{"id":9778,"date":"2024-10-15T04:15:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=9778"},"modified":"2024-10-15T04:19:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:19:14","slug":"what-is-the-longest-river-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-is-the-longest-river-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the longest river in the United States?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1728],"subject":[47,12],"class_list":["post-9778","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-physical-geography-of-the-usa","subject-geography","subject-united-states-of-america"],"mcq_note":"The <strong>Missouri River<\/strong> is the longest river entirely within the United States, stretching approximately <strong>2,341 miles (3,767 kilometers)<\/strong> from its source in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana to its confluence with the <strong>Mississippi River<\/strong> in St. Louis, Missouri.\r\n\r\nWhen combined with the Mississippi River, which it feeds into, the Missouri-Mississippi river system becomes the longest river system in North America, extending about <strong>3,902 miles (6,275 kilometers)<\/strong>. This combined system plays a crucial role in the ecology, economy, and transportation infrastructure of the United States.\r\n<h4>Key Facts:<\/h4>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Missouri River Length:<\/strong> ~2,341 miles (3,767 km)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Mississippi River Length:<\/strong> ~2,320 miles (3,730 km)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Combined Missouri-Mississippi System:<\/strong> ~3,902 miles (6,275 km)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>The Missouri River is a major waterway that traverses seven U.S. states: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.<\/strong>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Colorado River"},{"right":"no","answer":"Mississippi River"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Missouri River"},{"right":"no","answer":"Rio Grande"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":47,"title":"Geography","slug":"geography"},{"id":12,"title":"United States of America","slug":"united-states-of-america"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":1728,"title":"Physical Geography of the USA","slug":"physical-geography-of-the-usa"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/9778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=9778"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=9778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}