The Mississippi is overtopping a few small levees north of St. Louis and Missouri.

西西比河的水位已经超过了苏里州圣路易斯北部的一些小型河堤。

The Gateway Arch towers above St. Louis on the banks of the Mississippi River.

圣路易斯的西进之门伫立在西西比河的河岸。

New Orleans is a port city at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

新奥尔良是西西比河口的港口城。

Four Asian carp species now live in much of the Mississippi River.

四种亚洲鲤鱼现在生活在西西比河的大部分地区。

At one time, Tulare Lake was the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River.

图拉雷湖曾经是西西比河以西大的淡水湖。

Beginning around 1,900, the Mississippi's natural wandering course began to change again.

大约从 1900 年开始，西西比河的自然流动路线又开始改变。

In 1883, Twain again revisited his beloved river roots in " Life on the Mississippi" .

1883年，吐温在《西西比河上的生活》一书中再次重温了他的恋河情节。

The recent Mississippi River floods have affected life in St. Louis and they have devastated farmers across the Midwest.

西西比河近的洪灾，摧毁了中西部的一些农业地带，也影响了圣路易斯的生活。

By the middle eighteen-hundreds, almost all the eastern Indians had been moved west of the Mississippi River.

到18世纪中叶，几乎所有东部的印地安人都被移到西西比河以西的地区。

Britain now claimed all the land from the east coast of North America to the Mississippi River.

英国宣称北美东海岸到西西比河的所有土地都归属英国。

Now, a severe summer drought that lowered the Mississippi river's water levels is to blame for this.

现在，严重的夏季干旱降低了西西比河的水位，这是罪魁祸首。

These are called tributaries and one of them that flows into the Mississippi is the Missouri river.

这些被称为支流，其中一条流入西西比河的是苏里河。

First, Monroe would try to buy as much territory east of the Mississippi River as France would sell.

首先，门罗将试图购买西西比河以东的土地，将法国出售的土地全都买下来。

If France refused, then Monroe would try to buy an area near the mouth of the Mississippi River.

如果法国拒绝，门罗将试图购买西西比河河口附近的地区。

To reach the city, Farragut had to sail his ships past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.

为了到达这座城，法拉古特不得不乘船经过西西比河上的两个联邦军要塞。

Hernando De Soto landed in Florida in 1539 and then explored all the way to the Mississippi River.

Hernando De Soto在1539年登上佛罗里达的土地并且探索了所有通往西西比河的道路。

The Interstate 40 Bridge over the Mississippi River was closed today and official said repairs could take months.

今天，西西比河上的40号州际大桥关闭，官方称维修可能需要数月时间。

He and his best friend, Huck Finn, run away to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River.

他和他好的朋友哈克·费恩，跑到了西西比河中央的一个小岛上。

But it no longer comes down because people have built walls to control the flow of the Mississippi River.

但它不再流下来了，因为人们修建了控制西西比河水流的墙。

The Indians would trade their lands east of the Mississippi in exchange for lands west of the Mississippi.

印第安人会用西西比河以东的土地用来交换西西比河以西的土地。