MISSISSIPPI RIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mississippi River mean? 

• MISSISSIPPI RIVER (noun)
  The noun MISSISSIPPI RIVER has 1 sense:

1. a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico

  Familiarity information: MISSISSIPPI RIVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISSISSIPPI RIVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Mississippi; Mississippi River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Mississippi River" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

 Context examples 

The annual dead zone measurement is used by the Gulf of Mexico/Mississippi River Watershed Nutrient Task Force to determine whether efforts to reduce nutrient pollution in the Mississippi River basin are working.

(Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured, NOAA)

The larger than expected forecast was caused by heavy June rains throughout the Mississippi River watershed.

(2015 Gulf of Mexico dead zone ‘above average’, NOAA)

And he noted that this plant-based phenomenon could have a large influence on flooding in the Mississippi River basin.

(Plant physiology will be major contributor to future river flooding, National Science Foundation)

In many ways, this is similar to what happened in the Mississippi River Basin 100 years ago, and in the Amazon more recently, said study author Rob Spencer of FSU's Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science.

(Tropical soil disturbance could be hidden source of carbon dioxide, National Science Foundation)

This large dead zone size shows that nutrient pollution, primarily from agriculture and developed land runoff in the Mississippi River watershed is continuing to affect the nation’s coastal resources and habitats in the Gulf.

(Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured, NOAA)

The measured size this year is larger than the 5,052 square miles measured last year, indicating that nutrients from the Mississippi River watershed are continuing to affect the nation’s coastal resources and habitats in the Gulf.

(2015 Gulf of Mexico dead zone ‘above average’, NOAA)