Missouri River
Major river in central United StatesThe Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, 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) before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. The river drains semi-arid watershed of more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 km2), which includes parts of ten U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. Although a tributary of the Mississippi, the Missouri River is slightly longer and carries a comparable volume of water. When combined with the lower Mississippi River, it forms the world's fourth-longest river system.
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AI Generated- May 1673French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet and French explorer Jacques Marquette left the settlement of St.
- 1682France expanded its territorial claims in North America to include land on the western side of the Mississippi River, which included the lower portion of the Missouri.
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