In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.

passage: The Mississippi River has the world's fourth-largest drainage basin (''watershed'' or ''catchment''). The basin covers more than 1,245,000 square miles (3,220,000 km), including all or parts of 31 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The drainage basin empties into the Gulf of Mexico, part of the Atlantic Ocean. The total catchment of the Mississippi River covers nearly 40% of the landmass of the continental United States. The highest point within the watershed is also the highest point of the Rocky Mountains, Mount Elbert at 14,440 feet (4,400 m).
question: does the mississippi river flow into the ocean?
Yes