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The Missisippi River is the longest river in the United States. It is more than 3,700 kilometres long.

The Missisippi begins as a small creek and at the Gulf of Mexico. It is nearly two kilometers long. In some places it is very deep and in other places it is shallow.

The river gets water from rain, snow, hail and ice. Many small rivers run into the Missisippi. Half of the rain falling in the United States flows into the Missisippi.

Boats can go from the Gulf of Mexico up the Missisippi for 1,600 kilometers. Lots of boats are barges. Barges carry freights ofplenty of kinds up the river and down the river.

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The Missisippi River is over 5,000 kilometres long

starts as a small stream

is both deep and shallow

is 10 kilometres wide

gets water from other rivers

gets half the rainfall of the U.S.

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1. The ________ river in the Unites States

2. more than 3,700 kilometres________

3. begins as a __________ creek

4. nearly two kilometers _________

5._______ small rivers run

6. Half of the rain______

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1. The Missisippi begins as a small ________

a. river b. creek c. gulf

2. The river is_____ kilometers wide at the gulf of Mexico.

a. two b.3,700 c. 1,600

3.The Missisippi is the_____ river in the U.S.

a. widest b. deepest c. longest

4. A lot of small ____ flow into the Missisippi.

a. boats b. barges c. rivers