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Présentation du Mississippi (le fleuve)

THE   MISSISSIPPI  RIVER

   Old man river
    That old man river
    He must know something 
    But  don't say nothing
    He just keeps rolling
    He keeps on rolling along.

                   Old man river
                    He don't plant cotton
                    And them that plant them
                    Are soon forgotten
                    But old man river
                    He just keeps rolling along.

  You and me we sweat and strain
  Bodies all aching and racked with pain.
  Tote that barge! Lift that bale!
  Get a little drunk and we land in jail.

                    I get weary and sick of trying
                    I'm tired of living and scared of dying
                    But old man river
                    He just keeps rolling along.

	Le Mississippi et ses affluents forment l'un des bassins fluviaux les plus importants au monde. Ce bassin occupe le tiers du territoire américain. Le fleuve a un débit important, des crues puissantes.
	Il a fait l'objet de travaux colossaux. C'est une voie de communication essentielle au pays.
	Le Mississipi c'est pour nous Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, les champs de coton, les bateaux à aubes.

headwaters	sources	dam	barrage
brook	ruisseau	lock	écluse
stream	cours d'eau	levee	levée
waterfall	chute	dike	digue
bank	rive	swamp	marais
flow	couler	bayou (US)	marais
overflow	déborder	barge	péniche
flood	inondation	steamboat	bateau à vapeur
mouth	embouchure	paddle boat	bateau à aubes
spillway	déversoir	tug boat	remorqueur
confluence	confluent	tributary	affluent

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1.
The most famous lake in Minnesota is Lake Itasca,
home of the barges dikes flood headwaters locks merges mouth tributary waterfall waters of the Mississippi River which begins there its 3780 km journey to the Gulf of Mexico.
2.
The Mississippi River runs down the continent, it barges dikes flood headwaters locks merges mouth tributary waterfall waters 10 States from Minnesota to Louisiana before ending in a delta.
3.
The Upper Mississipi River flows approximately 2000km to Cairo (Illinois) where it barges dikes flood headwaters locks merges mouth tributary waterfall waters with the Ohio River to form the Lower Mississippi River.
4.
The Mississipi River is joined by its main barges dikes flood headwaters locks merges mouth tributary waterfall waters , the Missouri River, just north of Saint Louis (Missouri).
5.
A series of barges dikes flood headwaters locks merges mouth tributary waterfall waters and dams were built to maintain 2.7m deep for commercial traffic.
6.
The Lower River is contained by levees, barges dikes flood headwaters locks merges mouth tributary waterfall waters and walls to control flooding and secure a navigation channel.
7.
Actually the source of the River is 450 m above the sea level. Near Minneapolis the altitude is
220 m. The river meanders a lot especially from Memphis until its barges dikes flood headwaters locks merges mouth tributary waterfall waters.
8.
It often overflows its banks. The great barges dikes flood headwaters locks merges mouth tributary waterfall waters of 1927 killed 246 people. Some areas were inundated up to 10 m.
9.
If you sail along the river you can enjoy Cajun cuisine, listen to jazz in New-Orleans.

You also can see the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis

or the only major barges dikes flood headwaters locks merges mouth tributary waterfall waters in San Anthony (Minneapolis), which has been replaced by a spillway.
10.
On your way you'll meet tug boats and barges dikes flood headwaters locks merges mouth tributary waterfall waters carrying heavy goods.