• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

    Mississippi

    National River & Recreation Area Minnesota

Baby Mussels

Baby mussels on someone's finger.
Juvenile mussels perched on someone's finger.

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Headwaters of the Mississippi

The Mississippi River is approximately three feet deep at its headwaters at Lake Itasca and has an average surface speed of 1.2 miles per hour.