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Missouri's valley ranges from 6 miles (9.7 km) to 10 miles (16.1 km) wide from edge to edge, with gentle slopes from the adjacent upland to the valley floor. Other segments are narrow, less than two miles (3 km) wide, with rugged valley sides. Generally, the wide segments trend
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discharged 573,000 cubic feet (16,226 m) per second, cresting on July 14, 1951. This flood devastated the lower
Missouri River Valley, including Kansas City, along a reach of river where there was no
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