In Texas it flows rapidly through a canyon in semiarid plains, but later in its course it waters rich red-clay farm lands.
The River got it's name from it's colour which it gets from the land it cuts through.
there are large number of red algae
The River that forms a border between Oklahoma and Texas is the Red River. The river was named for the red-bed country of its watershed.
Because of the Colorado river, which was named by the spanish, meaning 'red'. Also, because Colorado means color red.
clay from the sides of the canyon the red river cut through fell into the river and turned the water red because the clay was red
The River that forms a border between Oklahoma and Texas is the Red River. The river was named for the red-bed country of its watershed.
It was named after the Colorado River, early Spanish explorers named the Rio Colorado for the red colored(Spanish:Colorado)silt the river carried from the mountains.
Colorado is Spanish for 'Red' or 'Reddish'. It is named after the Colorado River.
landforms- ex. Red River. countries- ex. Greenland.
The Colorado River looked red so people called it Colorado which is Spanish for red.
The answer depends on what list you look at. According to the Wikipedia list, there are 39 rivers in North Dakota, but only 34 of them are named "river". The other 5 are named "creek". Geology.com lists 24 rivers in North Dakota with 20 of them named "river" and 4 of them named "creek". The major rivers are the James River, the Missouri River, the Red River (of the North), and the Souris River.
Colorado means colored red named by a spanish explorer by the red highlights of the Colorado River.
It was named after the perennial stream, Red River, that flowed through the town, coming from the northern slopes of Wheeler Peak.
The Red River.