COLUMBIA REGIONAL LIBRARY (MO)

Photo of Missouri River by Gretchen E. Henderson (February 2024).

Near the Missouri River, the town of Columbia's Regional Library helped to activate Dear Body of Water. Check out this link to learn more or scroll through the screenshots below.

With thanks to librarian, Grae, who writes:

"Did you know the Missouri River—also belovedly known as the Big Muddy, the Mighty Mo, and Mnišoše (“turbid water”) by the Dakota and Lakota—is the longest river on the North American continent?! This wide river of silt and sediment churns its way for over 2000 miles from western Montana down across and through six other states to merge with the Mississippi and on to the Gulf of Mexico, and its watershed drains around 1/6 (!!!) of the United States’ landmass over an area of 500,000 square miles..." Keep reading...

WATERSHED

Missouri River—Mississippi River—Gulf of Mexico—Atlantic Ocean