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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Famous quotes containing the word rivers:
“Thy summer voice, Musketaquit,
Repeats the music of the rain;
But sweeter rivers pulsing flit
Through thee, as thou through Concord Plain.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The whole appearance is a toy. For this,
The dove in the belly builds his nest and coos,
Selah, tempestuous bird. How is it that
The rivers shine and hold their mirrors up,
Like excellence collecting excellence?”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“The whole tree itself is but one leaf, and rivers are still vaster leaves whose pulp is intervening earth, and towns and cities are the ova of insects in their axils.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)