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Overview of the Missouri River, the longest tributary of the Mississippi River and second longest river in North America.
The Missouri River officially starts at the confluence of the Jefferson and Madison in Missouri Headwaters State Park near Three Forks, Montana, and is joined by the Gallatin a mile (1.6 km) downstream. It then passes through Canyon Ferry Lake, a reservoir west of the Big Belt Mountains.
Map of the Missouri River in the United States. Contents: Course. Climate. History. Plant And Animals. Development. Threats. Course. The headwaters of the Missouri River are formed by the confluence of the Jefferson, Gallatin, and Madison Rivers in the Rocky Mountains, southwestern Montana.
Map of the Missouri River and its tributaries inNorth America. Fishermen may encounter some rare native species in the area, including prehistoric-looking paddlefish or the endangered pallid sturgeon among some 150 species of fish within the entire Missouri River Basin.
It begins in southern Montana in the Rocky Mountains, first flowing north then generally southeast across the heart of the United States, ending at the Mississippi River, just to the north of St. Louis, Missouri.
Flowing from its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains of Southwestern Montana, the Missouri River is the longest river in the United States. It drifts across Montana, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri, where it meets the Mississippi River, providing water and sustenance to the Great Plains along the way.
The Missouri is the longest river in the United States, flowing more than 2,500 miles from its source on the eastern slope of the Rockies near Three Forks, Montana, to its confluence with the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.
Maps of the Missouri River. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark used this map of the Missouri River on their 1804 expedition. In 1803, most settlers living near St. Louis spoke French. John Hay, the postmaster at Cahokia Courthouse, spoke both French and English.
Missouri River Basin The Missouri Headwaters are in Southwestern Montana at the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers. From there the river travels North, but then follows a south-eastern trajectory towards Missouri where it meets up with the Mississippi River.
The map below shows the Missouri River and its major tributaries. The river and its tributaries drain a large portion of the central United States, including all of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. PDF. The Missouri River is one of the most iconic rivers in America.