can you travel the whole length of the United States on the mississippi River? why and why not?
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No.  The Mississippi starts somewhere in one of the Carolinas or something, hold on...\n\nIt starts in Minnesota, here's a link\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mississippi_River_map.png
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How fast are you planning to fly?  If it's 93,000,000 miles, you can do the math.\n\nSince you would probably burn up before you get there, you probably couldn't fly there.
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The Amazon is navigable by canoe for almost all its (approx) 4000 mile length. You'd have to carry all your equipment, including tent, mosquito nets, hammock etc in the canoe so it would have to be quite sturdy. You'd need a tent high and strong enough to suspend a hammock inside, to keep ground insects, scorpions and snakes away.\n\nWith all this weight, including water and food, you'd need pretty much an expedition team. How many paddles are you allowing in your question?\n\nIt's still possible to see local people using paddles to canoe the Amazon, but all serious long-distance traffic goes by motor powered boats or motor canoes.\n\nIf you were to paddle a solo canoe carrying equipment, I don't think you'd get more than an average of 20 miles a day downstream. So 200 days.
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Lewis and Clark carried some instruments for calculating distances--a chronometer, or clock, a surveyor's compass, and an instrument for determining latitude and longitude. Odometers or "trip meters" were unknown to them. Instead, as experienced soldiers and frontiersmen they had a strong sense of pace, time, and distance that is impossible for most modern travelers to fully appreciate. So, how far did they travel, really?\n\nWhen Clark arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River on November 16, 1805, he calculated that he had covered 4,142 miles from the mouth of the Missouri River. The National Park Service, which oversees the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, states that it is actually about 3,700 miles long.
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yes,\nyou can not do it untill you hit international waters, then anything is fair game.\n\ninternational is 5 miles offshore.
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The tourist visa will specify how many miles into the United States they can travel and for how long. There are tourist visas for 72 hours with a 50 mile boundary limit or longer stays with no boundary limits. What is on the Visa is what type of transportation was used to gain entrance but you can fly anywhere inside the U.S. and also fly back home if your want if you have a longer stay.
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yes, if the river is deep and wide enough so that the bottom of the ship doesn't touch riverbed, or it doesn't get stuck in any narrow places.
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I think what you are asking is which states do not border a lake or an ocean - I sure am glad you didn't include rivers.\n\nExclude all the states on the Atlantic coast, Pacific coast, and Gulf of Mexico. Also exclude the states that border the Great Lakes. And of course exclude Hawaii.\n\nWith these directions and a decent map, you are in business.
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the 3 longest state of the united states of america are:\n\n1. alaska: about 1770 km (about 1100 mi) from N to S\n2. texas: about 1285 km (800 mi) from N to S\n3. california: about 1240 km (about 770 mi) from N to S
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yes , you can do whatever you want in international waters , we used to go deep sea fishing and be able to drink when i was very young . not sure the exact mileage but it took about an hour to get that far
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do you know the river Colorado? that was the river that washed away all the rock there and literally dug a deep canyon after eroding for millions and millions of years . even know if you travel till the bottom of the canyon you will see the tiny river Colorado rushing through . but i am not to sure if you are allowed to go . when i went there we were not . have fun there . its magnificent !
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come all the way down the mississippi river to the gulf of  mexico and i'll show you a couple..........
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I'm up river about 120 miles, we fish the Miss river for catfish most of the time. Around some of the grain elevators are very good, where the spill soy beans & corn in the water.
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here is a  link, not sure if this is wht you need.\nhttp://www.michigan.org/travel/detail.asp?m=4&p=B8564lo
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Tough question. I don't know if I have the answer you are looking for, but there are three "lines" I can think of that may be right.\n\nThe 49th parallel was a line of demarcation used to determine the US-Canadian border. It was decided by the Oregon Treaty in 1846. It was also known as the "Medicine Line"\n\nThe second isn't really a line, but during westward expansion, many denoted the difference between the 13 original colonies from territorial areas and annexed states. \n\nThe Mississippi River is also a common geographical line that commonly separates the "East" from the "West", although more than 2/3 of land is west of it.\n\nHope this helps point you in the right direction. I'm interested to see the correct answer to your question.
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The Illinois River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 273 miles long, in the state of Illinois in the United States. The river drains a large section of central Illinois, with a drainage basin of 40,000 square miles.
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Type in Mississippi River on your yahoo search bar and it will bring up several places to search. The one that says Mississippi River is a good one it tell where the river starts and ends. Also tell how long it is ect. Lots of Info there. See for yourself biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/ms137.htm