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Rivers in North America

North America has 414 notable rivers. Browse them by length — from the Mississippi (3,766 km) down — each with a map and details.

Count
414
Longest
3,766 km
Avg length
597 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. 20Brazos River1,352 km
  21. 21Assiniboine River1,275 km
  22. 22Ottawa1,271 km
  23. 23Souris River1,240 km
  24. 24Athabasca1,231 km
  25. 25Green River1,175 km
  26. 26Milk River1,173 km
  27. 27White River1,162 km
  28. 28North Platte River1,152 km
  29. 29James1,143 km
  30. 30East Fork Trinity River1,140 km
  31. 31Kuskokwim River1,130 km
  32. 32Cimarron River1,123 km
  33. 33Liard River1,115 km
  34. 34Yellowstone River1,114 km
  35. 35Cumberland River1,107 km
  36. 36Tennessee River1,049 km
  37. 37Gila River1,044 km
  38. 38South Saskatchewan1,004 km
  39. 39Back River974 km
  40. 40Ouachita River974 km
  41. 41Wabash River960 km
  42. 42Sheyenne951 km
  43. 43Tanana940 km
  44. 44Severn935 km
  45. 45White River933 km
  46. 46Smoky Hill River925 km
  47. 47Porcupine916 km
  48. 48Niobrara River915 km
  49. 49Rio Conchos910 km
  50. 50Thelon River904 km
  51. 51Little Missouri River901 km
  52. 52Grande Rivière893 km
  53. 53Red890 km
  54. 54Río Culiacán875 km
  55. 55Dubawnt River858 km
  56. 56Churchill856 km
  57. 57Rat River850 km
  58. 58Des Moines845 km
  59. 59Erie Canal843 km
  60. 60Coppermine River840 km
  61. 61Albany River832 km
  62. 62Belle Fourche River826 km
  63. 63Sabine River820 km
  64. 64Kazan River817 km
  65. 65Innoko River805 km
  66. 66Koyukuk805 km
  67. 67Red Deer River801 km
  68. 68Battle River800 km
  69. 69Pelly River793 km
  70. 70Bear River790 km
  71. 71Kootenay River780 km
  72. 72Coco780 km
  73. 73Rivière Laforge775 km
  74. 74Rupert763 km
  75. 75Grand River760 km
  76. 76Rivière Eastmain756 km
  77. 77Río Lerma750 km
  78. 78Attawapiskat River748 km
  79. 79Grand River745 km
  80. 80Qu'Appelle River743 km
  81. 81Bighorn River742 km
  82. 82Tugaloo River739 km
  83. 83Republican River729 km
  84. 84Grande rivière de la Baleine726 km
  85. 85Río Balsas724 km
  86. 86Susquehanna715 km
  87. 87Pearl River715 km
  88. 88North Canadian River710 km
  89. 89South Platte River707 km
  90. 90Chattahoochee River702 km
  91. 91Hay River702 km
  92. 92Guadalupe700 km
  93. 93Wisconsin River692 km
  94. 94Anderson River692 km
  95. 95Beaver River689 km
  96. 96Saint Francis River686 km
  97. 97Stewart River686 km
  98. 98Dead River686 km
  99. 99Noatak684 km
  100. 100Peel684 km
  101. 101Salmon River684 km
  102. 102Thlewiaza River683 km
  103. 103Rio Yaqui680 km
  104. 104Big Sioux River674 km
  105. 105Neches River669 km
  106. 106Potomac River665 km
  107. 107Connecticut660 km
  108. 108English River660 km
  109. 109Roanoke River660 km
  110. 110Sacramento River644 km
  111. 111Nelson River644 km
  112. 112Alabama River640 km
  113. 113Saline River639 km
  114. 114Carrot River634 km
  115. 115Teslin River632 km
  116. 116Courtois Creek621 km
  117. 117Green River618 km
  118. 118Horton River618 km
  119. 119Sevier616 km
  120. 120San Juan River616 km
  121. 121Saint John606 km
  122. 122Powder River604 km
  123. 123Río Nazas600 km
  124. 124Winisk River600 km
  125. 125Bow River587 km
  126. 126Ekwan River585 km
  127. 127White River583 km
  128. 128Skeena River579 km
  129. 129Delaware579 km
  130. 130Big Blue578 km
  131. 131Musselshell River570 km
  132. 132Grass River570 km
  133. 133San Joaquin564 km
  134. 134Rivière Saint-Maurice563 km
  135. 135Savannah River563 km
  136. 136Colville River563 km
  137. 137George River563 km
  138. 138Penobscot River563 km
  139. 139James River560 km
  140. 140Río Usumacinta560 km
  141. 141Owyhee River557 km
  142. 142Kapiskau River555 km
  143. 143Hayes River551 km
  144. 144Pembina River547 km
  145. 145Saskatchewan River547 km
  146. 146Rivière Péribonka547 km
  147. 147Rivière du Petit Mécatina547 km
  148. 148Cedar River544 km
  149. 149Central Arizona Project Canal541 km
  150. 150South Nahanni River540 km
  151. 151Abitibi River540 km
  152. 152Stikine539 km
  153. 153Minnesota River534 km
  154. 154Hurricana533 km
  155. 155Humboldt River531 km
  156. 156Río Aguanaval530 km
  157. 157Berens River530 km
  158. 158Allegheny River523 km
  159. 159Iditarod River523 km
  160. 160Iowa River520 km
  161. 161Fort Nelson River517 km
  162. 162Kaskaskia River515 km
  163. 163New River515 km
  164. 164Rivière Pembina513 km
  165. 165Pánuco510 km
  166. 166Little Colorado River507 km
  167. 167Nueces River507 km
  168. 168California Aqueduct505 km
  169. 169Susitna504 km
  170. 170Chinchaga River500 km
  171. 171Verdigris River500 km
  172. 172Ogoki River500 km
  173. 173Taltson River500 km
  174. 174Patuca River500 km
  175. 175Saint Johns River499 km
  176. 176Platte River499 km
  177. 177Clark Fork499 km
  178. 178Smoky River492 km
  179. 179Hudson492 km
  180. 180Thompson River489 km
  181. 181Licking River488 km
  182. 182Río Motagua486 km
  183. 183Rivière de Puvirnituq483 km
  184. 184Buffalo River483 km
  185. 185Clinch River483 km
  186. 186Black River480 km
  187. 187Grijalva480 km
  188. 188Wapsipinicon River480 km
  189. 189Cheyenne River475 km
  190. 190Lodgepole Creek475 km
  191. 191Heart River475 km
  192. 192Washita472 km
  193. 193Elkhorn River470 km
  194. 194Belle Fourche River470 km
  195. 195Sachigo River467 km
  196. 196Río Grande de Matagalpa465 km
  197. 197Cedar River464 km
  198. 198Sakami463 km
  199. 199Copper River460 km
  200. 200Rivière Caniapiscau460 km
  201. 201Rock River459 km
  202. 202Big Black River456 km
  203. 203John Day River452 km
  204. 204Rivière Romaine451 km
  205. 205Nushagak451 km
  206. 206Kobuk River451 km
  207. 207Coosa River451 km
  208. 208Rivière Broadback451 km
  209. 209Laramie River451 km
  210. 210Prairie River450 km
  211. 211Rivière aux Outardes450 km
  212. 212Arctic Red River450 km
  213. 213Gasconade River450 km
  214. 214North Fork Red River449 km
  215. 215Old Crow River445 km
  216. 216Oldman River445 km
  217. 217Salado444 km
  218. 218Betsiamites444 km
  219. 219Osage River444 km
  220. 220Neuse River443 km
  221. 221Mattagami River443 km
  222. 222Miami and Erie Canal441 km
  223. 223Beaver River440 km
  224. 224Vermilion River435 km
  225. 225Río Bavispe434 km
  226. 226Slave River434 km
  227. 227Río Grande de Santiago433 km
  228. 228Illinois432 km
  229. 229Tallapoosa River431 km
  230. 230Wood River427 km
  231. 231Suwannee River426 km
  232. 232Missinaibi River426 km
  233. 233Tongue River426 km
  234. 234Quoich River423 km
  235. 235Klamath River423 km
  236. 236Río Lempa422 km
  237. 237Notikewin River421 km
  238. 238Rivière La Sarre421 km
  239. 239Grand River420 km
  240. 240Finlay River420 km
  241. 241Sinaloa420 km
  242. 242Camsell River420 km
  243. 243Satilla River418 km
  244. 244Kentucky River417 km
  245. 245Little Sioux River415 km
  246. 246Lockhart River413 km
  247. 247Natashquan River410 km
  248. 248Ocmulgee River410 km
  249. 249Rivière Moisie410 km
  250. 250Keele River410 km
  251. 251West Branch Susquehanna River409 km
  252. 252North Loup River408 km
  253. 253Asheweig River407 km
  254. 254Deschutes River406 km
  255. 255Fawn River405 km
  256. 256Petitot River404 km
  257. 257Yampa River402 km
  258. 258Río Sonora402 km
  259. 259Nowitna River402 km
  260. 260Rivière Nastapoka402 km
  261. 261Ramparts River401 km
  262. 262Conecuh River401 km
  263. 263Río Chixoy400 km
  264. 264Rivière à la Baleine400 km
  265. 265Dolores River400 km
  266. 266Cabarita River397 km
  267. 267West Fork Trinity River397 km
  268. 268Sangamon River396 km
  269. 269Rivière Innuksuac396 km
  270. 270Tazin River395 km
  271. 271Aguán River395 km
  272. 272Little Blue River394 km
  273. 273Duck River393 km
  274. 274Wild Rice River390 km
  275. 275Swan River390 km
  276. 276Red Deer River390 km
  277. 277Colorado River Aqueduct389 km
  278. 278Deep Fork387 km
  279. 279San Antonio River386 km
  280. 280Rivière aux Feuilles386 km
  281. 281Salt Fork Arkansas River385 km
  282. 282Hatchie River383 km
  283. 283Sweetwater River383 km
  284. 284Little Wabash River382 km
  285. 285Middle Loup River382 km
  286. 286Hyland River380 km
  287. 287Birch River380 km
  288. 288Little White River377 km
  289. 289French Broad376 km
  290. 290Great Pee Dee River375 km
  291. 291Scioto River372 km
  292. 292Rivière Boutin372 km
  293. 293Spanish River370 km
  294. 294Ogeechee River370 km
  295. 295North Thompson River368 km
  296. 296Little River367 km
  297. 297Tippecanoe River362 km
  298. 298Utukok River362 km
  299. 299Petite rivière de la Baleine358 km
  300. 300Ulúa River358 km
  301. 301Mountain River357 km
  302. 302Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct355 km
  303. 303Shamattawa River355 km
  304. 304Burntwood River355 km
  305. 305Río de La Pasión353 km
  306. 306Wolf River352 km
  307. 307Cache River351 km
  308. 308Quinn River351 km
  309. 309Chariton River351 km
  310. 310Yakima River350 km
  311. 311Kanairiktok River350 km
  312. 312Little Smoky River350 km
  313. 313Bonnet Plume River350 km
  314. 314Meramec River350 km
  315. 315Carnwath River350 km
  316. 316Catawba River350 km
  317. 317Río Grande o Choluteca349 km
  318. 318Cochrane River348 km
  319. 319Tar River346 km
  320. 320Yadkin River346 km
  321. 321Ashuanipi River345 km
  322. 322Dan River344 km
  323. 323Roseau River344 km
  324. 324Gatineau River343 km
  325. 325Cauto343 km
  326. 326Swift Current Creek342 km
  327. 327Redstone River342 km
  328. 328Moose Jaw340 km
  329. 329Gods River340 km
  330. 330Chickasawhay River340 km
  331. 331Big Sandy Creek340 km
  332. 332Kabinakagami River340 km
  333. 333Johnson River340 km
  334. 334North Knife River340 km
  335. 335Muskegon River339 km
  336. 336Reese River338 km
  337. 337Marias River338 km
  338. 338St. Joseph338 km
  339. 339Pit River333 km
  340. 340Carcajou River333 km
  341. 341Ochlockonee River332 km
  342. 342Double Mountain Fork Brazos River332 km
  343. 343Edisto River331 km
  344. 344Little Red River330 km
  345. 345Willowlake River330 km
  346. 346Kenogami River330 km
  347. 347Rivière du Lièvre330 km
  348. 348North Seal River330 km
  349. 349Rosebud River327 km
  350. 350Chimenticook Stream326 km
  351. 351Saline River325 km
  352. 352Tombigbee River325 km
  353. 353Poplar River325 km
  354. 354Cape Fear River325 km
  355. 355Frio322 km
  356. 356Platte River322 km
  357. 357Calcasieu River322 km
  358. 358Fox River322 km
  359. 359Eel River322 km
  360. 360Rogue River322 km
  361. 361Kuparuk River322 km
  362. 362Mississagi River322 km
  363. 363Salt River322 km
  364. 364Macmillan River322 km
  365. 365Raccoon River322 km
  366. 366Smoothstone River321 km
  367. 367Saluda River320 km
  368. 368Sheenjek River320 km
  369. 369Awuna River320 km
  370. 370Moreau River320 km
  371. 371Rivière Opinaca320 km
  372. 372Otoskwin River320 km
  373. 373Macal River320 km
  374. 374Pawnee River319 km
  375. 375Río Bolaños318 km
  376. 376Rivière Mistassibi317 km
  377. 377North Raccoon River316 km
  378. 378Antler River315 km
  379. 379Purgatoire River315 km
  380. 380East Fork White River314 km
  381. 381White River314 km
  382. 382Elk River314 km
  383. 383Rivière Mistassini314 km
  384. 384Fond du Lac River313 km
  385. 385Cahaba River312 km
  386. 386Pecatonica River312 km
  387. 387Manistee River310 km
  388. 388Río Lacantún310 km
  389. 389Stony River310 km
  390. 390Black River310 km
  391. 391Saint Louis River309 km
  392. 392Big Muddy Creek307 km
  393. 393Río San Juan307 km
  394. 394Alapaha River306 km
  395. 395Rio Fuerte306 km
  396. 396Malheur River306 km
  397. 397Bloodvein River306 km
  398. 398Rivière Kanaaupscow306 km
  399. 399Grand305 km
  400. 400Rivière Kogaluc304 km
  401. 401Sulphur River303 km
  402. 402Grand River303 km
  403. 403Willamette River301 km
  404. 404Kakisa River300 km
  405. 405Beatton River300 km
  406. 406Little Buffalo River300 km
  407. 407Hart River300 km
  408. 408Rivière Olomane300 km
  409. 409Tha-anne River300 km
  410. 410Pineimuta River300 km
  411. 411Pipestone River300 km
  412. 412Rivière Nottaway225 km
  413. 413Rivière Turgeon211 km
  414. 414Panama Canal82 km
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