NASA Landsat-7 Image: Mighty Mississippi

Description: Small, blocky shapes of towns, fields, and pastures surround the graceful swirls and whorls of the Mississippi River.

Countless oxbow lakes and cutoffs accompany the meandering river south of Memphis, Tennessee, on the border between Arkansas and Mississippi, USA.

The "mighty Mississippi" is the largest river system in North America.

Credit: USGS/NASA/Landsat 7

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