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The Missouri river
The Mississippi River defines the eastern border of the state of Missouri, and does not actually run through the state (as the Missouri River does) except where the river has created a few small islands.
The Missouri River flows on the western edge of Iowa and Missouri. The Mississippi River flows on the eastern side of the states.
The answer is Missouri.
Missouri River and Mississippi River
Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi *The sixth, Minnesota, is only partly east, and partly west, because the Mississippi River begins in north central Minnesota.
The Mississippi flows through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
The Big Sioux Missouri Mississippi and Des Moines Rivers flow through the state of Iowa. The Des Moines River is a tributary of the Mississippi River. The Big Sioux Missouri Mississippi River is the largest in Iowa.
The Gulf of Mexico is the mouth of the Mississippi. The Mississippi Rivers flows through ten states such as Tennessee and Missouri.
They are 8 of the 10 states whose borders include the Mississippi River. Iowa and Missouri (and Arkansas) are on the west bank. Wisconsin, Illinois, Tennessee, Mississippi (and Kentucky) are on the east bank. The river runs through Minnesota and Louisiana as well as forming part of their eastern borders.
Missouri River BasinThe Missouri River starts in Montana and flows through North and South Dakota, forms the boundary between Nebraska and Iowa and part of the boundary between Kansas and Missouri, and flows through Missouri to the Mississippi River.