Platte River (Missouri River)
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 The Platte River near Platte City, Missouri
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| Country | US |
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| State | Iowa, Missouri |
| Districts | Platte County, Missouri, Buchanan County, Missouri, Andrew County, Missouri, Nodaway County, Missouri, Worth County, Missouri, Taylor County, Iowa, Ringgold County, Iowa, Adams County, Iowa, Union County, Iowa |
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| - location | Creston, Iowa, US |
| - coordinates | 41°08′57″N 94°23′00″W / 41.1492°N 94.3833°W |
| Mouth | Missouri River |
| - location | Platte City, Missouri, US |
| - elevation | 755 ft (230 m) |
| - coordinates | 39°15′51″N 94°50′15″W / 39.2642°N 94.8375°WCoordinates: 39°15′51″N 94°50′15″W / 39.2642°N 94.8375°W |
 Map of northern Missouri rivers
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| U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Platte River (Iowa and Missouri) | |
The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, about 200 miles (320 km) long, in southwestern Iowa and northwestern Missouri in the United States. It is sometimes known as the Little Platte River to distinguish it from the larger Platte River, also a tributary of the Missouri, in nearby Nebraska; the Platte River of Missouri itself has a tributary known as the "Little Platte River".
The Platte River rises near Creston in Union County, Iowa, and flows generally southwardly through Adams, Ringgold and Taylor Counties in Iowa; and Worth, Nodaway, Andrew, Buchanan and Platte Counties in Missouri. Along its course it passes the Iowa towns of Maloy, Blockton and Athelstan; and the Missouri towns of Sheridan, Parnell, Ravenwood, Conception Junction, Guilford, Tracy, Platte City and Farley. The Platte flows into the Missouri River near Farley, downstream of Leavenworth, Kansas.
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