The Mississippi River acts as the western border of Memphis. Downtown, it runs adjacent to Riverside Drive. Additionally, the Mississippi can be accessed by Interstates 55 and 40 and Meeman Shelby State Park.

Mississippi River

The Mississippi and the Missouri rivers together form the fourth-longest river in the world, stretching more than 3,800 miles from Montana to the Gulf of Mexico.

He said the Mississippi is safe to swim and fish in, as long as people are safe about it. Showering after swimming in the river and wearing a life vest are recommended. In every river you’re going to have a little bit of pollution and the Mississippi is no different,” said Kean.

Top 10 US Rivers by Length

• Missouri: 2,540 miles.
• Mississippi: 2,340 miles.
• Yukon: 1,980 miles.
• Rio Grande: 1,900 miles.
• St. Lawrence: 1,900 miles.
• Arkansas: 1,460 miles.
• Colorado: 1,450 miles.
• Atchafalaya: 1,420 miles.

List of longest undammed rivers

Missouri

Lodgepole Creek

Long and Strong: Longest Rivers in the U.S.

• Ohio River – 1,310 miles.
• Colorado River – 1,450 Miles.
• Arkansas River – 1,469 Miles.
• Rio Grande – 1,896 Miles.
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• Yukon River – 1,980 miles.
• Mississippi River – 2,340 miles.
• Missouri River – 2,540 miles.

From Middle English crēke, from Old Norse kriki. Early British colonists of Australia and the Americas used the term in the usual British way, to name inlets; as settlements followed the inlets upstream and inland, the names were retained and creek was reinterpreted as a general term for a small waterway..

Billabong Creek

It can be a small stream, an inlet from the sea or a narrow channel that connects islands. It is often a shallow branch of a river and is much smaller than a river. While rivers can have several branches or tributaries, a creek does not. Rivers flow in channels and have branches or tributaries while creeks do not.

Creeks and streams often contain harmful germs and may not be monitored for water quality. Swimming or playing in creeks and streams can put you at risk for waterborne illness or infection.

On the other hand, a creek is a small river or a rivulet. Creeks have all the characteristics that rivers possess with a few differences between the two. A slender channel flanked by islands may also be called a creek. A creek does not usually drift out into a new channel or form a new branch or even have tributaries.

Over 80% of the world’s waterways are estimated to be these first- through third-order or headwater streams. Going up in size and strength, streams that are classified as fourth- through sixth-order are medium streams, while anything larger (up to 12th-order) is considered a river.

Little streams come together to form small rivers. Small rivers join together and become medium-sized rivers. All these rivers may be tributaries of a large river.

Types

• Ephemeral Rivers. Whenever snow melts quickly or there is an exceptionally heavy downpour, it can result in an ephemeral river.
• Episodic Rivers. Although they are rare, episodic rivers are formed from run-off channels and found in areas with very dry climates.
• Exotic Rivers.
• Intermittent Rivers.
• Permanent Rivers.