Mississippi river is just a block away from my house. I spent my 25th birthday swimming at its source in Lake Itasca further northwest. Its one mighty and impressive river! From the northwoods of Minnesota, down the fertile prairies of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri way down to the hot steamy bayous of Louisiana into the Gulf of Mexico

[@XR171]

Curious, at its source is it shallow enough to walk across? Obviously you'll get wet but would your head stay above the water?

[@BadgerCheese94]

@XR171 Yes. I have a photo of me standing in the middle of the river. My feet on the ground. My torso completely above water, even my belly button

[@abdifitahfarah1159]

You just gave me an idea for my next birthday I live a block from the river too near downtown 😂 always wanted to meet where it all starts

[@davidaaaa4611]

Did you not think that alligators may be out there. Just a thought.

[@BadgerCheese94]

@@davidaaaa4611 In Minnesota? Lol 😆

[@patrickbateman6335]

Mississippi river can't keep us apart , there's too much love in the Mississippi heart

[@busterhikney6936]

History begs to differ.

[@lchmpn1]

Great song!!!

[@antoniohoward981]

Shiiiiddddd. Not mikkkikkkippi

[@PyrotechnicsNL]

That alligator just swim to slow

[@Ralphieboy]

I remember crossing the Mississippi at St Louis as a kid and was totally amazed at its size. I now live on the Rhine, one of Europe's biggest waterways, but it does not begin to compare

[@TellenJones]

Mississippi should really be considered a tributary river of Missouri river, not the other way around.

[@Ralphieboy]

Yes, I assume that is most likely a historical convention as the Missouri did not gain significance until later

[@rickrose5377]

On the other hand, we have no castles of any note.

[@Roybwatchin]

I remember crossing the Rhine back in 95 timeframe.... It was just outside of Strasborg, France. I remember thinking about the Germans during WW2 and how they must've crossed at this same area. It was in Feb and very misty and foggy that day, kind of creepy in a way.

[@Dr.Pranav]

​@@TellenJonesexactly dude

[@fjkelley4774]

There is an odd place on the far reaches of the Missouri: "Two Ocean Pass". A wetland that has two exits: Atlantic Creek, which flows into the Yellowstone and from that to the Missouri, and Pacific Creek which flows into the Snake and from that to the Columbia. Some speculation that species from (or native) to one watershed have simply crossed into the other. There are doubtless other instances of this worldwide, but it is an interesting occurrence.

[@avgjoe-cz7cb]

Continental Davide??

[@clayton5584]

​@@avgjoe-cz7cbcontinental David's not here man

[@chuckdavinci9044]

​@@clayton5584 I'm sorry David I continental do that

[@toddbaker1574]

There is one creek I believe it’s called 2 ocean creek that splits at a point appropriately called “ parting of the waters. That is the spot you are talking about.

[@fjkelley4774]

@@toddbaker1574 Yes, in fact, I first heard of it as "Two Ocean Creek", but much of what I subsequently found called it "Two Ocean Pass", so I'll guess it is know by both (and maybe more). So, maybe the Carp in the Mississippi (trying to get to L Michigan) have branched with some going up the Missouri and from that water route could get to the Columbia?

[@glennso47]

I was born and raised in Mount Carroll Illinois just 10 miles from the Mississippi River. So I’m pretty familiar with at least part of the Mississippi River. My dad used to go fishing in some of the creeks that flow into the Mississippi.

[@flowingafterglow629]

I love what the Mississippi has done for the landscape, especially where the tributaries flow. For 50 miles to the east and west, you have such a wonderfully rich landscape of hills that are just beautiful. Disclaimer: I grew up about 30 miles west of the Mississippi in that type of hilly area.

[@Roybwatchin]

In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip' Good short video, thanks for posting.

[@BeingRomans829ed]

Me and a dude I used to know would sing: "Well, in 1418 we trook a little tip along with Jernel Kakson down the Sissamightymip!"

[@brucewilson1958]

I am a Native of Iowa. The Mississippi is our Eastern border and the Missouri is our Western border.

[@jayteegamble]

You're the only state that has the entirety of the eastern and western borders as rivers. RAGBRAI fact they tell us.

[@brucewilson1958]

@@jayteegamble I rode across Iowa with 10,000 Humans many years ago.

[@user-oh2hs6jh5x]

The Missouri is PART OF your western border. From Sioux City northwards it is the Big Sioux river

[@mbrennan459]

Interesting choice for the photo of St. Louis. The photo is from when much of the old riverfront was razed to make way for the construction of the arch.

[@dlbstl]

I noticed that too! Un-Iconic.

[@nemo227]

Excellent! Better than what we learned in school.

[@Hjovn]

I read 'The Mississippi River Expanded in under 3 minutes'

[@jygb7092]

I read ‘The Mississippi River Exonerated in under 3 minutes’

[@cringeginge7663]

I read 'the Mississippi River Examined in under 3 minutes'

[@leslietaylor4458]

Noo thanks. We are not sending our water out west

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

I read ‘The Mississippi River Exorcised in under 3 minutes’

[@benprewitt4600]

Thank God I wasn't the only one.

[@amitprasad4986]

Beautifully explained in limited time 🙏

[@violetsummer2010]

Hello.how are you doing

[@FactSpark]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@BrandonCockridge18]

Thats awesome. I grew up just 1,975 miles west of the Mississippi River. I've always wanted to check it out one of these days

[@thetravelgoods2760]

Saw the Mississippi River when I was in Memphis..there’s a park there, I sat there for hours❤

[@connorpitcher2846]

Great informative video! Keep up the good work!

[@DocIPA]

There is a small part of the state of Michigan that flows eventually into the Mississippi via the Kankakee River.

[@boreabalsam]

Water also flows north into Hudson Bay and east through Lakes to St Lawrence seaway etc, all adjacent and very near the Mississippi basin. The most subtle changes in topography could have sent more water into the Mississippi basin. Also interesting, only in Minnesota can a rain cloud put precipitation in 3 different major continental watersheds, and of course Minnesota being the source of the Mississippi.

[@judyl.761]

Just FYI: It is pronounced “CORE” not Corps.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Corpse - a dead body

[@schoolssection]

BO never learned this.

[@jeffjones6951]

1:55

[@billwilson-es5yn]

AI is ignorant of correct pronunciation.

[@bradgilchrist-wy5gn]

And talking kilometers.

[@grisseldog]

Great Information

[@AashiqJaved]

Wow nice video amazing nice place

[@billwilson-es5yn]

Geologists say that the Mississippi River is a tributary of the Missouri River. Long ago the Missouri River ran west of Crowley's Ridge and the Ohio River ran east of the ridge down to the Gulf of Mexico. Then the New Madrid Fault Zone had some earthquakes that made the three take new channels where the Missouri -Mississippi River flowed into the Ohio River's channel.

[@Moose803]

That's not true

[@hanfucolorful9656]

Thank you, teacher!

[@johnricciojr.5324]

Great explanation 👌

[@ikmarchini]

Oh my, this video is about your subject and not about you. Novel idea! Thanks for the brevity packed with information.

[@bevo65]

Do a follow-up exploring the headwaters!

[@taylor-eugenesimmons8615]

Nice Information!!!

[@darrelllancaster9554]

Very educational in 3 minutes. 🌎⏳

[@tomallen9179]

Excellent video

[@travisinthetrunk]

Mississippi River explained in 3 words: Water flowing downhill

[@robjohnson8522]

You mentioned sediment in teh river. The pionoeers had a saying about the Missippi, "Too thick (muddy) to drink but too thin to plow". :)

[@michaeliannotti3922]

Thank you!

[@anthonydolio8118]

Interesting. Thank you.

[@donkemp8151]

I found myself standing in ankle deep water in the middle of the Mighty Mississippi. We were on a bass boat going 30 mph when we hit a sand bar. I was trying to push us off the sand bar, surrounded by water on every side. It is a force of nature.

[@cjhoward409]

We have a little creek behind our house. I followed it on a map. It makes it’s way to the Mississippi 😊

[@howardk4016]

Well done! Where did you find the excellent maps used in this video? I always wanted a good map of US River Systems but could never find a decent one.

[@user-ul5pt1yb8z]

Thanks a lot

[@kayakchrispy]

You showed timber being moved north into Minnesota but that’s where the trees were cut down timber came from Minnesota.. logging was huge in Minnesota in the 1850s-1880s

[@HamzaShafiq629]

You should make a series in which you explain different rivers from the different parts of the world like the Danube, the Nile, the Indus and e.t.c.

[@FactSpark]

Hey, I actually already have a small series about that. So far I have a video about the Amazon River and the Ganges River in a similar style as this one and there are more to come!

[@HamzaShafiq629]

@@FactSpark Oh, okay. You should make a video on the Nile and the Indus. These two rivers are full of history.

[@larrieschneider6863]

@@FactSpark c c

[@goaskmymom1350]

The Kickapoo river in Wisconsin is the longest most crooked river in the world. I believe in the native Indian language it's namesake means crooked.

[@goaskmymom1350]

Or, someone gave me a good BS line of 💩

[@towertone]

I have crossed the Mississippi in every state it touches (except Kentucky, for some reason...), worked near its headwaters and rode a steamboat in New Orleans plus worked many places near it in between. Incredible lifeblood of America (even if technically it SHOULD be called The Missouri...!!!).

[@user-wi5qw3rs8o]

It would have been interesting to start with origins of The Mississippi prior to the last Ice Age. The ancient Teays river which had the Ohio and Mississippi as minor tributaries. Presently the only remnants of The Teays are The Kanawha/New River, a tributary to The Ohio at Charleston WV The Teays River is judged to be the 2nd oldest river in the world, The Nile is older.

[@drumset09]

The Mississippi starts at Lake Itaska. You can easily walk across the headwaters.

[@sondra-ht7ho]

I've always wanted to see where it starts!❤ Neat!

[@BadgerCheese94]

@sondra-ht7ho Its a beautiful area but if you visit in the summer, beware... the flies up there BITE like crazy! Besides that .. swimming in the river is a joy

[@user-oh2hs6jh5x]

Correct spelling is Itasca. I've been to the headwaters. There is a small park along with a sign that indicates that this is the headwaters, and how far it flows to the gulf of Mexico. Most people take the opportunity to walk to the other side, which is about 30 feet across in what is generally about 20 inch deep water. (9 meters, 51cm).

[@ackinito]

You missed the units for the area, it should be 3.200.000 km ^2, not m^2

[@lisalarouge6309]

The whole thing should have been in miles, not metric.

[@Labyrinth1010]

Correction: Alberta is not a territory. While Canada does have territories, Alberta is a province.

[@JohnnyAngel8]

It's amazing how the topography in Michigan funnels water to the Mississippi River instead of just a few miles north into Lake Michigan.

[@guidorrmc7618]

Where in the state of Michigan are you south of Lake Michigan?

[@JohnnyAngel8]

@@guidorrmc7618I meant to type Illinois. You got me thinking though and, yes, there is a part of Michigan that is south of Lake Michigan: the Traverse City area. All of Lake Michigan, then no, there isn't.

[@johnprendergast1338]

If the river slows down too much the gulf moves up and NO is a salt water port ...

[@jakurdadov6375]

It is September 2023, that is happening right now. It is affecting the fresh water intakes of New Orleans and surrounding communities. New Orleans will not be a completely salt water port unless the River jumps to the Atchafalaya River channel.

[@johnprendergast1338]

@@jakurdadov6375 You are correct..)))

[@avgjoe-cz7cb]

Wouldn't it be fun to kayak down the entire river. !!

[@jackvoss5841]

When defining the Mississippian water shed area, it looks like area at the northeasterly tip was omitted? You did add in the Ohio River, but it appears that both the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers were omitted. The Allegheny starts in New York, wayyyy easterly of the Ohio River. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

[@donelmore2540]

In general, the US does NOT refer to kilometers for measurement. We use miles and that would make this video more intelligible to the people in the US-the main group interested in the Mississippi River. PS, “corps” is pronounced as “core”.

[@gordonwaldner9792]

Kilometres is better for everyone. It is about time that the USA catch up with rest of the world. Metric is so much easier to use.

[@migranthawker2952]

@@gordonwaldner9792 Absolutely!

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

grow up.

[@donelmore2540]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 To whom is that directed?

[@BadgerCheese94]

@gordonwaldner9792 We dont care for metric. We tried in the '70s and it didn't work. Get over it. Personally I only like metric for measuring liquids.

[@bob-qz9ey]

You omitted that 28,000 sq kms flow south from Canadian Prairies into The Basin

[@gordonwaldner9792]

They did mention Alberta, but a small portion of Saskatchewan is included. Sask, by thaw has 97000 lakes.

[@wildbill1726]

Alberta has 4 watershed basins. The Milk, the Saskatchewan, the Athabascan, and one river that flow s into the Pacific in the Rockies. Can't remember the name.Might be that creek that flows along the Yellowhead pass by Jasper.

[@RtB68]

That looked like a salt water crocodile to me, but I'm being picky. Great presentation!!!

[@lbeau061]

Water seeks the path of least resistance.

[@PyrotechnicsNL]

Isn't that to logical these days to understand ? Maybe they one day are so advanced to understand climate is changing to the solar system

[@neanam]

Which means the earth is flat and it's not going up the earths curvature... because there isn't an earth curvature

[@lisalarouge6309]

The Mississippi actually flows north for twenty miles before it heads south. Check out the headwaters at Itasca state park.

[@eromendoz]

Alligators?? 😮 hey man i enjoy my river in Minnesota now there's Alligators

[@aubreychampagne123]

I live in Louisiana and in June when the river is high it flows at 4.3 million cubic feet per second. That’s a lot of water

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

once it drain out the florida coast panama ocean sucking it out entirety is very possible 2 right?

[@loveistheanswer8137]

The Missouri River originally ran to Hudson Bay far north.. it got diverted by the glaciers to where it is today.

[@GlennFulton-pc7nt]

WOW

[@pieropurich990]

You said that only Wien, Budapest and Bratislava are crossed by Danube: what about Belgrade?

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

When the upper Mississippi and the Ohio come together at Cairo, IL to form the lower Mississippi, the Ohio is the *much* bigger river. It's wider than the upper Mississippi. It delivers more water to the lower Mississippi. And the Ohio and lower Mississippi form more of a straight line there, with the upper Mississippi coming in from the side. Either the lower Mississippi should be considered the continuation of the Ohio, or the Ohio should be considered the upper Mississippi. Either way, the current upper Mississippi (from Cairo north to Minnesota) needs a new name. Someone hurry up and fix this.

[@BST-lm4po]

Exactly. I've argued that the river should actually be called the Allegheny River! Because if the 'rule of thumb' is followed, where when two rivers meet the larger river keeps it's name and the smaller river becomes it's tributary, then when the Allegheny and the Monongahela meet in Pittsburgh, instead of forming a new river, (the Ohio) the larger river which is the Allegheny River should have kept it's name. And when it met the Mississippi, ...once again it should have kept it's name, the Allegheny! Technically the Allegheny River should run from upper Pennsylvania to the Gulf of Mexico, with the Mississippi being it's tributary!

[@Big_Bag_of_Pus]

@@BST-lm4po Except the tributary (the current upper Mississippi) wouldn't be called the Mississippi anymore, as it'd go nowhere near Mississippi. But otherwise, yeah. I don't know why the name changes at Pittsburgh.

[@baimbridgevoret2309]

​@@BST-lm4po But previously the Allegheny was just considered the Upper Ohio, so...

[@rj6404]

"Michi Sepe.” An Indian tribal name denoting "muddy water” and named for the large river, Ojibwe word Misi-ziibi (Great River). The Dakota knew it as Hahawakpa (River of the Waterfalls). The Ojibwe were brought to Mnisota by water, and it is central to their cosmology.

[@jamisonmunn9215]

I can explain it in a few words, "A long river."

[@burntsider8457]

"Tributories?" [sic] "Corpse" Is this a text-to-voice robot narrating?

[@FactSpark]

It's just me speaking into a microphone, english is not my first language.

[@Joe-ij6of]

1:55 "Corps" lol... A military unit consisting entirely of the corpses of engineers. It's actually pronounced "core".

[@jeffjones6951]

Was about to make the same comment

[@burntsider8457]

The graphic say's 3.2 million mi2 while the narrator says 3.2 million square kilometers. Which is it?

[@Rahul-0019]

Make a video on Ganga river.... Spiritually Devine and life line of north India....

[@FactSpark]

I did already: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKPTf4Khp6-hl9U Enjoy!

[@Rahul-0019]

@@FactSpark thanks brother....

[@Rahul-0019]

@@FactSpark I'm from patna, BR.... The city which is on the bank of Ganga river....lots of love from 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

the most polluted river in the world.

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

river flow drawn down south coast it does work

[@JorgenHansen-ml1qs]

One very large sewer line, all cities pour their sewage waste into the river, the lumps are screened out but all the chemicals are discharged into the river, a fact.

[@albertomendoza1272]

its that my friends told me have you herd about the Mississippi River and I was like no

[@luisortizgervasi3820]

Excellent comment…!!

[@naxel37]

It was created by glaciers from the most recent Iceage less than 12,000 years ago!

[@buddysag]

This is false. The Mississippi River is 10's of millions of years old.

[@jeffreyevattsr5561]

The oldest river in north America is the new river. The new river was flowing toward the gulf of Mexico before the Mississippi River did not exist.

[@violetsummer2010]

Hello how are you doing

[@antinazi1959]

The New River runs from south to North. Einstein!

[@jygb7092]

So it existed after the Mississippi existed?

[@schoolssection]

????

[@steveboguslawski114]

The ancient New River existed before Pangea split up. There was no Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico yet, those formed together as Pangea broke apart. Even after Pangea began to pull apart the New River flowed north, not south. That ancient river has been called the Teays River, after the Teays Valley in West Virginia. Today it flows into the Ohio River via the Kanawha River but the Ohio itself is much younger. Ice Age glaciation blocked the old valleys to the north forming lakes along the south margin of the glaciers. Eventually the lakes got deep enough to overflow into adjacent valleys, cutting new channels which would become a major river. Both the Ohio and Missouri Rivers trace out the approximate southernmost edge of those glaciers before reaching the Mississippi.

[@romanfields7900]

Nicknamed what? Never heard of that.

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

next the great lake also must go by drain out effect

[@leedee4968]

😮

[@archstanton_live]

Well I taught that weeping willow how to cry cry cry, Taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky.

[@1_fishin_magician153]

🤣

[@russellcrea9701]

I met her accidentally in St. Paul Minnesota

[@archstanton_live]

Well I heard my dream went back downstream, cavortin' in davenport,

[@m.hughes2521]

How big is a kilometer? I'm American.

[@FactSpark]

About 0.6 miles

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

go back to elementary school.

[@m.hughes2521]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 How many kilometers to nagasaki?

[@redswingline262]

Initially I thought George Takei was narrating

[@dympulls]

Correction: Alberta is not a territory, it is a Canadian province. Canada's three territories-Yukon, North West Territories and Nunavut-are much further north

[@kenlelon369]

how long is 200 kilometers?

[@FactSpark]

656168 feet

[@denelson83]

It for the most part separates K's from W's.

[@russrask]

FYI Corps is pronounced like core

[@ruxanajewoon1120]

Yea frenchy not corpse

[@jeffjones6951]

1:55

[@tdw5933]

That's not the natural channel of the river, Pittsburgh to New Orleans is the natural channel.

[@agile564]

Okay I'm so confused why the south Saskatchewan rver doesn't have any water connection to the missisippi weird.

[@TheWizardGamez]

Isn’t it artificial

[@riversrme]

Because it flows northeast and eventually into a delta that drains into Reindeer Lake

[@agile564]

@@TheWizardGamez that's not true in the slightest.

[@agile564]

@@riversrme yeah brother but if you look at the map of the mississippi drainage system the milk river is only 87km away from the start of the south sask so I was just wondering.

[@rudewalrus5636]

@@agile564 It could be 2 km away, but if the respective starts are on opposite sides of a divide the rivers could still flow into different drainage basins.

[@kellyinfanger9192]

I am not sure how accurate I should assume this is if they can't correctly pronounce corps.

[@johnkoval1898]

The narrator says square kilometers but the caption says square meters.

[@romanfields7900]

And the Mississippi uses miles and square miles as measurement.

[@jackbarnhill9354]

It’s “core” not “corpse” of engineers.

[@jeffjones6951]

1:55

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

told u dont tell me the basin is drained out n also dried up?

[@peterdragon6367]

I think I want Kamala Harris to explain it. Her explanation of the Russia/Ukraine war was breathtakingly brilliant. I just thought since she knows geopolitics so well, she should know geography too

[@ricardofierro7041]

Why not Block the Mississippi at the exit into the ocean to at least slow down the water into the ocean until the river fills up again. Basically NOT block it completely but at least slow the water going into the ocean. Thanks

[@leslietaylor4458]

There are locks and dams north of STL that do just that.. the problem is south of STL, (primarily South of Cape Girardeau) the land is so flat that you cannot create a resevoir. The river will just make another path elsewhere. (In between STL and Cape Girardeau the river narrows down to a half mile wide and is to wild to make any dams on that stretch as well) (i live an hour south of STL around river communities so i know the Mississippi River very well.. and have even kaysked on the some of the roughest parts... why? Cause its my local area)

[@awedelen1]

The army corps has engineers that have already built structures like that in some places. When the river is very low & saltwater creeps up the river bottom from the gulf they build a temporary bar on the riverbed to ward off damage to water systems.

[@leslietaylor4458]

@awedelen1 cant really imagine how it would work (seawater diversion), but i see all the wingdams and Horseshoe dikes all the time, so i know they are capable of geeat feats

[@awedelen1]

@@leslietaylor4458 , They’ll dredge the bottom & make a small sand bar that ships can still pass over. Since saltwater is heavier the hope is that much of it will stop or reverse at the sand bar. riverwater >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> riverwater >>> ^ sand bar ^

[@Botoburst]

Doubt you can control it, the Mississippi is 200 feet deep down there.

[@googoo-gjoob]

0:41 ..... when i was a kid, the Mississippi _was_ the longes river in the USA. later, they added smaller tributaries, thus extending the Missouri. i call BS.

[@prayf0rvanity]

The center piece of American power

[@sandwah9901]

What's a kilometer?

[@hairyreasoner]

I'm sorry, but I had hoped for an explanation not of how it's economically important now, but how it formed, geologically.

[@chicagogalaxy670]

Now what’s causing it to dry up?

[@maddad1119]

It just flooded less than a month ago😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@chicagogalaxy670]

@@maddad1119 and now it’s drying up. Watch the news 😑

[@jimnelsen2064]

Bounty, the quicker picker upper

[@NewWorldDAO]

La Territory was created by draining the Mississippi river back into the ocean using the underground piping system.

[@NewWorldDAO]

Pipe it back in.

[@phillipklees7551]

The word corps is pronounced core, not corpse

[@jeffjones6951]

1:55

[@dougharding5231]

For those people who believe the Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon, I have a question. If that's true, then why don't we have multiple grand canyons all along the course of the Missouri, Mississippi, and Ohio rivers? Especially in light of all the material that's built up the delta in the Gulf over thousands of years? Food for thought.

[@jakurdadov6375]

Geology. Look into it.

[@dougharding5231]

@@jakurdadov6375 I noticed you didn't answer my question, Mr. Geology.

[@brianmiller1077]

The Mississippi hasn't carved it's own channel, it's too young. Mississippi is 10,000-12,000 years old. The Colorado is 8-10 million. People have a hard time thinking in geologic time scales? What do YOU think made the Grand Canyon?

[@dougharding5231]

@@brianmiller1077 oh, I see. So since we only have one Grand Canyon on the earth, that must mean that the Colorado River is the oldest river in the world -- by millions, apparently. 😁 C'mon, even secular geologists have finally debunked the idea that the Canyon was carved by the Colorado. Get with the times.

[@brianmiller1077]

@@dougharding5231 You didn't answer my question Mr Geology :)

[@TheFrizbaloid]

What if the Missouri is actually the river that flows to the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi is just a tributary that ends at St Louis?

[@donquenick9863]

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