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US Largest Rivers
US Largest Rivers
Are you wondering which are the largest rivers in US? Here is a list of some of the top ten by drainage per 1000 square miles. | Largest US Rivers | | Rank | River Name | Location of Mouth |
Length in miles (Rank)
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Drainage area (1,000 Square miles)
| | 1 | Mississippi* | Louisiana
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1,469 (2)
1,150 (U.S.-Canada)
| | | 2 | Missouri | Missouri
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2,540 (1)
529 (U.S.-Canada)
| | | 3 | St. Lawrence (Great Lakes) | Canada
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1,900 (4)
396 (U.S.-Canada)
| | | 4 | Rio Grande | Mexico-Texas
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1,900 (4)
336 (U.S.-Mexico)
| | | 5 | Yukon | Alaska
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1,980 (3)
328 (U.S.-Canada)
| | | 6 | Columbia | Oregon-Washington
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1,249 (12)
258 (U.S.-Canada)
| | | 7 | Kuskokwim | Alaska
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| | | 8 | Illinois-Kentucky | Ohio
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1,310(9)
203
| | | 9 | Arkansas | Arkansas
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1,469(6)
161
| | | 10 | Snake | Washington
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1,040(13)
108
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* This is excluding Atchafalaya—Red River basin
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References
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Other special keywords used to help you find this page are major rivers US.References:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1987/ofr87-242/
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