Is 567,000 rods as long as The Mississippi River?
It's about three-fourths as long as The Mississippi River
The length of The Mississippi River is about 748,800 rods.
(from Lake Itasca, Minnesota through Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana)
The total length of the Mississippi River is 748,800 rods. 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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