The Chariton River is a 218-mile-long tributary to the Missouri River in southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. The river forms in southeastern Clarke County, Iowa. It is dammed at 11,000-acre Rathbun Reservoir in Appanoose County, Iowa and then flows 30 miles before entering Missouri where it forms the boundary between Putnam and Schuyler counties…
The Chariton River is a 218-mile-long tributary to the Missouri River in southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. The river forms in southeastern Clarke County, Iowa. It is dammed at 11,000-acre Rathbun Reservoir in Appanoose County, Iowa and then flows 30 miles before entering Missouri where it forms the boundary between Putnam and Schuyler counties. It enters the Missouri River in Chariton County near Keytesville. 112 miles are in Missouri and 106 miles are in Iowa. The river has been called Missouri's "Grand Divide" because streams west of the Chariton flow into the Missouri and streams east of it flow into the Mississippi River.
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