2023年5月1日 · The Mississippi River, one of the largest river systems in the world, and the Ohio River, a significant tributary, come together at the confluence near Cairo, Illinois. The joining of these two rivers results in the exchange of water, sediment, and nutrients, creating a complex and dynamic aquatic environment.

Extreme weather events, such as the devastating 2011 flooding at Cairo, Illinois, can overwhelm engineering efforts, illustrating how the rivers have become a “complex human-natural system.” Record rains, droughts, and floods inspire an ongoing Upper Mississippi River Restoration Project aimed at making this system more resilient.12 Citations:

This is a park about WATER! The Ohio River drains — what, most of the eastern third of the United States? The Upper Mississippi and the Missouri drain from Minnesota to Montana to Saskatchewan to Alberta to Colorado to Kansas. And all this water flows into the Gulf of Mexico at the Mississippi Delta.

The Ohio River becomes a tributary of the Mississippi River directly south of Cairo, Illinois, a small city on the spit of land where the rivers converge (at center of this astronaut photograph). Brown, sediment-laden water flowing generally northeast to south from the Ohio River is distinct from the green and relatively sediment-poor water of ...

Since time immemorial, the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers have been sources of water for communities living along its banks. Indigenous families planted crops of corn, beans, and squash along the rivers. They relied on the regular flooding to …

2024年2月11日 · The confluence of the Mississippi River and the Ohio River is considered to be the first major gateway to the western frontier in America’s early history. This location is known as the Mississippi-Ohio River confluence, a place where two powerful rivers meet and form a historic border between states.

2015年10月8日 · The Mississippi is divided into three regions. This marks the beginning of the Lower Mississippi. Surprisingly, at the confluence, the Ohio is the bigger river at this point, based on flow, with it’s long-term mean discharge at Cairo being 281,500 cubic feet per second.

2022年12月30日 · To wrap up our cruise and road trip mega vacation, we made a short visit to the confluence of the mighty Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in Cairo, Illinois.

2023年10月20日 · Today, the confluence of the Ohio and the Mississippi Rivers is known as the ‘Confluence’, and is located just north of Cairo, Illinois. This is where the Ohio River empties into the Mississippi and forms the most powerful river in North America.

2023年11月26日 · The Ohio River serves as an important tributary to the Mississippi River. Its confluence, or point of joining, with the latter is known as the Ohio–Mississippi Confluence. The confluence takes place at the tri-state border of Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri. However, the exact spot is often debated because the Ohio River meanders, or curves ...