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The Carolina beaver is found in the southeastern United States; the Missouri River beaver, as its name suggests, is found in the Missouri River and its tributaries; and C. c. acadicus is found throughout the New England area in the northeastern United States.
All of the plants Lewis collected in the first months of the Expedition were cached near the Missouri River to be retrieved on the return journey. The cache was completely destroyed by Missouri flood waters. Other collections were lost in varying ways, and we now have only 237 plants Lewis collected, 226 of which are in the Philadelphia ...
North of the Missouri River, the state is primarily rolling hills of the Great Plains, whereas south of the Missouri River, the state is dominated by the oak-hickory Central U.S. hardwood forest. Some of the native species found in Missouri are included below. [1] [2]
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.
North American beavers (Castor canadensis) are the largest rodent species in the United States and the second largest in the world.They have stocky bodies, weigh between 35 and 65 pounds, and are ...
The Riverbluff Cave is a paleontological site discovered in the United States, near Springfield, Missouri.The entrance is filled with stalactites, stalagmites and columns. . The cave is about 830,000 years old (making it the oldest known fossil cave site in the US [1]) and 610 m long, featuring Pleistocene fossils, notably of the short-faced bear (Artcodus simus) the largest bear species on ...
Cedar Creek (Des Moines River tributary) Cedar Creek (Missouri River tributary) Cedar Creek (Sac River tributary) Chariton River (280 miles (450 km)) Cherry Valley Creek; Clear Creek; Coldwater Creek (Missouri river tributary) Coldwater Creek (South Grand River tributary) Coldwater Creek (Saline Creek tributary) Courtois Creek; Crane Creek ...
A beaver's lips can close behind the incisors, preventing water from entering their mouths as they cut and bite onto things while submerged. [30] [31] The fore foot, hind foot, and tail of a beaver Beaver tail and footprints on snow. The beaver's front feet are dexterous, allowing them to grasp and manipulate objects and food, as well as dig.