But, how big is it, exactly? This animated map shows the scale of the Mississippi River and its drainage system in perspective. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from Tech The Mississippi ...

Q: How important is the Mississippi River refuge to the wildlife that ... of everything that happens on the landscape its drainage basin covers (nearly half the continental U.S., including the ...

A prolonged flood event is beginning to unfold along the lower Mississippi River, a consequence of the widespread heavy rainfall that drenched the river basin ... and poor drainage typical of ...

In mid-April 1927, 98 years ago this week, another deluge of torrential rain tipped the Mississippi River basin into a historic flood that remains among the most destructive in U.S. history.