Below you will find example sentences with "mississippi river". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Mississippi River in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: river
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 30.5 words

Words in this phrase

mississippi river

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • mississippi can mean: A state of the United States. Frequent word
  • river can mean: A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in a... Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 5 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

of the mississippi river 2× along the mississippi river and its 1× along the mississippi river from louisiana 1× and the mississippi river 1× facing the mississippi river with views 1× for the mississippi river in minnesota 1× for the mississippi river in thousands 1× interpreting the mississippi river itself 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although originating in 1× at st louis 1× discovery of the 1× exotic species alert 1× finally on the 1× he finally found 1×

Common sentence endings:

the mississippi river 4× about 1400 ce 1× byway in minnesota 1× for migratory birds 1× for the worst 1× is now mississippi 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

lower 5× missouri 5× louisiana 4× gulf 3× mexico 3× soto 3× area 3× new 2× orleans 2× mouth 2× species 2× minnesota 2×

Related phrases

fall river cross river ottawa river river falls missouri river colorado river snake river jordan river lawrence river peace river

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around river:

snake river 11× peace river 9× columbia river 7× river levels 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

mississippi delta mission san mission pack mission impossible missing persons missing person

Just after it in the phrase index:

missouri department missouri river missouri valley mister fantastic mitchell starc mixed bag

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

mississippi delta

Same ending:

fall river cross river ottawa river missouri river colorado river snake river

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "mississippi river" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 30.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as of the mississippi river, along the mississippi river and its, lower, missouri and louisiana stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with fall river, cross river, ottawa river, snake river, peace river and columbia river, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with mississippi river

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Exotic species alert for the Mississippi River in Minnesota The Upper Mississippi River is home to over 119 species of fish. (21 words)

The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is the National Park Service site dedicated to protecting and interpreting the Mississippi River itself. (22 words)

The Plaquemine culture in the lower Mississippi River Valley in western Mississippi and eastern Louisiana began in 1200 CE and continued to about 1400 CE. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

Lower Mississippi Lower Mississippi River near the city New Orleans The Mississippi River is called the Lower Mississippi River from its confluence with the Ohio River to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico, a distance of about convert. (39 words)

On May 8, 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto became the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River, which he called Río del Espíritu Santo ("River of the Holy Spirit"), in the area of what is now Mississippi. (39 words)

AJ had a riverboat captain’s license as well as an airplane pilot’s license and was on a destroyer during a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean and a river boat in a hurricane on the Mississippi River. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

Lower Mississippi Lower Mississippi River near the city New Orleans The Mississippi River is called the Lower Mississippi River from its confluence with the Ohio River to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico, a distance of about convert.

Exotic species alert for the Mississippi River in Minnesota The Upper Mississippi River is home to over 119 species of fish.

On May 8, 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto became the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River, which he called Río del Espíritu Santo ("River of the Holy Spirit"), in the area of what is now Mississippi.

The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is the National Park Service site dedicated to protecting and interpreting the Mississippi River itself.

Finally, on the south, the Ozark Mountains and other low divides through central Missouri, Kansas and Colorado separate the Missouri watershed from those of the White River and Arkansas River, also tributaries of the Mississippi River.

Project design flood flow capacity for the Mississippi river in thousands of cubic feet per second. citation Formation of the Atchafalaya River and construction of the Old River Control Structure.

The Great Lakes are also connected by canal to the Gulf of Mexico by way of the Illinois River (from the Chicago River ) and the Mississippi River.

The storms were expected to start up in eastern Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas Friday afternoon and then strengthen in the evening along the Mississippi River from Louisiana to Mississippi to Memphis.

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The Mississippi Flyway is the most popular region for both goose and duck hunting, an area spanning 14 states along the Mississippi River and its tributaries that serves as a corridor for migratory birds.

And with many areas along the lower Mississippi River already struggling to cope with huge amounts of rainwater from upriver, people in Louisiana and Mississippi are preparing for the worst.

The public is invited to listen and learn from guest speaker, Tim Terrill, executive director of the Mississippi Headwaters Board (MHB) which protects the natural, recreational, cultural, historical and scientific values of the Mississippi River.

Although originating in the metropolis at the mouth of the Mississippi River, New Orleans blues, with its Afro-Caribbean rhythmic traits, is distinct from the sound of the Mississippi Delta blues.

Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto A.D. 1541 by William Henry Powell depicts Hernando De Soto and Spanish Conquistadores seeing the Mississippi River for the first time.

Most of the western border with Missouri and Iowa is the Mississippi River ; Kaskaskia is an exclave of Illinois, lying west of the Mississippi and reachable only from Missouri.

The Plaquemine culture in the lower Mississippi River Valley in western Mississippi and eastern Louisiana began in 1200 CE and continued to about 1400 CE.

At St. Louis, the Mississippi River welcomes the Missouri River which has just drained most of America’s plains regions and some of the Northwest.

Quoting that bulletin: “Historic low water conditions (persist) – River levels continue to fall on the Mississippi River, with severe impacts to navigation not seen since 1988.

AJ had a riverboat captain’s license as well as an airplane pilot’s license and was on a destroyer during a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean and a river boat in a hurricane on the Mississippi River.

He finally found a lot facing the Mississippi River with views of the boulevard, trees and the bluffs beyond, but it was on the Minneapolis side of the river.

The Great River Road extends more than 2,500 miles from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico and offers the most diverse views of the Mississippi River along the scenic byway in Minnesota.

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