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  1. <text id=93AC0142>
  2. <title>
  3. Lengths of Principal North American Rivers
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics         
  7. Environment & Weather                                
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Time Almanac</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Lengths of Principal North American Rivers
  13. </hdr>
  14. <body>
  15. <p>[One mile=1.609 kilometers]
  16. </p>
  17. <table>
  18. <tblhdr><cell>River/Outflow<cell>Length: Miles<cell>Kilometers
  19. <row><cell type=a>Alabama-Coosa/Mobile River<cell type=i>600<cell type=i>966
  20. <row><cell>Albany/James Bay<cell>610<cell>981
  21. <row><cell>Arkansas/Mississippi River<cell>1,459<cell>2,348
  22. <row><cell>Black/Chantrey Inlet<cell>600<cell>965
  23. <row><cell>Brazos/Gulf of Mexico<cell>923<cell>1,490
  24. <row><cell>Canadian/Arkansas River<cell>906<cell>1,458
  25. <row><cell>Churchill/Hudson Bay<cell>1,000<cell>1,609
  26. <row><cell>Cimarron/Arkansas River<cell>600<cell>965
  27. <row><cell>Colorado (US-Mexico)/Gulf of California<cell>1,450<cell>2,333
  28. <row><cell>Colorado (Texas)/Matagorda Bay<cell>862<cell>1,387
  29. <row><cell>Columbia/Pacific Ocean<cell>1,243<cell>2,000
  30. <row><cell>Columbia, Upper/to join of Snake River<cell>890<cell>1,432
  31. <row><cell>Cumberland/Ohio River<cell>720<cell>1,158
  32. <row><cell>Fraser/Strait of Georgia<cell>850<cell>1,368
  33. <row><cell>Gila/Colorado River<cell>649<cell>1,044
  34. <row><cell>Green (UT-WY)/Colorado River<cell>730<cell>1,175
  35. <row><cell>James (ND-SD)/Missouri River<cell>710<cell>1,142
  36. <row><cell>Kuskokwim/Kuskokwim Bay<cell>724<cell>1,165
  37. <row><cell>Laird/Mackenzie River<cell>693<cell>1,115
  38. <row><cell>Mackenzie/Arctic Ocean<cell>900<cell>1,148
  39. <row><cell>Milk/Missouri River<cell>625<cell>1,006
  40. <row><cell>Mississippi, Upper/to join of Missouri River<cell>1,171<cell>1,884
  41. <row><cell>Mississippi-Missouri-Red Rock/join of SW Pass<cell>3,710<cell>5,970
  42. <row><cell>Missouri/Mississippi River<cell>2,315<cell>3,725
  43. <row><cell>Missouri-Red Rock/Mississippi River<cell>2,540<cell>4,090
  44. <row><cell>Mobile-Alabama-Coosa/Mobile Bay<cell>645<cell>1,040
  45. <row><cell>North Canadian/Canadian River<cell>488<cell>785
  46. <row><cell>North Platte/Platte River<cell>618<cell>994
  47. <row><cell>Ohio/Mississippi River<cell>981<cell>1,578
  48. <row><cell>Ohio-Allegheny/Mississippi River<cell>1,306<cell>2,101
  49. <row><cell>Ottawa/St. Lawrence River<cell>790<cell>1,271
  50. <row><cell>Ouchita/Red River<cell>605<cell>973
  51. <row><cell>Peace/Slave River<cell>6,210<cell>1,947
  52. <row><cell>Pecos/Rio Grande River<cell>926<cell>1,490
  53. <row><cell>Red(OK-TX-LA)/Mississippi River<cell>1,179<cell>1,897
  54. <row><cell>Rio Grande/Gulf of Mexico<cell>1,760<cell>2,840
  55. <row><cell>St. Lawrence/Atlantic Ocean<cell>800<cell>1,287
  56. <row><cell>Saskatchewan N./Lake Winnipeg<cell>800<cell>1,290
  57. <row><cell>Saskatchewan S./Lake Winnipeg<cell>865<cell>1,390
  58. <row><cell>Severn (Ontario)/Hudson Bay<cell>610<cell>981
  59. <row><cell>Snake/Columbia River<cell>1,038<cell>1,670
  60. <row><cell>Tanana/Yukon River<cell>659<cell>1,060
  61. <row><cell>Tennessee/Ohio River<cell>652<cell>1,049
  62. <row><cell>Tennessee-French Broad/Ohio River<cell>883<cell>1,421
  63. <row><cell>White (AR-MO)/Mississippi River<cell>720<cell>1,158
  64. <row><cell>Yellowstone/Missouri River<cell>692<cell>1,110
  65. <row><cell>Yukon/Bering Sea<cell>1,979<cell>3,185
  66. </table>
  67. <p>Source: U.S. Geological Survey.
  68. </p>
  69. </body>
  70. </article>
  71. </text>
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