The length of the River Mississippi, including the Missouri, is about 4300 miles. The Amazon is a little over 4000 miles long, and the St. Lawrence about 1450 milee. The St. Lawrence comprises the largest body of fresh water on the surface of the globe. It is estimated that it would take upwards of 40 years for the St. Lawrence and its tributaries and lakes to flow over Niagara at the rate of 1,000,000 cubic feet—nearly 0,500,000 gallons —a second.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 232, 2 October 1933, Page 5
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