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The Red River is a major river in the Southern United States. [3] It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed. [4] It also is known as the Red River of the South to distinguish it from the Red River of the North, which flows between Minnesota and North Dakota into the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The Red River is about 885 kilometres (550 mi) long, [2] of which about 635 kilometres (395 mi) are in the United States and about 255 kilometres (158 mi) are in Canada. [3] The river falls 70 metres (230 ft) on its trip to Lake Winnipeg, where it spreads into the vast deltaic wetland known as Netley Marsh.
Red River. Black River. Little River ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Louisiana (1974) ... List of rivers in the United States This page was last edited on 25 ...
English: The maps use data from nationalatlas.gov, specifically countyp020.tar.gz on the Raw Data Download page. The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz . The Florida maps use hydrogm020.tar.gz to display Lake Okeechobee.
The inland waterways of the United States include more than 25,000 mi (40,000 km) of navigable waters. Much of the commercially important waterways of the United States consist of the Mississippi River System—the Mississippi River and connecting waterways.
The Red River Valley is a region in central North America that is drained by the Red River of the North; it is part of both Canada and the United States.Forming the border between Minnesota and North Dakota when these territories were admitted as states in the United States, this fertile valley has been important to the economies of these states and to Manitoba, Canada.
A map of the FM Area Diversion Project. The Fargo-Moorhead (FM) Area Diversion project, officially known as the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Diversion Flood Risk Management Project, is a large, regional flood control infrastructure project on the Red River of the North, which forms the border between North Dakota and Minnesota and flows north to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.
Red River of the South, a tributary of the Mississippi in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana in the United States; Red River of the North in Canada and the United States; Red River (Cumberland River), a tributary of the Cumberland in Kentucky and Tennessee; Red River (Illinois), a tributary of Panther Creek in Woodford County