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Place Name
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Saint Francis
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Place Status (Type)
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river
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Location
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Missouri, United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Saint Francis
, river, c.470 mi/760 km
long, Mo. and Ark.; rising in the St. Francis Mts. of SE Mo. and
flowing S through the Ozarks and the Mississippi alluvial plain of NE
Ark. to join the Mississippi R. near Helena, Ark. The river forms part
of the Ark.-Mo. border. Wappapello Dam (completed 1941), near the Ozark
Escarpment N of Poplar Bluff, Mo., forms L. Wappapello. The
river in the Ozarks is popular for recreational activities, esp.
canoeing, kayaking, fishing.
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