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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
All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed. Estimates are approximate, because data are variable with time period measured and also because many rivers lack a gauging station near their point of outflow.
The longest rivers of the United States include 38 that have main stems of at least 500 miles (800 km) long. The main stem is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries". [ 1 ]
It can be thought of as a list of the biggest rivers on Earth, measured by a specific metric. For context, the volume of an Olympic-size swimming pool is 2,500 m 3 (88,000 cu ft). The average flow rate at the mouth of the Amazon is sufficient to fill more than 83 such pools each second.
Water from rivers in the Northern Americas flows toward either the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the land-locked Great Basin in the western United States or the interior basin in Mexico. The Missouri River is the longest river in North America and the United States (2,341 mi (3,767 km)). [20]
River tubing — both inexpensive and family-friendly — has become a popular summer pastime in the United States, and USA TODAY 10Best is on the hunt for America's best tubing rivers.
Clean Water Rule ("Waters of the United States rule"), a judicial rule; Unified Deep Water System of European Russia - similar Russian system of canals and rivers; Louisiana International Terminal - container on barge terminal to open in 2028; Lists of crossings of the Mississippi River; List of locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River
Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir, has receded considerable in the past 22 years, new satellite photos from NASA show. More than 40 million people depend on its waters.