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Rivers in North America

North America has 421 notable rivers. Browse them by length, topped by Mississippi (3,766 km) — each with a map and details.

Count
421
Longest
3,766 km
Avg length
595 km
Large RiversSmall Rivers

By country

BelizeCanadaCubaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasJamaicaMexicoNicaraguaPanamaUnited States of America

All rivers by length

  1. 1Mississippi3,766 km
  2. 2Missouri3,726 km
  3. 3Yukon3,190 km
  4. 4Saint Lawrence3,058 km
  5. 5Rio Grande3,051 km
  6. 6Fraser River2,657 km
  7. 7Arkansas2,364 km
  8. 8Colorado2,334 km
  9. 9Red River2,189 km
  10. 10Columbia River2,000 km
  11. 11Peace River1,923 km
  12. 12Mackenzie1,738 km
  13. 13Snake River1,735 km
  14. 14Churchill River1,609 km
  15. 15Ohio River1,579 km
  16. 16Pecos River1,560 km
  17. 17Canadian River1,458 km
  18. 18Colorado1,387 km
  19. 19North Saskatchewan1,380 km
  20. 20Sibun River1,362 km
  21. 21Brazos River1,352 km
  22. 22Assiniboine River1,275 km
  23. 23Ottawa1,271 km
  24. 24Souris River1,240 km
  25. 25Athabasca1,231 km
  26. 26Green River1,175 km
  27. 27Milk River1,173 km
  28. 28White River1,162 km
  29. 29North Platte River1,152 km
  30. 30James1,143 km
  31. 31East Fork Trinity River1,140 km
  32. 32Kuskokwim River1,130 km
  33. 33Cimarron River1,123 km
  34. 34Liard River1,115 km
  35. 35Yellowstone River1,114 km
  36. 36Cumberland River1,107 km
  37. 37Tennessee River1,049 km
  38. 38Gila River1,044 km
  39. 39South Saskatchewan1,004 km
  40. 40Back River974 km
  41. 41Ouachita River974 km
  42. 42Wabash River960 km
  43. 43Sheyenne951 km
  44. 44Tanana940 km
  45. 45Severn935 km
  46. 46White River933 km
  47. 47Smoky Hill River925 km
  48. 48Porcupine916 km
  49. 49Niobrara River915 km
  50. 50Rio Conchos910 km
  51. 51Thelon River904 km
  52. 52Little Missouri River901 km
  53. 53Grande Rivière893 km
  54. 54Red890 km
  55. 55Río Culiacán875 km
  56. 56Dubawnt River858 km
  57. 57Churchill856 km
  58. 58Rat River850 km
  59. 59Des Moines845 km
  60. 60Erie Canal843 km
  61. 61Coppermine River840 km
  62. 62Lockhart River836 km
  63. 63Albany River832 km
  64. 64Sabine River820 km
  65. 65Kazan River817 km
  66. 66Innoko River805 km
  67. 67Koyukuk805 km
  68. 68Red Deer River801 km
  69. 69Battle River800 km
  70. 70Pelly River796 km
  71. 71Bear River790 km
  72. 72Kootenay River780 km
  73. 73Coco780 km
  74. 74Rivière Laforge775 km
  75. 75Rupert763 km
  76. 76Grand River760 km
  77. 77Rivière Eastmain756 km
  78. 78Río Lerma750 km
  79. 79Attawapiskat River748 km
  80. 80Grand River745 km
  81. 81Qu'Appelle River743 km
  82. 82Bighorn River742 km
  83. 83Tugaloo River739 km
  84. 84Republican River729 km
  85. 85Grande rivière de la Baleine726 km
  86. 86Río Balsas724 km
  87. 87Susquehanna715 km
  88. 88Pearl River715 km
  89. 89North Canadian River710 km
  90. 90South Platte River707 km
  91. 91Chattahoochee River702 km
  92. 92Hay River702 km
  93. 93Guadalupe700 km
  94. 94Wisconsin River692 km
  95. 95Anderson River692 km
  96. 96Beaver River689 km
  97. 97Saint Francis River686 km
  98. 98Stewart River686 km
  99. 99Dead River686 km
  100. 100Noatak684 km
  101. 101Peel684 km
  102. 102Salmon River684 km
  103. 103Thlewiaza River683 km
  104. 104Rio Yaqui680 km
  105. 105Big Sioux River674 km
  106. 106Neches River669 km
  107. 107Potomac River665 km
  108. 108Connecticut660 km
  109. 109English River660 km
  110. 110Roanoke River660 km
  111. 111Sacramento River644 km
  112. 112Nelson River644 km
  113. 113Alabama River640 km
  114. 114Saline River639 km
  115. 115Carrot River634 km
  116. 116Teslin River632 km
  117. 117Courtois Creek621 km
  118. 118Green River618 km
  119. 119Horton River618 km
  120. 120Sevier616 km
  121. 121San Juan River616 km
  122. 122Saint John606 km
  123. 123Powder River604 km
  124. 124Río Nazas600 km
  125. 125Winisk River600 km
  126. 126Bow River587 km
  127. 127Ekwan River585 km
  128. 128White River583 km
  129. 129Skeena River579 km
  130. 130Delaware579 km
  131. 131Big Blue578 km
  132. 132Musselshell River570 km
  133. 133Grass River570 km
  134. 134San Joaquin564 km
  135. 135Rivière Saint-Maurice563 km
  136. 136Savannah River563 km
  137. 137Colville River563 km
  138. 138George River563 km
  139. 139Penobscot River563 km
  140. 140James River560 km
  141. 141Río Usumacinta560 km
  142. 142Owyhee River557 km
  143. 143Kapiskau River555 km
  144. 144Hayes River551 km
  145. 145Pembina River547 km
  146. 146Saskatchewan River547 km
  147. 147Rivière Péribonka547 km
  148. 148Rivière du Petit Mécatina547 km
  149. 149Cedar River544 km
  150. 150Central Arizona Project Canal541 km
  151. 151South Nahanni River540 km
  152. 152Abitibi River540 km
  153. 153Stikine539 km
  154. 154Minnesota River534 km
  155. 155Hurricana533 km
  156. 156Humboldt River531 km
  157. 157Río Aguanaval530 km
  158. 158Berens River530 km
  159. 159Allegheny River523 km
  160. 160Iditarod River523 km
  161. 161Iowa River520 km
  162. 162Fort Nelson River517 km
  163. 163Kaskaskia River515 km
  164. 164New River515 km
  165. 165Rivière Pembina513 km
  166. 166Pánuco510 km
  167. 167Little Colorado River507 km
  168. 168Nueces River507 km
  169. 169California Aqueduct505 km
  170. 170Susitna504 km
  171. 171Chinchaga River500 km
  172. 172Verdigris River500 km
  173. 173Ogoki River500 km
  174. 174Taltson River500 km
  175. 175Patuca River500 km
  176. 176Saint Johns River499 km
  177. 177Platte River499 km
  178. 178Clark Fork499 km
  179. 179Smoky River492 km
  180. 180Hudson492 km
  181. 181Thompson River489 km
  182. 182Licking River488 km
  183. 183Río Motagua486 km
  184. 184Rivière de Puvirnituq483 km
  185. 185Buffalo River483 km
  186. 186Clinch River483 km
  187. 187Black River480 km
  188. 188Grijalva480 km
  189. 189Wapsipinicon River480 km
  190. 190Cheyenne River475 km
  191. 191Lodgepole Creek475 km
  192. 192Heart River475 km
  193. 193Washita472 km
  194. 194Elkhorn River470 km
  195. 195Belle Fourche River470 km
  196. 196Cedar River468 km
  197. 197Sachigo River467 km
  198. 198Río Grande de Matagalpa465 km
  199. 199Sakami463 km
  200. 200Copper River460 km
  201. 201Rivière Caniapiscau460 km
  202. 202Rock River459 km
  203. 203Big Black River456 km
  204. 204Paalliryuaq452 km
  205. 205John Day River452 km
  206. 206Rivière Romaine451 km
  207. 207Nushagak451 km
  208. 208Kobuk River451 km
  209. 209Coosa River451 km
  210. 210Rivière Broadback451 km
  211. 211Laramie River451 km
  212. 212Prairie River450 km
  213. 213Rivière aux Outardes450 km
  214. 214Arctic Red River450 km
  215. 215Gasconade River450 km
  216. 216North Fork Red River449 km
  217. 217Old Crow River445 km
  218. 218Oldman River445 km
  219. 219Salado444 km
  220. 220Betsiamites444 km
  221. 221Osage River444 km
  222. 222Neuse River443 km
  223. 223Mattagami River443 km
  224. 224Miami and Erie Canal441 km
  225. 225Beaver River440 km
  226. 226Vermilion River435 km
  227. 227Río Bavispe434 km
  228. 228Slave River434 km
  229. 229Río Grande de Santiago433 km
  230. 230Illinois432 km
  231. 231Tallapoosa River431 km
  232. 232Wood River427 km
  233. 233Suwannee River426 km
  234. 234Missinaibi River426 km
  235. 235Tongue River426 km
  236. 236Quoich River423 km
  237. 237Klamath River423 km
  238. 238Río Lempa422 km
  239. 239Notikewin River421 km
  240. 240Rivière La Sarre ⚠421 km
  241. 241Grand River420 km
  242. 242Finlay River420 km
  243. 243Sinaloa420 km
  244. 244Camsell River420 km
  245. 245Satilla River418 km
  246. 246Kentucky River417 km
  247. 247Little Sioux River415 km
  248. 248Natashquan River410 km
  249. 249Ocmulgee River410 km
  250. 250Rivière Moisie410 km
  251. 251Keele River410 km
  252. 252West Branch Susquehanna River409 km
  253. 253North Loup River408 km
  254. 254Asheweig River407 km
  255. 255Deschutes River406 km
  256. 256Fawn River405 km
  257. 257Petitot River404 km
  258. 258Yampa River402 km
  259. 259Río Sonora402 km
  260. 260Nowitna River402 km
  261. 261Rivière Nastapoka402 km
  262. 262Ramparts River401 km
  263. 263Conecuh River401 km
  264. 264Río Chixoy400 km
  265. 265Rivière à la Baleine400 km
  266. 266Dolores River400 km
  267. 267Cabarita River397 km
  268. 268West Fork Trinity River397 km
  269. 269Sangamon River396 km
  270. 270Rivière Innuksuac396 km
  271. 271Tazin River395 km
  272. 272Aguán River395 km
  273. 273Duck River394 km
  274. 274Little Blue River394 km
  275. 275Wild Rice River390 km
  276. 276Swan River390 km
  277. 277Red Deer River390 km
  278. 278Colorado River Aqueduct389 km
  279. 279Deep Fork387 km
  280. 280San Antonio River386 km
  281. 281Rivière aux Feuilles386 km
  282. 282Salt Fork Arkansas River385 km
  283. 283Hatchie River383 km
  284. 284Sweetwater River383 km
  285. 285Little Wabash River382 km
  286. 286Middle Loup River382 km
  287. 287Hyland River380 km
  288. 288Birch River380 km
  289. 289Little White River377 km
  290. 290French Broad376 km
  291. 291Great Pee Dee River375 km
  292. 292Scioto River372 km
  293. 293Rivière Boutin372 km
  294. 294Spanish River370 km
  295. 295Ogeechee River370 km
  296. 296Little River368 km
  297. 297North Thompson River368 km
  298. 298Battle Creek367 km
  299. 299Tippecanoe River362 km
  300. 300Utukok River362 km
  301. 301Pipestone Creek360 km
  302. 302Petite rivière de la Baleine358 km
  303. 303Ulúa River358 km
  304. 304Mountain River357 km
  305. 305Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct355 km
  306. 306Shamattawa River355 km
  307. 307Bullpasture River355 km
  308. 308Burntwood River355 km
  309. 309Río de La Pasión353 km
  310. 310Wolf River352 km
  311. 311Cache River351 km
  312. 312Quinn River351 km
  313. 313Chariton River351 km
  314. 314Yakima River350 km
  315. 315Kanairiktok River350 km
  316. 316Little Smoky River350 km
  317. 317Bonnet Plume River350 km
  318. 318Meramec River350 km
  319. 319Carnwath River350 km
  320. 320Catawba River350 km
  321. 321Río Grande o Choluteca349 km
  322. 322Cochrane River348 km
  323. 323Tar River346 km
  324. 324Yadkin River346 km
  325. 325Ashuanipi River345 km
  326. 326Dan River344 km
  327. 327Roseau River344 km
  328. 328Gatineau River343 km
  329. 329Cauto343 km
  330. 330Swift Current Creek342 km
  331. 331Redstone River342 km
  332. 332Moose Jaw340 km
  333. 333Gods River340 km
  334. 334Chickasawhay River340 km
  335. 335Big Sandy Creek340 km
  336. 336Kabinakagami River340 km
  337. 337Johnson River340 km
  338. 338North Knife River340 km
  339. 339Muskegon River339 km
  340. 340Reese River338 km
  341. 341Marias River338 km
  342. 342St. Joseph338 km
  343. 343Pit River333 km
  344. 344Carcajou River333 km
  345. 345Valley River332 km
  346. 346Ochlockonee River332 km
  347. 347Double Mountain Fork Brazos River332 km
  348. 348Edisto River331 km
  349. 349Little Red River330 km
  350. 350Willowlake River330 km
  351. 351Kenogami River330 km
  352. 352Rivière du Lièvre330 km
  353. 353North Seal River330 km
  354. 354Rosebud River327 km
  355. 355Chimenticook Stream326 km
  356. 356Saline River325 km
  357. 357Tombigbee River325 km
  358. 358Poplar River325 km
  359. 359Cape Fear River325 km
  360. 360Frio322 km
  361. 361Platte River322 km
  362. 362Calcasieu River322 km
  363. 363Fox River322 km
  364. 364Eel River322 km
  365. 365Rogue River322 km
  366. 366Kuparuk River322 km
  367. 367Mississagi River322 km
  368. 368Salt River322 km
  369. 369Macmillan River322 km
  370. 370Raccoon River322 km
  371. 371Smoothstone River321 km
  372. 372Saluda River320 km
  373. 373Sheenjek River320 km
  374. 374Awuna River320 km
  375. 375Moreau River320 km
  376. 376Rivière Opinaca320 km
  377. 377Otoskwin River320 km
  378. 378Macal River320 km
  379. 379Pawnee River319 km
  380. 380Río Bolaños318 km
  381. 381Río Moctezuma317 km
  382. 382Rivière Mistassibi317 km
  383. 383North Raccoon River316 km
  384. 384Antler River315 km
  385. 385Purgatoire River315 km
  386. 386East Fork White River314 km
  387. 387White River314 km
  388. 388Elk River314 km
  389. 389Rivière Mistassini314 km
  390. 390Fond du Lac River313 km
  391. 391Cahaba River312 km
  392. 392Pecatonica River312 km
  393. 393Manistee River310 km
  394. 394Río Lacantún310 km
  395. 395Stony River310 km
  396. 396Black River310 km
  397. 397Saint Louis River309 km
  398. 398Río La Joya307 km
  399. 399Big Muddy Creek307 km
  400. 400Río San Juan307 km
  401. 401Alapaha River306 km
  402. 402Rio Fuerte306 km
  403. 403Malheur River306 km
  404. 404Bloodvein River306 km
  405. 405Rivière Kanaaupscow306 km
  406. 406Grand305 km
  407. 407Rivière Kogaluc304 km
  408. 408Sulphur River303 km
  409. 409Grand River303 km
  410. 410Willamette River301 km
  411. 411Kakisa River300 km
  412. 412Beatton River300 km
  413. 413Little Buffalo River300 km
  414. 414Hart River300 km
  415. 415Rivière Olomane300 km
  416. 416Tha-anne River300 km
  417. 417Pineimuta River300 km
  418. 418Pipestone River300 km
  419. 419Rivière Nottaway225 km
  420. 420Rivière Turgeon211 km
  421. 421Panama Canal82 km
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