Kunth was the son of Johann Siegmund Kunth, a senior Protestant minister and hymn writer who died in Baruth in 1779. In 1772, he started attending the upper level of gymnasium in Halle. He then began studying law in Leipzig.
The Mississippi River â Headwaters watershed has approximately 685.05 river miles (NHDPlus - 1:100k source scale, flowline layer) and contains more than 1,000 lakes with a total acreage of 180,375. [[nid:7633]] The Mississippi River - Headwaters watershed consists of 1,255,105 acres (1,961 square miles) in the far north part of the basin. The watershed contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca in Itasca State Park.
The Mississippi drainage basin includes the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers, the two longest main-stem rivers in the United States, as well as 18 more of the rivers on this list. The Mississippi main stem is highlighted in dark blue. The main stems of 38 rivers in the United States are at least 500 miles (800 km) long. The main stem is the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries.