[[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-12.png|Figure 1]] is a map of the drainage basin of the modern Mississippi River, illustrating the network of rivers feeding into one sediment input point. The [[Holocene]] depocenter of the Mississippi River is immediately offshore and west of the river mouth. Smaller drainage basins also supply terrigenous sediment to the western and central [[Gulf of Mexico]], while in situ carbonate factories supply most of the sediment to the Florida peninsula. | [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-12.png|Figure 1]] is a map of the drainage basin of the modern Mississippi River, illustrating the network of rivers feeding into one sediment input point. The [[Holocene]] depocenter of the Mississippi River is immediately offshore and west of the river mouth. Smaller drainage basins also supply terrigenous sediment to the western and central [[Gulf of Mexico]], while in situ carbonate factories supply most of the sediment to the Florida peninsula. |