There can be several, but the Yukon River (and territory) come to mind.
none of these are Canadian racicts
The Detroit River
Chickamauga - the name meant 'River of Death'. (But it was not the only river whose name could be translated that way.)
The teritory of Northern Teritorries.
· Ural
Yukon River
It got its name from the passenger pigeon (now extinct) whose migration route followed this river valley.
The ACT the Australian Capital Teritory
Ularu is a nother name for ayers rock found in the northen teritory.
The Colorado river. Colorado means "Red" in Spanish. The name was originally applied to the Colorado River, whose waters are Reddish with canyon clay.
South Dakota
No. The River Between was written by Ngugi WA thiong'o whose original name was James Ngugi.