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Upper Mississippi River Valley

Appellation

Upper Mississippi River Valley is an appellation in the United States, covering 7,747,342 ha.

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Key facts

Official name
Upper Mississippi River Valley viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Protected since
2009-07-22
Area
7,747,342 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
379.91 × 330.64 km
Centre
43.2508° N, 90.8406° W
State
IL, IA, MN, WI
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.216
Petitioner
Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA Committee

Where it is

Nearest town
33 km north-east of Prairie du Chien
Nearest city
85 km north of Dubuque 58,799 people
To the sea
1,139 km
Rivers nearby
Wisconsin (15 km) · Mississippi (20 km)
Same latitude
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (Italy), Bandol (France), Hokkaido (Japan), Toplica (Serbia), Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
166–480 m
Mean elevation
295 m

Measured over the whole outline on 98,074 elevation cells of about 890 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 59

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Contains

Legal boundary

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Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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