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This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of California, grouped by region. Major lakes and reservoirs, if applicable, are indicated in italics. Major lakes and reservoirs, if applicable, are indicated in italics.
The longest rivers of the United States include 38 that have main stems of at least 500 miles (800 km) long. The main stem is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries". [ 1 ]
This is a list of longest rivers in the United States by state. It includes rivers that pass through the state or compose a portion of the state's border, as well as rivers entirely contained within the state.
In particular, there seems to exist disagreement as to whether the Nile [3] or the Amazon [4] is the world's longest river. The Nile has traditionally been considered longer, but in 2007 and 2008 some scientists claimed that the Amazon is longer [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] by measuring the river plus the adjacent Pará estuary and the longest connecting ...
Subcategories should be used for rivers which can be classified in them: Category: Rivers of Southern California — San Luis Obispo/Kern/San Bernardino and southward; see Southern California Counties.
That should be made clear in the article. - DavidWBrooks 02:14, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC) Well, looking at the article a little more closely, I see it includes multi-state rivers like the Mississippi, so the question is answered! I will make it clear in the introduction. - DavidWBrooks 02:15, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem) List of longest rivers of the United States by state; List of rivers of the United States by discharge; List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers; List of river borders of U.S. states; List of rivers of U.S. insular areas; List of rivers of the Americas by coastline
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