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Cairo topographic maps
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Cairo
United States > Illinois > Alexander County > Cairo > Cairo
The city is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Fort Defiance, a Civil War camp, was built here in 1862 by Union General Ulysses S. Grant to control strategic access to the rivers, and launch and supply his successful campaigns south. Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in…
Average elevation: 95 m