Blue catfish is native to 20 states, primarily within the Mississippi river Basin but also in rivers along the Gulf Coast.

蓝鲶在美国的20个州都有分布，最初生活在密西西比河盆地和墨西哥湾沿岸的河流中。

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Stretching more than 160 miles, a system of earthquake faults lurks beneath the Mississippi River basin, loaded and ready to erupt.

拉伸超过160英里，地震断层下方的密西西比河流域，装载，准备爆发潜伏着制度。

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These include red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans), a species originally from the Mississippi River Basin in the U. S. that is now raised commercially here.

这些东西包括红耳龟（巴西龟），即原产自美国密西西比河盆地的一个物种，到这里成了商业机会。

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The effects of nutrient pollution are increasingly apparent throughout the Mississippi River basin.

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Nancy Rabalais, executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and an expert on dead zones who didn't participate in the study, said its findings are consistent with climate change scenarios she projects for the upper Mississippi River basin, where flooding caused high algae concentrations two years ago.

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Opening the spillway will redirect floodwaters from the Mississippi River through the Atchafalaya River Basin, which runs between Baton Rouge and Lafayette south toward Morgan City.

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