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Key Terms
(Definitions from Merriam Webster):

interlocking system (of rivers) -  rivers connected to each other.

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(Source: "Online Photo Museum"; Steamboats.com Virtual Online Museum)
Interlocking system (of rivers):

The Upper Mississippi River System is a 1,300-mile waterway linking five states to the Gulf Coast export markets; this River System provides a tremendous range of usage such as commercial navigation, recreation, and fish and wildlife. In that region, there are more than 30 million residents whom depend on a river water for public and industrial supplies, power plant cooling, waste water assimilation, and other uses.
 

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