这是一条很著名的河流。什么?看着不像?是条小水沟?哈哈。是小了点,可是这里离开大河的原始起点才200米,当然不大了。不久以后,她就要变得非常宽阔,向南流去,直到墨西哥湾。
这条小水沟,就是名副其实的密西西比河。摄于明尼苏达州的Itasca森林公园内。Itasca的名字取自拉丁语,意思是真实的源头。
明尼,在当地古达科达语里是水的意思。这里有五大湖,淡水量居然占全球的20%。而明尼苏达州有1万两千个湖,真实的万湖之州。
从密西西比的源头Itasca湖区,向北流向Bemidji,再向东流到Grand Rapids,河面一下子就宽到和中下游差不多的程度。再转向南流到Brainerd,经Little Falls, St Cloud, 就到了明州的双子城,Minneapolis(意思是水城)和州府圣保罗市。沿途再过红翅膀,La Crosse, Prairie du Chien, North Buene Vista, 就到了伊州爱州和威州的交界处,叫做Dubuque。再往南就是四方城Davenport,和西部大门圣路易市。由于我们是逆流而上寻找源头,就没有再往南走。
好了,看一些沿途的照片吧。没有时间整理,随意贴了一些。
后面有几张不在河边,但也不远,比如世界最大湖苏必列湖畔的Duluth,是全球最大的内陆港口。
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