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'Great river', after the Mississippi River. [59] [63] Missouri: September 7, 1805: Miami-Illinois via French: wimihsoorita 'Dugout canoe'. The Missouri tribe was noteworthy among the Illinois for their dugout canoes, and so was referred to as the wimihsoorita, 'one who has a wood boat [dugout canoe]'. [64] Montana: November 1, 1860: Spanish ...
List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem) List of longest rivers of the United States by state; List of rivers of the United States by discharge; List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers; List of river borders of U.S. states; List of rivers of U.S. insular areas; List of rivers of the Americas by coastline
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
Lists of rivers of the United States by state (1 C, 71 P) A. Rivers of Alabama (10 C, 89 P) ... Rivers of Nevada (8 C, 50 P) Rivers of New Hampshire (7 C, 197 P)
Pages in category "Lists of rivers of the United States by state" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.
The boundaries between Kentucky and West Virginia and the three states to their north – Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois – is based on the historical northern bank of the Ohio River. [1] In 1763, Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, whose North American theater was called the French and Indian War. At that time, Canada, which had ...
Lists of river tributaries of the United States (18 P) Pages in category "Lists of rivers of the United States" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.