|
River |
Length mi. (km.) |
Location |
|---|---|---|
|
Mississippi |
3,860 (7,148) |
Minnesota-Wisconsin-Iowa-Illinois-Missouri-Kentucky-Tennessee-Arkansas-Mississippi-Louisiana |
|
Missouri |
2,466 (4,567) |
Montana-North Dakota-South Dakota-Nebraska-Iowa-Missouri-Kansas-Missouri |
|
Yukon |
1,979 (3,665) |
Canada-Alaska |
|
Rio Grande |
1,885 (3,491) |
Colorado-New Mexico-Texas-Mexico |
|
Arkansas |
1,450 (2,685) |
Colorado-Kansas-Oklahoma-Arkansas |
|
Colorado |
1,450 (2,685) |
Colorado-Utah-Arizona-Nevada-California-Mexico |
|
Columbia |
1,214 (2,248) |
British Columbia-Washington-Oregon |
|
Snake |
1,038 (1,922) |
Wyoming-Idaho-Oregon-Washington |
|
Red |
1,018 (1,885) |
New Mexico-Texas-Oklahoma-Arkansas-Louisiana |
|
Ohio |
975 (1,805) |
Pennsylvania-Ohio-West Virginia-Kentucky-Indiana-Illinois |
|
Canadian |
906 (1,678) |
Colorado-New Mexico-Texas-Oklahoma |
|
Brazos |
840 (1,555) |
Texas |
|
Colorado |
840 (1,555) |
Texas |
|
Saint Lawrence |
800 (1,287)* |
Canada-New York |
|
Kansas (Kaw) |
743 (1,376) |
Kansas |
|
Green |
730 (1,351) |
Wyoming-Utah |
|
Dakota (James) |
710 (1,314) |
North Dakota-South Dakota |
|
Yellowstone |
691 (1,279) |
Wyoming-Montana |
|
White |
690 (1,277) |
Arkansas |
|
Cumberland |
687 (1,272) |
Kentucky-Tennessee-Kentucky |
|
North Platte |
680 (1,259) |
Colorado-Wyoming-Nebraska |
|
Tennessee |
652 (1,207) |
Tennessee-Alabama-Tennessee-Kentucky |
|
Milk |
625 (1,157) |
Montana-Canada-Montana |
|
Ouachita |
605 (1,120) |
Arkansas-Louisiana |
|
Kuskokwim |
600 (1,111) |
Alaska |
|
Little Missouri |
560 (1,037) |
Wyoming-Montana-South Dakota-North Dakota |
|
Trinity |
550 (1,018) |
Texas |
|
Smoky Hill |
540 (1,000) |
Colorado-Kansas |
|
Cimarron |
500 (926) |
New Mexico-Kansas-Oklahoma |
|
Gila |
500 (926) |
New Mexico-Arizona |
|
Koyukuk |
500 (926) |
Alaska |
|
Osage |
500 (926) |
Missouri |
|
Pecos |
500 (926) |
New Mexico-Texas |
|
Washita |
500 (926) |
Texas-Oklahoma |
|
Pearl |
490 (907) |
Mississippi-Louisiana |
|
Tanana |
475 (879) |
Alaska |
|
Wabash |
475 (879) |
Ohio-Indiana-Illinois |
|
Neosho (Grand) |
460 (851) |
Kansas-Oklahoma |
|
Porcupine |
448 (829) |
Canada-Alaska |
|
Susquehanna |
444 (822) |
New York-Pennsylvania-Maryland |
|
North Canadian |
440 (814) |
Oklahoma |
|
Chattahoochee |
436 (807) |
Georgia-Alabama-Florida |
|
Niobrara |
431 (798) |
Wyoming-Nebraska |
|
Wisconsin |
430 (796) |
Wisconsin |
|
Saint Francis |
425 (787) |
Missouri-Arkansas |
|
South Platte |
424 (785) |
Colorado-Nebraska |
|
Republican |
422 (781) |
Colorado-Nebraska-Kansas |
|
Salmon |
420 (777) |
Idaho |
|
Roanoke |
410 (759) |
Virginia-North Carolina |
|
Tombigbee |
409 (757) |
Mississippi-Alabama |
|
Connecticut |
407 (753) |
New Hampshire-Vermont-Massachusetts-Connecticut |
|
Noatak |
400 (740) |
Alaska |
|
Wateree-Catawba |
395 (731) |
North Carolina-South Carolina |
|
Colville |
375 (694) |
Alaska |
|
Powder |
375 (694) |
Wyoming-Montana |
|
Green |
360 (666) |
Kentucky |
|
Sabine |
360 (666) |
Texas-Louisiana |
|
San Juan |
360 (666) |
Colorado-New Mexico-Colorado-Utah |
|
Red River of the North |
355 (657) |
Minnesota-North Dakota-Canada |
|
San Joaquin |
350 (648) |
California |
|
James |
340 (629) |
Virginia |
|
Stikine |
335 (620) |
Canada-Alaska |
|
Allegheny |
325 (601) |
Pennsylvania-New York-Pennsylvania |
|
Licking |
320 (592) |
Kentucky |
|
New |
320 (592) |
Virginia-West Virginia |
|
Sacramento |
320 (592) |
California |
|
Alabama |
315 (583) |
Alabama |
|
Platte |
310 (574) |
Nebraska |
|
Hudson |
306 (566) |
New York |
|
Clark Fork |
300 (555) |
Montana-Idaho |
|
Platte |
300 (555) |
Iowa-Missouri |
|
Willamette |
300 (555) |
Oregon |
|
Potomac |
287 (531) |
West Virginia-Virginia-Maryland-Washington, D.C. |
|
Coosa |
286 (529) |
Alabama |
|
Delaware |
280 (518) |
New York-Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware |
|
Illinois |
273 (505) |
Illinois |
|
Ocmulgee |
255 (472) |
Georgia |
|
Pee Dee |
233 (431) |
North Carolina-South Carolina |
|
Yadkin |
202 (374) |
North Carolina |
|
Santee |
143 (264) |
South Carolina |
|
Altamaha |
137 (253) |
Georgia |
|
Pend Oreille |
100 (185) |
Idaho-Washington-Canada |
* not including waterway provided by the Great Lakes 
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2000: Millennium Collector’s Edition. Mahwah, N.J.: World Almanac Books, 1999.
