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The Missouri River
A tour of the Missouri River and its surrounding area.
The Missouri River
The Missouri River takes the prize as the longest river in North America. Starting life in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, the river cuts through the Great Plains before emptying into the Mississippi River. It used to flood so often and wash away so much soil that it was nicknamed "Big Muddy." Once dams had tamed the river's power, the farms and cities along its banks began to benefit from irrigation water and inexpensive electricity. Book jacket.
The Missouri River Ecosystem
The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery resulted from a study conducted at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The nation's longest river, the Missouri River and its floodplain ecosystem experienced substantial environmental and hydrologic changes during the twentieth century. The context of Missouri River dam and reservoir system management is marked by sharp differences between stakeholders regarding the river's proper management regime. The management agencies have been challenged to determine the appropriate balance between these competing interests. This Water Science and Technology Board report reviews...
The Missouri River
The Missouri River of today is about 2,500 miles from its source in Montana to its union with the Mississippi just north of St. Louis, Missouri. Two hundred years ago the explorers Lewis and Clark led their Corps of Discovery up this river in search of the unknown lands of the American West.
The Missouri River and Its Utmost Source
Excerpt from The Missouri River and Its Utmost Source: Curtailed Narration of Geologic, Primitive and Geographic Distinctions Descriptive of the Evolution and Discovery of the River and Its Headwaters The first edition of this publication, consecutively num bered from one to three hundred, both inclusive, while appar ently complete, contained no detailed chart, and the most im portant topographic features at the utmost limit of the Mis souri Basin remained unexamined. During the year 1896 surveys and explorations at and above the Red Rock lakes Montana, were continued, pre paratory to a more comprehensive description of an interesting mountainous region scarcely known and meagerly understood...
