The Middle River is a stream in southwest

Callaway County Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was 44,283. Its county seat is Fulton. With a border formed by the Missouri River, the county was organized November ...

of central

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. It is a tributary to the Missouri River. The stream headwaters arise at approximately east of Millersburg at an elevation of approximately . The stream flows generally south-southeast passing about west of

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and passes under

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southwest of Fulton. It continues to the south-southeast and passes under

Missouri Route 94 Route 94 serves eastern and central Missouri. The entire route closely parallels the Missouri River. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 67 (Missouri), U.S. Route 67 in West Alton, Missouri, West Alton; its western terminus is at the interse ...

and into the Missouri River floodplain east of Tebbetts. The stream then meanders to the northeast for about before entering the Missouri River south of Mokane at and an elevation of .

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