10 Biggest cities of the Mississippi basin
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| City | size (1990) | Rank in USA | River nearest too of Mississippi |
| 1 | Indianapolis city, Indiana | 731,327 | 13 | Located on White River, which is a tributary of the Wabash River. Wabash river is a tributary of the river Ohio River, which one of the main tributaries of the Mississippi river. |
| 2 | Columbus, Ohio | 632,910 | 16 | Located on the Scioto river a tributary of the Ohio river. |
| 3 | Memphis, Tennessee | 610,337 | 18 | Located at the mouth of Wolf River as it reaches the Mississippi |
| 4 | New Orleans city, Louisiana | 496,938 | 24 | Located at Mississippi |
| 5 | Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee | 488,374 | 25 | Located Cumberland River a tributary of the Ohio river |
| 6 | Oklahoma, Oklahoma | 444,719 | 29 | Located on the Oklahoma river a seven mile portion of the North Canadian river. The North Canadian river is a tributary of the Canadian river. The Canadian river is often just a slow trickle in dry times. The Canadian river is a tributary of the Arkansas river. The Arkansas river is a tributary of the Mississippi river |
| 7 | Kansas, Missouri | 435,146 | 31 | Located at merging of Kansas and Missouri river. The Missouri is main tributary of the Mississippi |
| 8 | St. Louis city,. Missouri | 396,685 | 34 | Located on the Missouri as the gateway to the west. |
| 9 | Pittsburgh
city, Pennsylvania | 369,879 | 40 | located at the merging of Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, to form the starting point of the Ohio river a major tributary of the Mississippi. |
| 10 | Minneapolis city, Minnesota | 368,383 | 42 | located on the river Mississippi. |
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