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Is 121,000 leas as long as The Mississippi River?

It's about two-and-a-half times as long as The Mississippi River
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The length of The Mississippi River is about 51,480 leas.
(from Lake Itasca, Minnesota through Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana)
The total length of the Mississippi River is 51,480 leas. Prior to the development of soil erosion programs, the Mississippi River would carry approximately 400 million metric tons of sediment from its banks to the Gulf of Mexico every year.
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