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The following list is a list of rivers of the United States. Alphabetical listing. Listings of the rivers in the United States by letter of the alphabet:
Map of Central America. The water in rivers in Central America flows to either the Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean. The Río Coco, locally known as the Wanks, runs along the border with Honduras and is the longest river flowing totally within Central America. The second longest river in Central America is the Patuca River. [7] [8]
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 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.
Snake River Headwaters Wild and Scenic River [3] Snake River, Bailey Creek, Blackrock Creek, Buffalo Fork Snake River, North Buffalo Fork, Soda Fork, South Buffalo Fork, Crystal Creek, Granite Creek, Gros Ventre River, Hoback River, Lewis River, Pacific Creek, Shoal Creek, Willow Creek, Wolf Creek. WY.
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.
Rivers of North America. Beaverhead River, a tributary of the Jefferson River and a headwater of the Missouri River, Montana. Rivers of the Caribbean. List of creeks ...