USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Port of South Louisiana is one of the largest volume ports in the United States. Representing 500 million tons of shipped goods per year (according to the Port of New Orleans), the Mississippi River barge port system is significant to national trade.

Detailed explanation-2: -Illinois River This river was important among Native Americans and early French traders as the principal water route connecting the Great Lakes with the Mississippi. The Illinois River meets the Mississippi at Pere Marquette State Park, which is near Grafton.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mississippi is joined by the Illinois River and the Missouri River near St. Louis, Missouri, and by the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois. The Arkansas River joins the Mississippi in the state of Arkansas. The Atchafalaya River in Louisiana is a major distributary of the Mississippi.

Detailed explanation-4: -The inland Mississippi River system plays a major role in transporting commodities; especially soybeans and corn. Approximately 60 percent of all grain inspected is exported through the Center Gulf, which consists of the U.S. Customs Districts of New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Mississippi River is the largest and most important river in North America. This great river, often referred to as the “Mighty Mississippi, ” originates as a small brook flowing out of Lake Itasca in Minnesota and, 2, 340 miles later, empties into the Gulf of Mexico.