Rivers
- Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela 0°10′S 49°0′W / 0.16667°S 49°W / -0.16667; -49 (Amazon River) — most extensive river basin on Earth at 7,050,000 km2 (2,720,000 square miles)
- Mississippi Basin of Canada and the United States 29°9′4″S 89°15′12″W / 29.15111°S 89.25333°W / -29.15111; -89.25333 (Mississippi River) — most extensive river basin of North America at 2,981,076 km2 (1,151,000 square miles)
- Amazon River of Peru, Colombia, and Brazil 0°10′S 49°0′W / 0.16667°S 49°W / -0.16667; -49 (Amazon River) — longest river in Western Hemisphere at 6,400 km (4,000 miles) and the most profuse river on Earth with an average flow of 209,000 m3s−1 (55 million gallons per second)
- Mississippi River of the United States 29°9′4″N 89°15′12″W / 29.15111°N 89.25333°W / 29.15111; -89.25333 (Mississippi River) — longest Gulf of Mexico main stem river at 3,544 km (2,202 miles)
- Yukon River of Canada and the United States 62°35′55″N 164°47′40″W / 62.59861°N 164.79444°W / 62.59861; -164.79444 (Yukon River) — longest Bering Sea main stem river at 3,185 km (1,979 miles)
- Nelson River of Manitoba, Canada 57°5′5″N 92°30′8″W / 57.08472°N 92.50222°W / 57.08472; -92.50222 (Nelson River) — longest Hudson Bay main stem river at 2,575 km (1,600 miles)
- Colorado River of the United States and Mexico 31°48′57″N 114°48′22″W / 31.81583°N 114.80611°W / 31.81583; -114.80611 (Colorado River) — longest Gulf of California main stem river at 2,330 km (1,450 miles)
- Columbia River of Canada and the United States 46°14′39″N 124°3′29″W / 46.24417°N 124.05806°W / 46.24417; -124.05806 (Columbia River) — longest Pacific Ocean main stem river at 2,000 km (1,243 miles)
- Mackenzie River of the Northwest Territories, Canada 68°56′23″N 136°10′22″W / 68.93972°N 136.17278°W / 68.93972; -136.17278 (Mackenzie River) — longest Arctic Ocean main stem river at 1,738 km (1,080 miles)
- Rio Magdalena of Colombia 11°7′N 74°51′W / 11.11667°N 74.85°W / 11.11667; -74.85 (Magdalena River) — longest Caribbean Sea main stem river at 1,528 km (949 miles)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)