A Scottish Cache on the Mississippi Traditional Geocache
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A Scottish Cache on the Mississippi
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This cache was laid for me by andrewmcc a local cacher in
Minnesota. We traded caches, I laid
Highland Mary GC1839V In Dunoon Scotland. I live in Glasgow but
spend most weekends in Glendaruel which is about 15 miles NW of
Dunoon
The Mississippi River is the second longest river system in the
United States. Only the Missouri River is longer. The Mississippi
flows 2,340 miles (3,766 kilometers) from its source in
northwestern Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico.
The word, Mississippi probably comes from a combination of Chippewa
words (mici and zibi) meaning "great river" or "great water." It
was first written as "Michi Sepe" by Lieutenant Henri de Tonti
traveling with the explorer La Salle.
The Mississippi and its tributaries drain almost all the plains
between the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. Its
drainage basin is the third largest in the world, exceeded in size
only by the watersheds of the Amazon and Congo Rivers. The drainage
basin covers 1,247,300 square miles (3,230,490 square kilometers)
in 31 states and 2 Canadian provinces. This area encompasses the
nation's most productive agricultural and industrial regions. The
Mississippi is the nation's chief navigable water route. Barges and
towboats on the Mississippi River System carry sixty percent of the
agricultural goods, industrial products, and raw materials
transported on inland waterways.
The Mississippi River and its valley also support many kinds of
animals and plants including freshwater fishes, birds, deer,
raccoons, otters, mink, and a variety of forest trees. But
pollution from agriculture and industry seriously threaten the life
of the Mississippi.
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