 ... miles. Considering the Missouri as one river from its sources to the Gulf of Mexico, it is the longest in the world. Its average rapidity is nearly twice that of the Mississippi, as the average level of its valley is nearly twice more elevated than...  The West: Its Commerce and Navigation - Σελίδα 255των James Hall - 1848 - 328 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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...mouth to the falls, 2,000 miles. Conside'ing the Missouri as one river from ils sources to the (¡ulf of Mexico, it is the longest in the world. Its average...exhibit of the number of steamboats engaged in the traje ofthat river from 1838 to 1846: — Year. No. of Boats. No. of Trim. 1838 17 96 1839 35 141 1840... | |
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...3,096 miles and no substantial obstruction impedes its navigation from its mouth to the falls, 2,000 miles. Considering the Missouri as one river from...twice more elevated than that of the Mississippi. Its waters are turbid, its current impetuous, its channel very changeable, and obstructed by numerous... | |
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...3,096 miles, and no substantial obstruction impedes its navigation from its mouth to the falls, 2,000 miles. Considering the Missouri as one river from...its sources to the Gulf of Mexico, it is the longest ia the world. Its average rapidity is nearly twice that of the Mississippi, as the average level of... | |
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