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St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission Saint Louis United States Explore St. Louis is the Official Travel Portal of St. Louis, Missouri offering complete travel information for visitors, group tour planners and meeting planners, resources and planning assistance.

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St. Louis plus its metropolitan area - Greater St. Louis - has a population of over 2.7 million people. The city of St. Louis is built primarily on bluffs and terraces that rise 100-200 feet above the western banks of the Mississippi River, just south of the Missouri-Mississippi confluence.

The climate in St. Louis is continental-temperate with the area being affected by both cold Canadian Arctic air and hot, humid tropical air from the Gulf of Mexico. Winter is the driest season in St Louis, averaging about 6 inches of total precipitation and spring is typically the wettest season. Several tornadoes have hit St. Louis making it the worst tornado-afflicted large city in the U.S.

The famous Gateway Arch stands 192 metres tall and is the tallest habitable structure in St. Louis with a unique interior transport system leading to an observation deck at the top. St. Louis is the home of the world-renowned Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, the second oldest orchestra in America. St. Louis has also been long associated with great ragtime, jazz and blues music. St Louis is the home of well-known Anheuser-Busch Breweries, the third largest brewing company in the world by volume.

Monsanto Company is a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation based in St Louis that is renowned for producing the herbicide glyphosate and for producing genetically engineered seed crops. St. Louis is respected as a centre of medicine and biotechnology with leading University colleges, hospitals, and companies like Monsanto. The city of St Louis is on the Mississippi Flyway, used by migrating birds, and Tower Grove Park is a well-known bird watching area.

Forest Park in St Louis is one of the largest urban parks in the world offering many popular attractions including the Saint Louis Zoological Park, the Municipal Theatre, the St. Louis Science Center, museums, lakes and scenic areas. The St. Louis Cardinals are a Major League Baseball team based in St. Louis. The Saint Louis Zoo has over 5000 animals from 700 species on 90 acres, including an insectarium, a zoo for children, a sea lion show, a railroad, shopping and dining.