Confidence votes 86.8K. TB is a communicable disease. A communicable disease is a disease that can be passed on in one way or another from a Carrier of the disease to some one else. and is usually the result of a virus or bacterial infection.
The Mississippi is one of the worldâs great rivers. It spans 3,860 miles (6,210 km) of length as measured using its northernmost west fork, the Missouri River, which starts in the Rocky Mountains in Montana, joining the Mississippi proper in the state of Missouri.
The 2,340 miles of the Mississippi River are entirely within the boundaries of the United States, from the northern headwaters of Lake Itasca to the the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana. Because its waters served as a major means of transportation, cities grew and prospered along the Mississippi banks.