Lower Missouri River valley

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The Lower Missouri River valley is a historically significant region of the central United States along the lower course of the Missouri River, long inhabited and used by Indigenous peoples such as the Kaw for settlement, trade, and agriculture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
river valley
follows lower course of the Missouri River
hasCity Council Bluffs, Iowa
linked to: Council Bluffs

Jefferson City, Missouri
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Missouri
Omaha, Nebraska
Sioux City, Iowa
St. Joseph, Missouri
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasEconomicActivity barging and river shipping
corn farming
grain production
soybean farming
hasFeature floodplain wetlands
oxbow lakes
river bluffs
hasLandUse livestock grazing
river transportation infrastructure
row-crop agriculture
historicallyInhabitedBy Kansa people
Kaw people
Missouria people
linked to: Missouria

Omaha people
Osage people
Otoe people
historicalSignificance center of Indigenous trade networks
corridor for westward expansion of the United States
location of early French and American fur trade posts
knownFor bottomland farms
fertile floodplains
river transportation routes
locatedIn United States
central United States
namedAfter Missouri River
partOf Great Plains
Midwestern United States
Missouri River basin
passesThrough Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
terminatesAt St. Louis, Missouri area
confluence of the Missouri River and Mississippi River
usedFor Indigenous agriculture
Indigenous settlement
Indigenous trade

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Kaw people historicalTerritory Lower Missouri River valley
Central Missouri contains Missouri River valley
linked to: Lower Missouri River valley
Kansas (Kaw) people historicallyInhabitedRegion Missouri River valley
linked to: Lower Missouri River valley
Woodbine, Iowa locatedNear Missouri River valley
linked to: Lower Missouri River valley
Missouri River floodplain locatedIn Missouri River valley
linked to: Lower Missouri River valley
Monona County, Iowa partOf Missouri River Valley
linked to: Lower Missouri River valley
Fort Kiowa locatedNear Missouri River valley
linked to: Lower Missouri River valley
Missouria historicalTerritory Lower Missouri River valley
Kansa (Kaw) tribe historicalRegion Lower Missouri River Valley
linked to: Lower Missouri River valley