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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.
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:
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.
The Wolf River in Wisconsin. This is a list of the designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers in the United States. Each river has been designated by Congress, or, if certain requirements were met, the Secretary of the Interior.
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.
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.
List of rivers of Washington, D.C. List of rivers of Guam. List of rivers of the United States Virgin Islands.