(John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi River is? Or how much water flows through the river? How about where it is the widest? Take a look at these facts and make yourself ...

The Mississippi River is expected to remain in the minor flood stage through April, peaking at 37.5 feet by mid-month. After over a foot of rain fell in Memphis this past week, some rivers are in ...

Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Vice Chairman of the Red Cross James Fieser. Ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, can not tame that lawless stream ...

Its only remaining relative is the American paddlefish, a vulnerable species found in the Mississippi River Basin in the United States. The Chinese paddlefish was the only species in the genus ...