Mississippi Alluvial Plain

{{Citations missing|date=December 2007}} [[Image:Mississippi delta disambig.svg|thumb|150px|{{legend|#0f0|[[Mississippi Delta]]}}{{legend|#5941CB|[[Mississippi River Delta]]}}{{legend|#f0f|[[Mississippi embayment]]}}{{legend|#0cc|[[Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal|Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (Mr Go)]]}}]] The '''Mississippi River Alluvial Plain''' is an [[alluvial plain]] created by the [[Mississippi River]] on which lies parts of seven states, from southern [[Louisiana]] to southern [[Illinois]]. The plain is divided into the [[Mississippi River Delta]] in the southern half of [[Louisiana]] and the inland [[Mississippi embayment]] running from central Louisiana to Illinois. The term ''Mississippi embayment'' is sometimes used more narrowly to refer to the section on the western side of the river, running through eastern [[Arkansas]], southeastern [[Missouri]], westernmost [[Tennessee]], westernmost [[Kentucky]] and southern Illinois, and excluding northwest [[Mississippi]] (the alluvial plain known as the [[Mississippi Delta]]) on the east bank. It is the largest [[ecoregion]] of Louisiana, covering {{convert|12350|sqmi|km2}}, and including all of the historic Mississippi River [[floodplain]]. {{Portal|Mississippi}} {{Geography topics}} {{Physical geography topics}} {{Illinois}} {{Missouri}} {{Kentucky}} {{Tennessee}} {{Arkansas}} {{Mississippi}} {{Louisiana}} {{coord missing|Arkansas}}