Finding rivers on postcards turned out to be more challenging than I anticipated!
and somewhere else, pushing the barges, which I think would be quite something to watch.
It starts in northern Minnesota and flows for around 2,340 miles (3,766 kms) on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. Its total drainage basin is 1,151,00 sq mi (2,980,000 km2)
and now a detour for a musical interlude, The New Christy Minstrels
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The Mississippi is quite a river!
I found some "urban" ones, see here.
Iconic river,so vast. Love watching river traffic when on holiday.
I have stayed on the river banks here
Oh, Mississippi... I remember learning how to spell it in school. I'm not sure why we needed to, this was in CA! Right now the postage stamps I'm using are the "Mighty Mississippi" sheet of ten.
My rivers:
https://lisasgardenadventureinoregon.blogspot.com/2024/05/thursday-postcard-hunt-rivers.html
The Mississippi river always amazes me...
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