Flow Rate of the Mississippi River at St. Louis - January 3, 2016

From the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS):

USGS scientists made a provisional measurement of 4.9 million gallons per second on the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO, on 01/03/2016. 

Based on the math, that means it would take about 3 minutes to fill the Super Dome at that flow rate.

Photo: Robert Holmes/USGS 

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