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Don't Know Much About Geography: Everything You Need to Know About the World but Never Asked
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Great Rivers of the World “M...-”
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Rivers of the World ~

Mackenzie
Main

Marne
Mekong

Mississippi
Missouri


The Mackenzie River Empties into Mackenzie Bay in Northern Canada, Poster
The Mackenzie River Empties into Mackenzie Bay in Northern Canada, Poster

(68º56'23"N 136º10'22"W)

The Mackenzie River originates at Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and flows north into a vast delta of thousands of channels before emptying into the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean. The Mackenzie Delta is the site of the Mallik methane hydrate field.

It is the longest river in Canada (1,738 kilometres/1,080 mi) and, the second longest river in North America (4,241 kilometres/2,635 mi) in length when its tributaries of the Peace and Finlay rivers are included.

The Mackenzie is open to navigation from May to October, the rest of the year portions of it serve as an “ice road”.

The river is named after the Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie, who travelled the river while trying to reach the Pacific Ocean in 1789. He called the waterway Disappointment River.


Renaissance Johannisburg Castle on Banks of Main River in Town of Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany, Photographic Print
Renaissance Johannisburg Castle on Banks of Main River in Town of Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany,
Photographic Print

(49º59'40"N 8º17'36"E)

The Main River in Germany is one of the largest tributaries of the Rhine, and an important part of the transportation route link from the North Sea to the Black Sea.


The Banks of the Marne at Creteil, circa 1888, Paul Cezanne, Giclee Print
The Banks of the Marne at Creteil, circa 1888,
Giclee Print

(49º0'0"N 4º15'0"E)

Paul Cezanne

The Marne, which is a tributary of the Seine, was the site of two World War I battles.


US Navy Presence on Mekong River During Vietnam War, January 13, 1967, Photographic Print
US Navy Presence on Mekong River During Vietnam War, January 13, 1967,
Photographic Print

(33º42'30"N 94º41'42"E)

The Mekong River is the 12th-longest river in the world, and 7th longest in Asia. Due to many falls and rapids the Mekong has limited navigation. The endangered “fishing cat” is native to the Mekong River.

Cambodia's capital and largest city, Phnom Penh, is located on the Mekong.

Vietnam War posters


The Delta Queen, a Steamboat, Makes its Way up the Mississippi River, Photographic Print
The Delta Queen, a Steamboat, Makes its Way up the Mississippi River, Photographic Print

(29º9'4"N 89º15'12"W)

Mississippi River

Map Depicting Plantations on the Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans, 1858, Giclee Print
Map Depicting Plantations on the Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans, 1858,
Giclee Print






Louisiana posters


Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, George Caleb Bingham, Art Print
Fur Traders Descending
the Missouri, Art Print

(38º48'49"N 90º7'11"W)

George Caleb Bingham

The Missouri River, flowing 2,341 miles (3,767 km) through the central United States, is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the longest river in North America and drains the third largest area, though only the thirteenth largest by discharge. Measured from its farthest source in southwestern Montana to the Mississippi's mouth at the Gulf of Mexico, the Missouri forms part of the world's fourth-longest river system.

The Missouri's watershed encompasses over two-thirds of the American Great Plains east of the Rocky Mountains, spanning parts of ten U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.

The first known Europeans to see the river were the French explorers Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette in 1673. The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806), the first United States expedition to the Pacific Coast, used the Missouri River for much of the journey.

Cities along the main stream: Great Falls, Sioux City, Omaha, Kansas City, and St. Louis, are part of the basin's population of ten million (c. 2011).

A great number of dams have been built along the Missouri River, making it into one of the largest reservoir systems of North America.

State of Missouri posters


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