What rivers flow into the mississippi river?
Tributaries The Mississippi is joined by the Minnesota River in the Twin Cities, the Wisconsin River in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, the Des Moines River in Keokuk, Iowa, the Illinois River and the Missouri River near St. Louis, Missouri, and by the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois. [edit] Lower Mississippi River See also: Mississippi River Delta Major sub-tributaries include the Tennessee River (a tributary of the Ohio River) and the Platte River (a tributary of the Missouri River). The Arkansas River joins the Mississippi in the state of Arkansas. The Atchafalaya River in Louisiana is a major distributary of the Mississippi. [edit] Outflow Sequence of NASA MODIS images showing the outflow of fresh water from the Mississippi (arrows) into the Gulf of Mexico (2004) Sequence of NASA MODIS images showing the outflow of fresh water from the Mississippi (arrows) into the Gulf of Mexico (2004) Fresh river water flowing from the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico does not mix into the salt wat
