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The Upper Mississippi River is the portion of the Mississippi River upstream of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, [1] a city at the confluence of its main tributary, the Missouri River. [ citation needed ] Historically, it may refer to the area above the Arkansas Post , above the confluence of Ohio River , or above Cape Girardeau .
HAER No. MO-36, "Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 24, Clarksville, Pike County, MO", 44 photos, 9 data pages, 3 photo caption pages; HAER No. MO-37, "Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 25, Cap au Gris, Lincoln County, MO", 93 photos, 9 data pages, 7 photo caption pages
The inland and intercoastal waterways, with the Upper Mississippi highlighted in red. The first bridge (and only log bridge ) over the Mississippi, about 25 feet west of its source at Lake Itasca This is a list of all current and notable former bridges or other crossings of the Upper Mississippi River which begins at the Mississippi River's ...
The Upper Mississippi River covers approximately half of the Mississippi River's length. About 850 miles (1,370 km) of the river is navigable from Minneapolis-St. Paul (specifically, the Coon Rapids Dam in the City of Coon Rapids, MN) to the Ohio River. The river sustains a large variety of aquatic life, including 127 species of fish and 30 ...
The uppermost lock and dam on the Upper Mississippi River is the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam in Minneapolis. Above the dam, the river's elevation is 799 feet (244 m). Below the dam, the river's elevation is 750 feet (230 m). This 49-foot (15 m) drop is the largest of all the Mississippi River locks and dams.
This past spring, many towns along the upper Mississippi saw near-record flooding, including McGregor, Iowa, across the river from Prairie du Chien, where the river hit its third-highest crest on ...
Upper Mississippi–Maquoketa–Plum Subregion: The Mississippi River Basin below the Root River Basin west of the Mississippi River and the La Crosse River Basin east of the Mississippi River to Lock and Dam 13, excluding the Wisconsin River Basin. Located in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. 8,610 sq mi (22,300 km 2) HUC0706: 0707
The upper portion of the Mississippi River, as well as the Red River and others in the north-central United States, will experience major flooding into this week, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.