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 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 North Platte River
North Platte River, a river in the western United States, 680 miles (1,094 km) long.
See more »The Nueces River
Nueces River, a river in Texas, 338 miles (544 km) long. From its source in Edwards County, it flows generally southeast to Corpus Christi Bay.
See more »The Ohio River
Ohio River, the chief eastern tributary of the Mississippi River, and one of the longest rivers in the United States.
See more »The Osage River
Osage River, a river in Kansas and Missouri. It is formed by the junction of the Little Osage and Marais des Cygnes rivers in east-central Kansas.
See more »The Ouachita River
Ouachita River, a river in Arkansas and Louisiana. From its source in the Ouachita Mountains in west-central Arkansas, it flows about 600 miles (970 km) southward to the Red River in Louisiana.
See more »The Passaic River
Passaic River, a river in northeastern New Jersey. Its source is in the Piedmont plateau.
See more »The Patapsco River
Patapsco River, a river in north-central Maryland. It is formed by the North Branch and the South Branch Patapsco rivers, and flows southeastward into Chesapeake Bay.
See more »The Pearl River
Pearl River, a river in central Mississippi. From its source in Neshoba County, it flows generally southward for 490 miles (789 km) into Lake Borgne, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
See more »The Pecos River
Pecos River, a river in New Mexico and Texas. It is about 930 miles (1,500 km) long.
See more »The Pee Dee River
Pee Dee River, a river in North and South Carolina. It is formed by the junction of the Yadkin and Uharie rivers just below Badin Lake, in central North Carolina.
See more »The Penobscot River
Penobscot River, a major river of Maine. It begins in northeastern Maine at the junction of the East Branch and West Branch Penobscot rivers and follows a curving 100-mile (160-km) course southward to Penobscot Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean.
See more »The Platte River
Platte River, a river in Nebraska. It begins in west-central Nebraska at the junction of the North and South Platte rivers, whose sources are in the Rocky Mountains.
See more »The Potomac River
Potomac River, a river of the eastern United States. It begins in the Appalachians at the junction of the North Branch and South Branch of the Potomac River, near Cumberland, Maryland.
See more »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 Quinebaug River
Quinebaug River, a river in Massachusetts and Connecticut. From southeast Massachusetts, it flows 80 miles (130 km) southwest and south into the Shetucket River three miles (5 km) northeast of Norwich, Connecticut.
See more »The Rainy River
Rainy River, a river forming part of the boundary between Minnesota and Ontario, Canada.
See more »The Rappahannock River
Rappahannock River, a river in Virginia. Its source is near Front Royal in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
See more »The Raritan River
Raritan River, a river in New Jersey. It is formed just west of Somerville by two branches that flow from northern New Jersey.
See more »The Red River
Red River, a major river in the southern United States. It begins on the high plains of eastern New Mexico and flows 1,222 miles (1,967 km) southeastward through Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, where the river flows into two distributaries, the Atchafalaya River, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico, and the Old River, which flows to the Mississippi River.
See more »The Red River of the North
Red River of the North, a river in the north-central United States and in Canada.
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