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  2. Mississippi River - Wikipedia

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    The Mississippi River is known as the Middle Mississippi from the Upper Mississippi River's confluence with the Missouri River at St. Louis, Missouri, for 190 miles (310 km) to its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois. [33] [34] The Middle Mississippi is relatively free-flowing.

  3. List of tributaries of the Mississippi River - Wikipedia

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    2 Map of Mississippi River Basin. ... Missouri River: Right 3,726 2478 m 3 /s Spanish Lake, MO: Confluence ... St. Louis: Rock River:

  4. Mississippi River System - Wikipedia

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    The Missouri River is a long stream that originates in southwest Montana and flows southeasterly for 2,522 miles (4,059 km); passing through six states before finally entering the Mississippi River at St. Louis. [13] The Missouri River is the longest river on the North American continent. The Missouri River was one of the main routes for the ...

  5. List of rivers of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Little River (Iowa–Missouri), tributary of Weldon River; Little River (St. Francis River tributary) Little Sac River; Little St. Francis River; Little Sugar Creek; Little Wyaconda River; Locust Creek; Lost Creek (Courtois Creek tributary) Lost Creek (Cuivre River tributary) Lost Creek (Grand River tributary) Loutre River; Marais des Cygnes ...

  6. Geography of St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    The Rivers around St. Louis. St. Louis is located at 1] The city is built primarily on bluffs and terraces that rise 100–200 feet (30–61 m) above the western banks of the Mississippi River, just south of the Missouri-Mississippi confluence. Much of the area is a fertile and gently rolling prairie that features low hills and broad, shallow ...

  7. Geography of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    The drainage of the state is wholly into the Mississippi River, directly or indirectly, and to a large extent into either that river or the Missouri River within the borders of the state. The latter stream, crossing the state and cutting the eastern and western borders at or near St Louis and Kansas City respectively, has a length within ...

  8. Missouri River - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Saint Louis University - Wikipedia

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    Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. [3] Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg , [ 8 ] it is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and the second-oldest Jesuit university in the United States.