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Three—the Milk River, the Red River of the North, and the Saint Lawrence River—begin in the United States and flow into Canada; two do the opposite (Yukon and Columbia). Also a segment of the Saint Lawrence River forms the international border between part of the province of Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. state of New York.
The Missouri River is the longest river in North America and the United States (2,341 mi (3,767 km)). [20] The second longest river in North America and the United States is the Mississippi River (2,320 mi (3,730 km)). The Rio Conchos (350 mi (560 km)) is the longest river in Mexico.
North America: Red River: 2,187 2,190 1,360 239,195 Atchafalaya: Tributary river [116] 159 South America: ... Largest rivers in the world by volume discharge: River
All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed. Estimates are approximate, because data are variable with time period measured and also because many rivers lack a gauging station near their point of outflow.
With an average flow at the mouth of about 265,000 cu ft/s (7,500 m 3 /s), [7] the Columbia is the largest river by discharge flowing into the Pacific from the Americas [25] and is the fourth-largest by volume in the U.S. [7] The average flow where the river crosses the international border between Canada and the United States is 2,790 m 3 /s ...
List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem) List of longest rivers of the United States by state; List of rivers of the United States by discharge; List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers; List of river borders of U.S. states; List of rivers of U.S. insular areas; List of rivers of the Americas by coastline
The Snake River is a major river in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States. About 1,080 miles (1,740 km) long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean.
The Great Basin's longest and largest river is the Bear River of 350 mi (560 km), [10] and the largest single watershed is the Humboldt River drainage of roughly 17,000 sq mi (44,000 km 2). Most Great Basin precipitation is snow, and the precipitation that neither evaporates nor is extracted for human use will sink into groundwater aquifers ...