Rivers of the Americas

This list of rivers of the Americas includes all the major rivers of the Americas. See each article for their tributaries, drainage areas, etc. Unusually significant tributaries appear in this list, under the river into which they drain.

North America

• Alabama - Alabama
• Altamaha - Georgia
• Apalachicola[?] - Florida
• Back River - Nunavut
• Balsas[?] - Mexico
• Brazos - Texas
• Coatzacoalcos[?] - Mexico
• Colorado
  • Gila[?] - Arizona
  • Green - Utah, Colorado, Wyoming
• Columbia - Washington, British Columbia
  • Snake - Washington, Idaho
  • Willamette - Oregon
• Connecticut - New England
• Copper[?] - Alaska
• Coquille[?]
• Delaware -- Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York
  • Lehigh[?], Pennsylvania
• Fraser - British Columbia
• Hudson- New York
  • Mohawk[?]
• James - Virginia
• Kennebec[?] - Maine
• Kobuk[?] - Alaska
• Kuskokuim[?] - Alaska
• Mackenzie - Northwest Territories
• Merrimack - New England
• Mississippi
  • Arkansas[?]
  • Atchafalaya[?]
  • Illinois
  • Kentucky[?]
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
    • Niobrara[?] - Nebraska
    • Yellowstone[?] - Montana, Wyoming
  • Platte[?]
  • Ohio
    • Allegheny
    • Big Sandy[?]
    • Kanawha[?]
    • Monongahela
    • Scioto[?]
    • Wabash[?]
  • Red
  • Saint Croix River
  • Tennessee[?]
• Nelson - Saskatchewan, Manitoba
  • Red River of the North - North Dakota, Manitoba
• Panuco River[?] - Mexico
• Pee Dee[?] - South Carolina, North Carolina
• Potomac - Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
  • Shenandoah[?]
• Rappahannock[?] - Virginia
• Red River (of the North)
• Rio Balsas[?] - Mexico
• Rio Grande - Mexico, Texas, New Mexico
  • Pecos - Texas, New Mexico
• Roanoke[?] - North Carolina, Virginia
• Rogue - Oregon
• Sacramento - California
  • San Joaquin[?] - California
• Saint John[?] - New Brunswick, Maine
• St. Lawrence - Ontario, Quebec
  • Ottawa River - Ontario, Quebec
  • Saguenay River - Quebec
• Santee[?] - South Carolina
• Saskatchewan - Alberta, Saskatchewan
• Smith[?]
• Susitna[?] - Alaska
• Susquehanna - Maryland, Pennsylvania
• Suwannee[?] - Florida
• Umpqua[?]
• Yukon - Alaska, Yukon

Central America

• Escondido[?] - Nicaragua
• Grande de Matagalpa[?] - Nicaragua
• Patuca[?] - Honduras
• San Juan[?] - Nicaragua
• Usumacinta[?] - Mexico, Guatemala

South America

• Amazon
  • Madeira
  • Rio Negro
  • Tocantins
• Atrato[?] - Colombia
• Chubut[?] - Argentina
• Colorado - Argentina
• Essequibo[?] - Guyana
• Magdalena[?] - Colombia
• Orinoco - Venezuela
  • Apure[?]
  • Meta[?]
• Parnaiba[?] - Brazil
• Rio de la Plata
  • Paran�[?] - Argentina, Paraguay
  • Uruguay[?] - Uruguay, Brazil
• Sao Francisco[?] - Brazil

See also:

• Physical geography
• Rivers of Europe
• Rivers of Asia
• Rivers of Africa