U researchers are working with communities to help residents, farmers and local governments find more natural solutions to ...

University of Minnesota researchers say using nature instead of concrete is best for controlling Mississippi River flooding ...

For many years, the Missouri River has been used for transport, water use, drainage, hunting, and fishing. This river is home to a wide variety of fish species, including the most popular crappie, ...

Its 1.2 million square mile drainage basin includes 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, with its many tributaries draining water into the main river stem.

We compared the map in question to those published in scientific literature depicting the watershed, drainage basin and tributaries of the Mississippi River. Though there were similarities between ...

(EPA) "Water from parts or all of 31 states drains into the Mississippi River, and creates a drainage basin over 1,245,000 square miles in size.

Drainage tile, a system farmers use to drain water from croplands, is also a contributor to the historic loss of up to about 100 million acres of wetlands in the U.S., researchers say.

River officials noted that in Omaha, Neb. the flood stage is set at 35 feet, however, the Missouri River is expected to reach 31.6 ft. and continue to rise. Around 2 p.m., the river crested at 20. ...

The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk is an editorially independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in partnership with Report For America and funded ...

And there are farmers that are really working on reducing erosion and reducing nutrient pollution. But it’s not enough yet. It’s not enough because the problem is increasing.” This story is part of ...

The river’s drainage basin covers about 1.2 million square miles, or nearly 40% of the Lower 48, including all or part of 31 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.

Drainage divides identifiable on the Ashton map separate the north-oriented Yellowstone, Gallatin, Madison, and Jefferson River drainage basins (which are located to the north and east of the ...