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Rivers of the USA

Can you name the 20 longest rivers of America with the help of a couple hints?
Includes rivers that only have part of their length in the USA
By main branch of river
Source: Wikipedia
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Last updated: February 24, 2024
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Hint
Answer
1
Longest river in North America, tributary of #2
Missouri
2
River of Tom Sawyer
Mississippi
3
Part of the "rich man's route" to the Klondike
Yukon
4
Illegal immigrants cross this river
Rio Grande
5
Very little of this river's water actually reaches its mouth
Colorado
6
Second longest tributary of #2
Arkansas
7
Two famous explorers reached the ocean at this river's mouth
Columbia
8
But remember this colorful river's valley in a famous cowboy song
Red
9
Flows through the deepest canyon in North America
Snake
10
Two rivers go into Pittsburgh, this one comes out
Ohio
11
Don't mistake this river for the longer #5
Colorado of Texas
12
Flows from Knoxville, through a state with the same name, to #10
Tennessee
13
Curiously, this river does not even flow through Canada
Canadian
14
Longest river entirely in Texas
Brazos
15
Powell floated this colorful river before #5
Green
16
Longest tributary of #4, shares its name with a fictional cowboy
Pecos
17
Several rivers of this colorful name flow around the country, but this Arkansas-Missouri river is the longest
White
18
Sometimes called the Dakota River, it empties into #1
James
19
Longest river entirely in Alaska, it is not a tributary of #3
Kuskokwim
20
Namesake of a particularly dangerous shortcut on the Santa Fe Trail
Cimarron
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