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Wappapello Dam
dam, Missouri, United States
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location on Saint Francis River
- In Saint Francis River
…the river is impounded by Wappapello Dam (built in 1941). Heavy rainfall in the Ozarks, which make up 70 percent of the river’s drainage basin of 8,400 sq mi (21,800 sq km), runs off rapidly and despite the dam still causes floods in the lower basin. In 1960, as part…
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