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This photograph shows a barge pushing 15 containers likely filled with grain on the Mississippi River at Bellevue, Iowa, in 2013. Lock and Dam Number 12 is pictured just behind the barge. The mighty Mississippi River connects Minneapolis, Minnesota, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico. It is a major shipping route for agricultural products. Locks and Dams allow for elevation changes in the river so that large barges like this one can make it all the way up and down the river. Bellevue had a population of 2,191 in 2010.
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- Is Bellevue, Iowa, a rural area or an urban area? Use evidence from the image to support your answer.
- How does the Mississippi River impact farmers and the crops they sell?
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