[where's_the_Outrage?]

Back in the 90’s had to go to Camp Ripley Minnesota for an Army Training event, passed over this river about 100 meters wide, it was the Mississippi. Much different than down stream around St Louis.

[ErnBatavia]

We stepped over the very beginning at Lake Itasca, MN many years ago....kind of a hoot.

[rmh47]

At the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the Ohio contributes to the lower Mississippi about three and a half times as much water as the upper Mississippi.

Because of this, The lower Mississippi will never flood solely because of flooding on the upper Mississippi/Missouri, no matter how bad.

The "mighty Mississippi" is mighty only because of the Ohio River.