How fast does the mississippi river flow?

The Corps of Engineers had told a friend it was running about 3.3 miles an hour, which sounded slow. It had to be running faster than that, especially considering how it was flowing around points sticking out into the river. Beside, the river was passing 176,000 cubic feet a second through Dam 15, which had its rollers out of the water. read more

The Mississippi River drains an area of about 3.2 million square kilometers (1.2 million square miles) including all or parts of 31 states and two Canadian provinces, about 40% of the continental United States. read more

Water Flow on the Mississippi The Mississippi River is one of the longest rivers in the world. It starts way north in Minnesota and flows all the way down to New Orleans, Louisiana, before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. read more