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List of drainage basins by area (including rivers, lakes, and endorheic basins); List of largest unfragmented rivers; List of longest undammed rivers; List of river name etymologies
The following list is a list of rivers of the United States. Alphabetical listing ... "GEONet Names Server". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Unusually significant tributaries appear in this list, under the river into which they drain. The longest river in the Americas is the Amazon River . The length of the Amazon River is usually said to be "at least" 6,400 km (4,000 mi), [ 1 ] but reported values lie anywhere between 6,275–7,025 km (3,899–4,365 mi). [ 2 ]
List of river systems by length; List of river name etymologies; A. List of rivers of the Americas by coastline; B. List of rivers of the Baltic Sea; C.
Shannon: Irish Sionann, name of a river goddess, Old Irish Sinann, from sen "old, ancient" [6] Siret: from ancient Thracian Seretos, probably from PIE *sreu = "to flow" Slaney: Irish meaning "river of health" Tay: Celtic river goddess Tawa (Tava, Tatha, "the silent one") [7] Tambre: From Tamaris with the same root that Tamar.
However, the origin of the river at Nevado Mismi had already been known more than one decade earlier (see Jacek Palkiewicz), and satellite based measuring from this origin to the Amazon mouth has resulted in not more than 6,400 km. Generally, the most commonly used/anglicised name of the river is used.
C. List of rivers of Cambodia; List of rivers of Cameroon; List of streams of Cape Verde; List of rivers of the Central African Republic; List of rivers of Chad
This is a list of rivers in the United States that have names starting with the letter A. For the main page, which includes links to listings by state, see List of rivers in the United States . Ab - Al