Mississippi River

primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States
RiverBodyOfWater main_stem Q1497
Mississippi River
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Mississippi River

Summary

Mississippi River is a main stem[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of main_stem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,617 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mississippi River is located in United States[3].
  • Mississippi River is in the country of United States[4].
  • Mississippi River is on the continent of North America[5].
  • Mississippi River's instance of is recorded as main stem[6].
  • Mississippi River's instance of is recorded as river[7].
  • Mississippi River's basin country is recorded as United States[8].
  • Mississippi River's basin country is recorded as Canada[9].
  • Mississippi River's Commons category is recorded as Mississippi River[10].
  • Mississippi River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Gulf of Mexico[11].
  • Mississippi River's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone[12].
  • Mississippi River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Itasca[13].
  • Mississippi River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Bemidji[14].
  • Mississippi River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Cass Lake[15].
  • Mississippi River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Winnibigoshish[16].
  • Mississippi River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Pepin[17].
  • Mississippi River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Onalaska[18].
  • Mississippi River's lake on watercourse is recorded as Lake Winneshiek[19].
  • Mississippi River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.2397, 'lon': -95.2075}[20].
  • Mississippi River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.1536, 'lon': -89.2508}[21].
  • Mississippi River's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Lake Itasca[22].
  • Mississippi River's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mississippi River[23].
  • Mississippi River's Commons gallery is recorded as Mississippi River[24].
  • Mississippi River's tributary is recorded as Black River[25].
  • Mississippi River's tributary is recorded as Arkansas River[26].
  • Mississippi River's tributary is recorded as Ohio River[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Mississippi River include Mississippi[28], an U.S. state[29], in United States[30], founded in 1817[31]; I-35W it bridge[32], a deck arch bridge[33], in United States[34], founded in 1967[35]; it drainage basin[36], a drainage system[37], in Canada[38]; Mississippian culture[39], an isolated human group[40]; and Mississippi County[41], a county of Missouri[42], in United States[43], founded in 1845[44].

Why It Matters

Mississippi River ranks in the top 3% of main_stem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,617 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for it include Mississippi[28], an U.S. state[29], in United States[30], founded in 1817[31]; I-35W it bridge[32], a deck arch bridge[33], in United States[34], founded in 1967[35]; it drainage basin[36], a drainage system[37], in Canada[38]; Mississippian culture[39], an isolated human group[40]; and Mississippi County[41], a county of Missouri[42], in United States[43], founded in 1845[44].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Encyclopædia Britannica. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 3nZ2uV
    Continent North America
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag mississippi-river
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: mississippi-river, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943369|mississippi river (#289943369)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  3. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0419404-Mississippi-reka
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0419404-Mississippi-reka, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 8w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 109963, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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