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Muddy river water
The Missouri River is not the picture-perfect clear water we love to swim in, which is why it’s been called “Big Muddy.”
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While there is dirt at the bottom, most of it is actually a type of sand — silt.
Silt is a solid, dust-like sediment that water, ice and wind transport. The Missouri River carries one of the highest silt loads of any river in the United States. Due to this high amount of silt, six major dams were installed on the upper river to trap large amounts of it. Despite the dams, the river still carries a high amount of soil and sand as it makes its way to the Gulf of Mexico.