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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.
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Largest US Rivers
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Rank
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River Name
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Location of Mouth
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Length in miles (Rank)
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Drainage area (1,000 Square miles)
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1
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Mississippi*
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Louisiana
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1,469 (2)
1,150 (U.S.-Canada)
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2
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Missouri
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Missouri
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2,540 (1)
529 (U.S.-
Canada)
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3
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St. Lawrence (Great Lakes)
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Canada
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1,900 (4)
396 (U.S.-Canada)
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4
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Rio Grande
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Mexico-Texas
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1,900 (4)
336 (U.S.-Mexico)
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5
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Yukon
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Alaska
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1,980 (3)
328 (U.S.-Canada)
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6
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Columbia
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Oregon-Washington
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1,249 (12)
258 (U.S.-Canada)
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7
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Kuskokwim
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Alaska
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48
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8
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Illinois-Kentucky |
Ohio
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1,310(9)
203
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9
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Arkansas |
Arkansas
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1,469(6)
161
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10
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Snake |
Washington
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1,040(13)
108
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* This is excluding Atchafalaya—Red River basin
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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