[DOC] [TLE] Mississippi River | river, United States | Britannica.com [PAR] Jun 12, 2015 ... The Mississippi River basin and its drainage network. ... Indians to name it the 
Father of Waters (literally misi, big; sipi, water). .... The Mississippi's eastern 
contributory rivers drain the well-watered Appalachian Mountain system. ... 
between the Ohio and Tennessee rivers and in the glaciated area of the... [DOC] [TLE] jeopardy/1202_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub [PAR] CHECK THE MAP | The principal drainage system between the Rockies & the 
Appalachians, it's the "Father of Waters" | Mississippi River. right: Mark. Wrong:. [DOC] [TLE] Instructions - Sheppard Software [PAR] Instructions: Click on a river on the map to learn its name. .... It is the largest 
tributary in the Mississippi-Missouri system, with a drainage basin of ... from the 
Algonquin missi sipi meaning 'great river' literally 'Father of waters', is the ... The 
Mississippi drains most of the area between the Rocky Mountains and the 
Appalachian... [DOC] [TLE] Maury's New Elements of Geography for Primary and Intermediate ... [PAR] Jul 10, 2013 ... It lies between the Atlantic ocean on the east and the Pacific ocean on the west. 
... Many of these ranges together make up the Rocky mountains. ... The southern 
slope is drained by the Mississippi river and its branches, which form the chief ..... 
"The Father of Waters" has a great many rivers flowing into it. [DOC] [TLE] 1911 Encyclopdia Britannica/Mississippi River - Wikisource, the ... [PAR] Nov 5, 2014 ... The Mississippi and its tributaries have more than 15,000 m. of navigable ... The 
Ohio drains 214,000 sq. m., over which the annual rainfall averages 43 in., ... As 
the channel distance between these bends may be many miles, a cascade .... 
The river naturally discharges through three principal branches, the... [DOC] [TLE] Turner Thesis - American Studies @ The University of Virginia [PAR] The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the ... is the 
outer edge of the wave the meeting point between savagery and civilization. .... 
he may see how the system grew by adapting the statutes to the customs of the ... 
presents different conditions from the mining frontier of the Rocky Mountains. [DOC] [TLE] The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 8: Environment ... [PAR] Cooperative efforts often developed between federal and state governments, but 
at .... to mean the drainage of swamps and marshes, not the watering of deserts. 
... Seven thousand miles of the Mississippi River system with its tributaries from 
..... The river system severed soil from the slopes of the Appalachians and 
Rockies,... [DOC] [TLE] chapter i -  [PAR] These ice flows determined the size and drainage of the Great Lakes. ... The 
Appalachians, which run parallel to the east coast, are old mountains with many 
... They are stopped by the Rocky Mountains, the backbone of the continent, 
which ... The Mississippi is nicknamed the Nile of America, the Father of Waters 
as its... [DOC] [TLE]  [PAR] The principal branches of physical geography are geomorphology, climatology, 
..... The Appalachian Mountains run along the Atlantic coast of the country. ... 
Between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific ranges in the United States lies an 
area of ..... The chief drainage system of the country is the Mississippi River 
System. [DOC] [TLE] Mississippi River - miles, waters, stream, ohio and mis [PAR] It drains an area of 1,246,000 square miles, occupied by the States lying be 
tween the Appalachian mountains on the E, the Rocky Mountains on the W., the 
... and the Gulf of Mexico on the S. The Mississippi forms he boundary between 
the ... The principal affluents above the entrance of the Mis souri are the St. 
Peter's,... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about U.S GEOGRAPHY - StudyStack [PAR] THIS MOUNTAIN SYSTEM STRETCHES ABOUT 1,500 MILES FROM ALABAMA 
... RANGE IS THIS MOUNTAIN SYSTEM'S TALLEST PEAK, ROCKY 
MOUNTAINS ... AT ONE POINT, THIS STATE IS LESS THAN 2 MILES WIDE 
BETWEEN ITS .... KNOWN AS THE "FATHER

Question: The principal drainage system between the Rockies & the Appalachians, it's the "Father of Waters"
Answer: Mississippi River