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In St. Joseph, moderate flooding occurred as the Missouri River rose to 22.6 feet. The river was expected to crest at 24.1 feet Thursday morning and fall below flood stage, 17 feet, early Monday.
Oct. 30—Drought is expected to continue in the Missouri River basin, bringing down water levels and bottom lines. According to the National Weather Service, 75% of the Missouri River basin ...
Gavins Point Dam is a 1.9-mile-long (3 km) embankment rolled-earth and chalk-fill dam which spans the Missouri River and impounds Lewis and Clark Lake.The dam joins Cedar County, Nebraska with Yankton County, South Dakota a distance of 811.1 river miles (1,305 km) upstream of St. Louis, Missouri, where the river joins the Mississippi River.
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.
Interstate 29 was closed in March, and again in May, from Council Bluffs to the Missouri state border and from there to St. Joseph, Missouri, [40] [41] [42] with portions of the interstate under 15 ft (4.6 m) of water. [citation needed] On September 20, sections of Interstate-680 and Interstate 29 were once again closed due to Missouri River ...
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Map of the Missouri River watershed The White River flowing into the Missouri River and coloring it with clay. Tributaries of the Missouri River, a major river in the central United States, are listed here in upstream order. These lists are arranged into river sections between cities or mouths of major tributaries for ease of navigation.
A series of flood control reservoirs backed up by massive dams is a key factor driving the high water currently swelling the Missouri River. The abnormally high flow on the upper Missouri River ...