South America is home to the Mississippi River.
South America is a continent located in the western hemisphere , mostly in the southern hemisphere , with a relatively small portion in the northern hemisphere .	continent	continent	western hemisphere	western hemisphere	southern hemisphere	southern hemisphere	northern hemisphere	northern hemisphere
The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second largest drainage system on the North American continent , second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system .	drainage system	Drainage system (geomorphology)	Hudson Bay	Hudson Bay	river	river	Mississippi	Mississippi
