NAQT North American Rivers

This river is the longest or second-longest in North America,

Referred to by Abraham Lincoln as the "the father of waters", this river begins at Lake Itasca, Minnesota and flows 2, 340 miles to a vast delta on the Gulf of Mexico

• Colorado River

• Mississippi River

• Missouri River

This river flows 981 miles through a significant industrial region of the central United States

Seen as the border between the northern and southern United States, this is formed in downtown Pittsburgh by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers

• Colorado River

• Ohio River

• Missouri River

This is the most significant river in southwestern United States, This river runs southwest from the Rocky Mountains National Park 1,450 miles to the Gulf of California...

• The Colorado

• The St. Lawrence

• The Missouri

This dam is located near Las Vegas, Nevada to control the flow of the Colorado River, at it forms the man-made LAKE MEAD

• The Glen Canyon Dam

• The Hoover Dam

• The Niagara Dam

This is a vital waterway of the Pacific Northwest, rising in the Rockies of British Columbia, flows through Lake Revelstoke before entering Washington sate

• The Hudson

• The Columbia

• The St. Lawrence

This river was first explored by Jacque Cartier in the 16th century, this river emerges from the northeastern corner of Lake Ontario in the Thousand Islands archipelago, forming the border between Ontario and New York

• The Hudson

• St. Lawrence

• The Missouri

This river is one of most historic in the United States, rising at Fairfax Stone, WV, this river runs 405 miles forming the border between Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D. C.,

• The Delaware

• The Hudson

• The Potomac

This river forms a natural border between Texas and 4 Mexican states since 1848

It flows south out of the Colorado through New Mexico reaching the international boundary of El Paso, TX

• The Río Grande

• The Amazona

• The Snake River

This river is historically significant river of the eastern United States, its source in the Catskills, this river flows 301 miles, this flows past Trenton, New Jersey and Philadelphia

George Washington crossed this river on Christmas night in 1776

• The Delaware

• The Potomac

• The Hudson

This river is formed in western Montana by the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers

It flows past Bismarck, North Dakota, and Kansas City before emptying into the Mississippi

• The Snake River

• The Missouri

• The Hudson