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The American River is utilized for a variety of recreational uses. Locals and travelers alike use the river's scenic landscape for bird watching, hiking, biking, fishing, river rafting, kayaking, and more. The American River is a clean, biodiverse river that people can safely swim in and do other recreational activities in.
American Rivers, a nonprofit conservation organization; U.S. Geological Survey name database; Wisconsin DNR Watershed Search "GEONet Names Server". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server
The American River seen from State Route 410. The American River is a tributary of the Bumping River in Washington. It flows down the east side of the Cascade Range, through Wenatchee National Forest and the William O. Douglas Wilderness. The American River is part of the Columbia River basin, via the Bumping, Naches, and Yakima rivers.
American River is a waterway in the U.S. state of Alaska.Situated on the northwestern portion of Seward Peninsula, it is the eastern and larger fork of the Agiapuk River.It joins the Agiapuk River in a broad, gravel-filled basin, and for 20 miles (32 km) up, is characterized by a wide flood plain and a meandering course.
Unusually significant tributaries appear in this list, under the river into which they drain. The longest river in the Americas is the Amazon River . The length of the Amazon River is usually said to be "at least" 6,400 km (4,000 mi), [ 1 ] but reported values lie anywhere between 6,275–7,025 km (3,899–4,365 mi). [ 2 ]
Eel River watershed map Russian River near Duncan's Mills Rivers and streams between Humboldt Bay and the Golden Gate that empty into the Pacific Ocean (arranged north to south; tributaries with those entering nearest the sea first):
The Middle Fork American River watershed encompasses 616 square miles (1,600 km 2), which represents about 33 percent of the total American River drainage basin above Folsom Lake. [2] The Rubicon River is the largest tributary watershed, at 315.4 sq mi (817 km 2 ), which is nearly three times the size of the Middle Fork's own drainage area ...
The South Fork drains an area of 840 sq mi (2,200 km 2), [4] or about a third of the 2,150 sq mi (5,600 km 2) American River watershed. Major tributaries include Silver Creek, Rock Creek, Weber Creek, and Silver Fork American River. Most of the watershed consists of high, forested mountains and steep-sided valleys that receive up to 40 in ...