The confluence of the Madison River and Jefferson River near Gallatin River, in Gallatin County, Montana.
In Montana. See related links for information about the Missouri River Headwaters Park.
3 forks, Montana
Mississippi
Mississippi
The Missouri River officially starts at the confluence of the Jefferson and Madison in Missouri Headwaters State Park near Three Forks, Montana, and is joined by the Gallatin a mile downstream.
The Missouri River officially starts at the confluence of the Jefferson and Madison in Missouri Headwaters State Park near Three Forks, Montana, and is joined by the Gallatin a mile downstream.
The Missouri River is 1st at 2540 miles. The Mississippi River is 2nd at 2340 miles.
It flows into the Mississippi River. In 1805, Lewis and Clark used the Missouri River to navigate further west into Missouri valley which was part of the Louisiana Purchase (1803). The Missouri River may be considered longer than the Mississippi if you include the rivers that are not actually named the Missouri but represent its main headwaters. The Missouri River drains a vast area of the north central US, from Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas, across Nebraska and Kansas to Missouri. It defines part of the state borders for 5 states.
Missouri Missouri
Missouri Missouri
The headwaters are in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park.
the Mississippi headwaters is a kind of thing that is located in the Mississippi river. The Headwaters of a river are it's origins. The multiplicity of small streams that converge to form the main body of the river proper.
The Mississippi River serves as the eastern boundary of the state of Missouri.
Missouri River and Mississippi River