Questions Below Refer To The Following Passage. The Missouri River is the longest tributary of the Mississippi River, and it begins its trip to join the Mississippi in the Rocky Mountains in Montana. The (5)Missouri flows eastward to central North Dakota, where it turns southward (10)across South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. When it reaches Missouri, it turns eastward at Kansas City and meanders across central Missouri to join the Mississippi River, about 10 miles north of St. Louis, after traveling 2,315 miles. Its drainage basin occupies about 529,400 square miles of the... Show more Questions Below Refer To The Following Passage. The Missouri River is the longest tributary of the Mississippi River, and it begins its trip to join the Mississippi in the Rocky Mountains in Montana. The (5)Missouri flows eastward to central North Dakota, where it turns southward (10)across South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. When it reaches Missouri, it turns eastward at Kansas City and meanders across central Missouri to join the Mississippi River, about 10 miles north of St. Louis, after traveling 2,315 miles. Its drainage basin occupies about 529,400 square miles of the Great Plains. (15)Elevations within its basin are extreme: from 14,000 feet above sea level in the Rockies near the Continental Divide to 400 feet where it joins the Mississippi. The flow of the Missouri changes frequently (20)from 4,200 cubic feet per second to 900,000 cubic feet per second. Its mouth was discovered in 1673 by the French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet while they were (25)canoeing down the Mississippi River. In the early 1700s, French fur traders began to navigate upstream. The first exploration of the river from its mouth to its headwaters was made in 1804–05 by (30)Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. For many years, the river was, except for fur traders, little used by the earliest American settlers moving west. The American Fur Company began to use (35)steamers on the river in 1830 but began to decline in the following year with the completion of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railway to St. Joseph, Missouri. For the first 150 years after settlement (40)along the river, the Missouri was not developed as a useful waterway or as a source of irrigation and power. In 1940, a comprehensive program was started for flood control and water-resource (45)development in the Missouri River basin. The Fort Peck Dam is one of the largest earthfill dams in the world. The entire system of dams and reservoirs has greatly reduced flooding on the Missouri (50)and provides water to irrigate millions of acres of farmland. Electricity for many communities is generated along the river’s upper course. Show less
Questions Below Refer To The Following Passage.
The Missouri River is the longest tributary of the Mississippi River, and it begins its trip to join the Mississippi in the Rocky Mountains in Montana. The (5)Missouri flows eastward to central North Dakota, where it turns southward (10)across South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. When it reaches Missouri, it turns eastward at Kansas City and meanders across central Missouri to join the Mississippi River, about 10 miles north of St. Louis, after traveling 2,315 miles. Its drainage basin occupies about 529,400 square miles of the Great Plains. (15)Elevations within its basin are extreme: from 14,000 feet above sea level in the Rockies near the Continental Divide to 400 feet where it joins the Mississippi. The flow of the Missouri changes frequently (20)from 4,200 cubic feet per second to 900,000 cubic feet per second. Its mouth was discovered in 1673 by the French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet while they were (25)canoeing down the Mississippi River. In the early 1700s, French fur traders began to navigate upstream. The first exploration of the river from its mouth to its headwaters was made in 1804–05 by (30)Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. For many years, the river was, except for fur traders, little used by the earliest American settlers moving west. The American Fur Company began to use (35)steamers on the river in 1830 but began to decline in the following year with the completion of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railway to St. Joseph, Missouri. For the first 150 years after settlement (40)along the river, the Missouri was not developed as a useful waterway or as a source of irrigation and power. In 1940, a comprehensive program was started for flood control and water-resource (45)development in the Missouri River basin. The Fort Peck Dam is one of the largest earthfill dams in the world. The entire system of dams and reservoirs has greatly reduced flooding on the Missouri (50)and provides water to irrigate millions of acres of farmland. Electricity for many communities is generated along the river’s upper course.
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