File:Missouri River, Near St. Joseph, Missouri (7235153102).jpg
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The Missouri River is the longest river in North America and a major waterway of the central United States. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for 2,341 miles (3,767 km) before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. The river takes drainage from a sparsely populated, semi-arid watershed of more than half a million square miles (1,300,000 km2), which includes parts of ten U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The Missouri was one of the main routes for the westward expansion of the United States during the 19th century. The growth of the fur trade in the early 1800s laid much of the groundwork as trappers explored the region and blazed trails. Pioneers headed west en masse beginning in the 1830s, first by covered wagon, then by the growing numbers of steamboats entering service on the river. Former Native American lands in the watershed were taken over by settlers, leading to some of the most longstanding and violent wars against indigenous peoples in American history. During the 20th century, the Missouri River basin was extensively developed for irrigation, flood control and the generation of hydroelectric power. Fifteen dams impound the main stem of the river, with hundreds more on tributaries. Meanders have been cut and the river channelized to improve navigation, reducing its length by almost 200 miles (320 km) from pre-development times. Although the lower Missouri valley is now a populous and highly productive agricultural and industrial region, heavy development has taken its toll on wildlife and fish populations as well as water quality. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_River en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_... |
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Source | Missouri River, Near St. Joseph, Missouri |
Author | Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA |
Camera location | 39° 54′ 20.94″ N, 95° 09′ 05.64″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 39.905818; -95.151568 |
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Exposure time | 1/800 sec (0.00125) |
F-number | f/3.5 |
ISO speed rating | 80 |
Date and time of data generation | 23:19, 15 May 2012 |
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Horizontal resolution | 180 dpi |
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File change date and time | 23:19, 15 May 2012 |
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Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
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Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Scene capture type | Landscape |
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Keywords | New Jersey Day 1 |