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Is 1,540 nautical miles as long as The Mississippi River?

It's about three-fourths as long as The Mississippi River
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The length of The Mississippi River is about 2,033 nautical miles.
(from Lake Itasca, Minnesota through Pilottown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana)
The total length of the Mississippi River is 2,033 nautical miles. 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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