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The Mississippi drainage basin includes the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers, the two longest main-stem rivers in the United States, as well as 18 more of the rivers on this list. The Mississippi main stem is highlighted in dark blue. The longest rivers of the United States include 38 that have main stems of at least 500 miles (800 km) long.
Verde River – 170 miles (270 km) Puerco River – 167 miles (269 km) Virgin River – 162 miles (261 km) San Francisco River – 159 miles (256 km) San Pedro River – 140 miles (230 km) The Little Colorado River is the longest river that is entirely within Arizona. See also List of rivers of Arizona.
The Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States.The nation's longest, [13] it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana, then flows east and south for 2,341 miles (3,767 km) [9] before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri.
The Mississippi River[ b ] is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. [ c ][ 15 ][ 16 ] From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,766 km) [ 16 ] to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.
[8] [9] [10] The length of the Rio Grande is 1,896 miles (3,051 km), making it the 4th longest river in the United States and in North America by main stem. It originates in south-central Colorado , in the United States, and flows to the Gulf of Mexico . [ 11 ]
The inland and intracoastal waterways of the eastern United States. 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 Columbia is the twelfth-longest river and has the sixth-largest drainage basin in the United States. [7] In Canada, where the Columbia flows for 498 mi (801 km) and drains 39,700 sq mi (103,000 km 2), the river ranks 23rd in length, [23] and the Canadian part of its basin ranks 13th in size among Canadian basins. [24]
The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for 406 miles (653 km) through four states. It rises 300 yards (270 m) south of the U.S. border with Quebec, Canada, and discharges at Long Island Sound. [ 4 ] Its watershed encompasses 11,260 square miles (29,200 km 2), covering ...