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For example, due to 18 cutoffs created between 1766 and 1885, the length of the Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans, Louisiana, was reduced by 351 kilometres (218 miles). [10] These points make it difficult, if not impossible, to get an accurate measurement of the length of a river.
Three—the Milk River, the Red River of the North, and the Saint Lawrence River—begin in the United States and flow into Canada; two do the opposite (Yukon and Columbia). Also a segment of the Saint Lawrence River forms the international border between part of the province of Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. state of New York.
Tributary river [38] 79 South America: Apaporis: 4,092 1,370 847 54,300 Japurá: Tributary river [75] 80 South America: Aripuanã: 4,087 870 540 145,000 Madeira: Tributary river [13] 81 North America: Grijalva–Usumacinta: 4,028 1,000 620 134,400 Gulf of Mexico: Primary river [29] 82 Oceania: Strickland: 4,000 824 512 36,740 Fly: Tributary ...
This is a list of rivers in the continental United States by average discharge (streamflow) in cubic feet per second. All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed.
Canada: Yukon, British Columbia US: Alaska: 1,980 mi (3,190 km) Bering Sea, Pacific Ocean: longest river flowing through Canada and Alaska Tanana River: US: Alaska: 540 mi (870 km) Yukon River: evidence of Paleo-Arctic human activity, Nenana Ice Classic contest for charity to predict ice-out Usumacinta River: Mexico: Tabasco, Guatemala: 620 mi ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Major river in West Africa Niger River Fleuve Niger (French) Joliba (Maninka) Jeluba (Bambara) Mayo Ɓalewo 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤴𞤮 𞤄𞤢𞤤𞤫𞤮 (Fula) Egerew ⴻⴳⴻⵔⴻⵡ (Tamasheq) Issa Beri (Zarma) Kwara (Hausa) Toru Beni (Ijo languages) Ọya (Yoruba) Óshimiri/ Oshimili ...
Middle Fork Chandalar River – 102 miles (164 km) North Fork Chandalar River – 104 miles (167 km) Christian River – 140 miles (230 km) Porcupine River – 569 miles (916 km) Grass River – 39 miles (63 km) Little Black River – 82 miles (132 km) Draanjik River – 160 miles (260 km) Salmon Fork Black River – 90 miles (140 km)
Alaska is the largest state in the United States in terms of land area at 570,380 square miles (1,477,300 km 2), over twice (roughly 2.47 times) as large as Texas, the next largest state, and is the seventh largest country subdivision in the world, and the third largest in North America, about 20.4% smaller than Denmark's autonomous country of ...