. "2 Characteristics of the Mississippi River System." Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008.
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Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
FIGURE 2-1 Mississippi River drainage basin, major tributaries, land uses, and the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic area (as of 1999).
