The Cottonwood River may be one of four rivers in North America. They are:
- Cottonwood River (Minnesota), a tributary of the Minnesota River
- Cottonwood River (Kansas), a tributary of the Neosho River
- Cottonwood River (Fraser), a tributary of the Fraser River originating in the Cariboo District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada
- Cottonwood River (Dease), a tributary of the Dease River originating in the northern Stikine Ranges of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada
Famous quotes containing the words cottonwood and/or river:
“Three centuries of piety
Grown bare as a cottonwood tree ...”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“but we wish the river had another shore,
some further range of delectable mountains,”
—Robert Lowell (1917–1977)