September 15, 2010
The Ever-Changing Mississippi
Jeroen Beekmans
On FlowingData we found a map which provides insight in how the Mississippi river has evolved over the past. In 1944, cartographer Harold Fisk mapped the current Mississippi River — the white channel on the map. Besides that, he drew the river as it had been in earlier decades (all colored ribbons), based on old geological maps, and created a fascinating graphic for the Army Corps of Engineers. Click here to view a graphic of the entire Mississippi river.
