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  2. Saint Louis River (Lake Superior tributary) - Wikipedia

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    The Saint Louis River (abbreviated St. Louis River) is a river in the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin that flows into Lake Superior. The largest U.S. river to flow into the lake, it is 192 miles (309 km) in length [1] and starts 13 miles (21 km) east of Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. The river's watershed covers 3,634 square miles (9,410 km 2).

  3. List of rivers of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Little River (Iowa–Missouri), tributary of Weldon River; Little River (St. Francis River tributary) Little Sac River; Little St. Francis River; Little Sugar Creek; Little Wyaconda River; Locust Creek; Lost Creek (Courtois Creek tributary) Lost Creek (Cuivre River tributary) Lost Creek (Grand River tributary) Loutre River; Marais des Cygnes ...

  4. Greater St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    Greater St. Louis is the 23rd-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States, [3] [4] the largest in Missouri, and the second-largest in Illinois.Its core city—St. Louis, Missouri—sits in the geographic center of the metro area, on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

  5. Geography of St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    The Rivers around St. Louis. St. Louis is located at 1] The city is built primarily on bluffs and terraces that rise 100–200 feet (30–61 m) above the western banks of the Mississippi River, just south of the Missouri-Mississippi confluence. Much of the area is a fertile and gently rolling prairie that features low hills and broad, shallow ...

  6. St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    St. Louis (/ s eɪ n t ˈ l uː ɪ s, s ən t-/ saynt LOO-iss, sənt-) [11] is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri.It is located near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers.

  7. River des Peres - Wikipedia

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    The River des Peres (French: rivière des Pères) (English: / d ʌ ˈ p ɛər /) is a 9.3-mile (15.0 km) [1] metropolitan river in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the backbone of sanitary and storm water systems in the city of St. Louis and portions of St. Louis County. Its largest tributaries are Deer Creek and Gravois Creek. At St. Louis, the ...

  8. Metro East - Wikipedia

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    The Metro East is an urban area in Southern Illinois, United States that contains the eastern and northern urban, suburban, and exurban areas on the Mississippi River in Greater St. Louis. It encompasses eight Illinois counties and constitutes the second-most populous metropolitan area in Illinois .

  9. Horseshoe Lake (Madison County, Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    The lake is located within Nameoki Township, about four miles east of St. Louis, Missouri. The lake is very shallow, about three feet (1 m) deep throughout most of the lake, but there is one deep spot, about 54.5 feet (16 m) deep, due to dredging for sand in years past. The lake is annually drained in part to provide habitat for shorebirds.