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The Missouri River Meanders through Seven States
The Missouri River is super long, but did you know it passes through a total of seven states? That’s a lot, even for a long river! The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers come together and create the fourth longest river system in the world at 3,979 miles long. Before that happens, the river begins at an elevation of 4,045 feet on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains as a confluence of the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin rivers near Three Forks, Montana, to its meeting place with the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri. The states the river flows through are Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.
