r/geography • u/tycoon_irony Geography Enthusiast • 26d ago

Why aren't there any large cities in this area? Discussion

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u/BagProfessional7629 26d ago

What about the Missouri?

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u/madgunner122 26d ago

Stops being navigable at Sioux City. The Mighty Mo is also traditionally more like the Platte River; wide, winding, braided. The Missouri only deepened once channelization work was done by the Army Corps of Engineers

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u/GiantKrakenTentacle 26d ago

Steamboats travelled up into Montana all the way up to Fort Benton, near Great Falls.

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u/i_enjoy_music_n_stuf 25d ago

Do Lewis and Clark mean nothing to you? It only took them a year and a half to get from the confluence of the mo and ms to get to the ocean lmao

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u/Numerous-Confusion-9 26d ago

Good shout its quite a journey to get down the Missouri then the Mississippi. I think youll find theres a lot of towns along the Missouri. It also served as a main trade route during westward expansion when everyone was trying to go.. well, more West. The coasts will always be more appealing

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u/TheStoicCrane 26d ago

Nothing like the beauty of the Atlantic Ocean. Whenever I leave the East Coast I feel claustrophobia from being landlocked. No idea why people would want to live away from water.

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u/tycoon_irony Geography Enthusiast 26d ago

The Missouri is mostly too shallow for most boats to navigate past Sioux City.