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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 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
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 ]
Here, only those rivers whose discharge is more than 2,000 m 3 /s (71,000 cu ft/s) are shown. It can be thought of as a list of the biggest rivers on Earth, measured by a specific metric. For context, the volume of an Olympic-size swimming pool is 2,500 m 3 (88,000 cu ft). The average flow rate at the mouth of the Amazon is sufficient to fill ...
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.
For most rivers, different sources provide conflicting information on the length of a river system. The information in different sources is between parentheses. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
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