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Old 12-May-2006, 01:44 AM
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The Mississippi is only so called because it was discovered and mapped first. If the drainage system naming is based purely on length, than Old Man River should be the Missouri from St. Louis on down.

BTW, the Ohio is another major drainage river that should not be neglected.
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