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Published March 2004 | public
Journal Article

Stage variability of the Missouri River as recorded by Lewis and Clark

Abstract

The journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark during the 1803-1806 Corps of Discovery contain detailed records of meteorological conditions and Missouri River stage levels for the winter camps at Camp DuBois (1803-4) at the mouth of the Missouri, and at Fort Mandan (1804-5), now in North Dakota near river mile 1372. Their measurements provide unique insight on the Missouri River prior to the profound modification of its channel by the Army Corps of Engineers starting in 1832, the regulation of its flow by six huge main-stem reservoirs constructed between 1937 and 1963, and the profound changes to its watershed following European settlement.

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© 2004 Geological Society of America.

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