• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

    Mississippi

    National River & Recreation Area Minnesota

Links

Interactive Watershed Game
Bell Museum of Natural History

Water Activities and Experiments
Environmental Protection Agency

Aquatic Bug Theater, Kid's Water Activities
Environmental Protection Agency

Informational Overview of Watersheds
Center for Global Environmental Education

Watershed Action Project Guide
Center for Global Environmental Education

Earth's Water/Water Science
U.S. Geological Service

Saving Water and Energy
American Rivers

Wastewater Treatment for Youngsters
Metropolitan Council Environmental Services

Did You Know?

Lock and Dam Number 1 from a long distance.

At Lake Itasca, the elevation of the Mississippi River is 1,475 feet above sea level. It drops to sea level at the Gulf of Mexico. More than half of that drop occurs within the state of Minnesota.