This list of rivers of the Americas by coastline includes the major rivers of the Americas arranged according to their positions along the ocean coastlines:
- Arctic Ocean coast (including Hudson Bay) from Cape Prince of Wales east to Cape Chidley;
- Atlantic Ocean coast from Cape Chidley south to Cape Virgins;
- Pacific Ocean coast from Cape Prince of Wales south to Cape Virgins;
- Inland basins, by basin from north to south.
Capes in the Americas
This is a counterpart to the primarily alphabetical List of rivers of the Americas although only rivers which reach the ocean are included here, not tributaries.
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Arctic Ocean coast
- Mackenzie - Northwest Territories
- Chesterfield Inlet
- Dawson Inlet
- Maguse Lake
- Tha-anne River
- Thlewiaza River
- Caribou River
- Seal River
- North Knife River
- South Knife River
- Churchill River
- Nelson River
Atlantic Ocean coast
- Amazon - Brazil, Colombia, Peru
- Cauca - Colombia
- Hudson- New York
- Magdalena - Colombia
- Mississippi - Canada, USA
- Paraná - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
- Río Negro - Argentina
- Orinoco - Colombia, Venezuela
- St. Lawrence - Ontario, Quebec
- São Francisco - Brazil
- Uruguay - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
Pacific Ocean coast
- Aconcagua - Chile
- Bío-Bío - Chile
- Cautín - Chile
- Colorado
- Columbia - Washington/Oregon
- Elqui - Chile
- Itata - Chile
- Loa - Chile
- Maipo - Chile
- Maule - Chile
- Maullín - Chile
- Palena - Chile
- Petrohué - Chile
- Puelo - Chile
- Rahue - Chile
- Rapel - Chile
- Reñihue - Chile
- Río Bueno - Chile
- Sacramento - California
- San Joaquin - California
- Toltén - Chile
- Valdivia - Chile
- Yelcho - Chile
Inland basins
- Carson Sink, Nevada
- Humboldt Sink, Nevada
- Pyramid Lake, Nevada
- Salton Sea, California
- New River
- Alamo River
- Alamo River
- Walker Lake, Nevada
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