rivers and waterways library
Rivers and waterways of the United States vary greatly in size and significance -- from the Willamette River in Oregon to the Hudson River in New York.
Featured Article: The Powder River
Powder River, a river in Wyoming and Montana. It begins at the junction of the North, South, and Middle forks in northern Wyoming in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains. See more »
The Klamath River
Klamath River, a river in Oregon and California. From its source, Lake Ewauna in southern Oregon, it flows southwest, emptying into the Pacific Ocean in northern California.
See more »The Klondike River
Klondike River, a river in western Yukon Territory, Canada, about 100 miles (160 km) long.
See more »The Kootenay River
Kootenay River, a tributary in the Columbia River system in western North America.
See more »The Lackawanna River
Lackawanna River, a river in Pennsylvania. The Lackawanna, about 50 miles (80 km) long, flows southwest from its source in northeastern Pennsylvania.
See more »The Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway
Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway, a 1,530-mile (2,462-km) system of rivers and canals connecting Lake Michigan and the Gulf of Mexico by means of the Illinois Waterway and the Mississippi River.
See more »The Lehigh River
Lehigh River, a river of eastern Pennsylvania. Its source is in Wayne County, from where it flows southward to Allentown.
See more »The Licking River
Licking River, a river of northeastern Kentucky. Its source is in Magoffin County, from where it flows northwest, emptying into the Ohio River opposite Cincinnati, between Covington and Newport.
See more »The Little Missouri River
Little Missouri River, a river of the northwestern United States, 560 miles (900 km) long.
See more »The llinois River
Illinois River, the longest river in Illinois and a navigable tributary of the upper Mississippi River.
See more »The Madison River
Madison River, one of the three head-streams of the Missouri River. It begins in Yellowstone National Park in northwestern Wyoming, and flows 183 miles (295 km) to join the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers near Three Forks, in southwestern Montana.
See more »The Maumee River
Maumee River, a river flowing 130 miles (209 km) northeastward from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Toledo, Ohio.
See more »The Merrimack River
Merrimack River, a river of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, about 110 miles (177 km) long.
See more »The Miami River
Miami River, or Great Miami River, a river in western Ohio. It flows southwestward for 160 miles (257 km) from Indian Lake, past Dayton and Hamilton, and into the Ohio River at the Ohio-Indiana border.
See more »The Milk River
Milk River, a river in Alberta and Montana. It is 625 miles (1,006 km) long. From its source near the Continental Divide in Montana, the Milk flows into Alberta and then back into Montana, where it meets the Missouri River near Fort Peck Dam.
See more »The Minnesota River
Minnesota River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, in Minnesota. It is 332 miles (534 km) long.
See more »The Mobile River
Mobile River, a navigable river in southern Alabama. It flows southward for 45 miles (72 km) from the junction of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers.
See more »The Mohawk River
Mohawk River, the main tributary of the Hudson River, in east-central New York. From its source near Rome it flows about 140 miles (225 km) southeastward past Utica, Amsterdam, and Schenectady to meet the Hudson near Cohoes.
See more »The Monongahela River
Monongahela River, a river of West Virginia and Pennsylvania. It is 128 miles (20 km) long.
See more »The Neosho River
Neosho River, a river in Kansas and Oklahoma. It begins in Kansas and flows generally southward for about 460 miles (740 km) to the Arkansas River.
See more »The New York State Barge Canal
New York State Barge Canal, a man-made waterway extending across the state of New York.
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