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The Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States.The nation's longest, [13] it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana, then flows east and south for 2,341 miles (3,767 km) [6] before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri.
Map of the Missouri River watershed The White River flowing into the Missouri River and coloring it with clay. Tributaries of the Missouri River, a major river in the central United States, are listed here in upstream order. These lists are arranged into river sections between cities or mouths of major tributaries for ease of navigation.
A probable location for Brower's Spring in Montana. Brower's Spring is a spring in the Centennial Mountains of Beaverhead County, Montana that was identified by surveyor Jacob V. Brower in 1888 as the ultimate headwaters of the Missouri River and thus of the fourth-longest river system in the world, the 3,902-mile-long (6,280 km) Mississippi–Missouri River.
Sni-A-Bar Creek (/ ˈ s n aɪ. ə. b ɑːr /) is a stream in Jackson and Lafayette counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Missouri River.. The stream headwaters arise in southwest Lafayette County at and the stream flows southwest into Jackson County
Flood of 1851 — The Great Flood of 1851 was most severe in Iowa, and it affected the Missouri and Mississippi river basins. In St. Louis, Missouri, on June 11, 1851, floodwaters rose to within 5 feet (1.5 m) of the 1844 flood, while at Cape Girardeau, Missouri , the flooding was worse than in 1844.
The National Park Service reports the modern belief that at that time, the confluence was located 0.25 miles (0.40 km) north of the present Kaw Point. [ 3 ] Patrick Gass's journal entry for June 26 said: "It was agreed to remain here during the 27th and 28th where we pitched our tents and built [a six-foot-high brush and log] bowers in front of ...
The crest at Brownville at 44.6 feet (13.6 m) was the highest in the history of the river there (breaking the 1993 record). It prompted officials to close the two northernmost Missouri River bridges in the state, the Brownville Bridge and the Rulo Bridge . The river had risen more than two feet in 24 hours in Atchison County. [88]
Map showing the Missouri River basin Garrison Dam, which forms Lake Sakakawea, the largest reservoir on the Missouri River. This is a list of dams in the watershed of the Missouri River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, in the United States. There are an estimated 17,200 dams and reservoirs in the basin, most of which are small, local ...