<P> According to the United States Census Bureau , St. Louis has a total area of 66 square miles ( 170 km ) , of which 62 square miles ( 160 km ) is land and 4.1 square miles ( 11 km ) ( 6.2 % ) is water . ( Not shown on simple maps of the city , the land at its airport is owned by the city , served by its fire department and others , and is an exclave of St. Louis . ) The city is built primarily on bluffs and terraces that rise 100 -- 200 feet above the western banks of the Mississippi River , in the Midwestern United States just south of the Missouri - Mississippi confluence . Much of the area is a fertile and gently rolling prairie that features low hills and broad , shallow valleys . Both the Mississippi River and the Missouri River have cut large valleys with wide flood plains . </P>
<P> According to the United States Census Bureau , St. Louis has a total area of 66 square miles ( 170 km ) , of which 62 square miles ( 160 km ) is land and 4.1 square miles ( 11 km ) ( 6.2 % ) is water . ( Not shown on simple maps of the city , the land at its airport is owned by the city , served by its fire department and others , and is an exclave of St. Louis . ) The city is built primarily on bluffs and terraces that rise 100 -- 200 feet above the western banks of the Mississippi River , in the Midwestern United States just south of the Missouri - Mississippi confluence . Much of the area is a fertile and gently rolling prairie that features low hills and broad , shallow valleys . Both the Mississippi River and the Missouri River have cut large valleys with wide flood plains . </P>
where is st louis located on the map
where is st louis located on the map
on bluffs and terraces that rise 100 -- 200 feet above the western banks of the Mississippi River , in the Midwestern United States just south of the Missouri - Mississippi confluence
on bluffs and terraces that rise 100 -- 200 feet above the western banks of the Mississippi River , in the Midwestern United States just south of the Missouri - Mississippi confluence