What is the Longest River in Each US State?

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6 ай бұрын

What is the longest river in every US state that only flows within that state? The United States has no shortage of world-famous rivers like the Mississippi, but we uncover many other intriguing and lesser-known rivers with this question. I've wondered about this topic for ages and putting this video together was fascinating - I hope you find it just as interesting! Make sure to subscribe if you enjoyed it, and thank you for watching.
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Timestamps for your convenience:
Longest River in Alabama 9:42
Longest River in Alaska 15:19
Longest River in Arizona 11:04
Longest River in Arkansas 4:54
Longest River in California 13:34
Longest River in Colorado 6:36
Longest River in Connecticut 1:34
Longest River in Delaware 0:53
Longest River in Florida 9:05
Longest River in Georgia 11:44
Longest River in Hawaii 1:14
Longest River in Idaho 13:55
Longest River in Illinois 7:36
Longest River in Indiana 12:18
Longest River in Iowa 9:57
Longest River in Kansas 13:16
Longest River in Kentucky 12:37
Longest River in Louisiana 4:36
Longest River in Maine 3:55
Longest River in Maryland 3:02
Longest River in Massachusetts 2:26
Longest River in Michigan 7:16
Longest River in Minnesota 10:49
Longest River in Misssissippi 10:30
Longest River in Missouri 8:12
Longest River in Montana 11:27
Longest River in Nebraska 9:23
Longest River in Nevada 10:10
Longest River in New Hampshire 1:52
Longest River in New Jersey 2:08
Longest River in New Mexico 5:28
Longest River in New York 3:19
Longest River in North Carolina 7:55
Longest River in North Dakota 14:58
Longest River in Ohio 5:44
Longest River in Oklahoma 14:37
Longest River in Oregon 8:31
Longest River in Pennsylvania 6:17
Longest River in Rhode Island 0:35
Longest River in South Carolina 6:57
Longest River in South Dakota 6:02
Longest River in Tennessee 8:47
Longest River in Texas 15:47
Longest River in Utah 12:57
Longest River in Vermont 2:44
Longest River in Virginia 12:02
Longest River in Washington 5:11
Longest River in West Virginia 3:37
Longest River in Wisconsin 14:16
Longest River in Wyoming 4:13
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@ChicagoGeographer 6 ай бұрын

Have you been to any of these rivers? Which one did you find most surprising/interesting? Leave a comment below, and thanks so much for watching!

@Uncle_Buzz 6 ай бұрын

GREAT editing dude, and GREAT info too! Fun stuff. Cheers!

@stevepalmberg5905 6 ай бұрын

Which are navigable or not? Ex. Minnesota river has barge traffic Trivia Mississippi stretch in MN has more bridges vs. the rest of it's length

@Jasonbfv 6 ай бұрын

I live about 200 feet from the Mohawk. Very scenic in the Fall

@SlutForInstantNoodles 6 ай бұрын

I was surprised Minnesota wasn't higher, it feels like half of this state is river lol

@Whatthechuckttv 6 ай бұрын

Lived many years in Central Arkansas, including 10 years or so in Benton, which is in Saline (suh-LEEN) County just southwest of Little Rock. I also lived in Hot Springs for a bit near the Ouachita (WASH-i-taw) river.

@Debre. 6 ай бұрын

another classic ChicagoGeographer banger

@GeoMeridium 6 ай бұрын

100%

@christopherhickman-fs8hf 6 ай бұрын

I from down state, agree!

@Debre. 2 ай бұрын

@@gusloth Owned. Destroyed. Pulverized, even.

@HendogYT 6 ай бұрын

I love how you took the direction of not going “The Mississippi is the longest river, which goes through…”, but instead taking a unique spin to make a learning experience for both yourself and the viewers! Great video and can’t wait to see more edutainment styled content in the future!

@Bradinator 6 ай бұрын

you should do the largest lake in each US state too! (poor maryland...)

@lamontjohnson5810 23 күн бұрын

How dare you talk about my state as such!

@JHK314 6 ай бұрын

0:13 West Virginia cameo

@apollobo 6 ай бұрын

The Wisconsin River is such an incredible river, tons of great cities and scenery on it. Love to see it here, especially in the top five!

@sokonek1 6 ай бұрын

And the middle is such a hard working river, the amount of Wisconsin homes that are powered by the Wisconsin let alone the paper industry.

@user-cs6xi1zr7x 5 ай бұрын

I was surprised the Fox River wasn't the largest in Wisconsin

@sunnysmiles6955 5 ай бұрын

@@user-cs6xi1zr7x That was my first thought was well. Mostly because I live near it so it was the first that came to mind. But then I remembered that it's a tributary of the Illinois River. Meaning it's not self contained in one state. Also, it's only about 200 miles long. Not even close to the length of the Wisconsin. Lol

@user-cs6xi1zr7x 5 ай бұрын

@@sunnysmiles6955 The more you know

@drtee51 5 ай бұрын

@@sunnysmiles6955 There are actually two Fox Rivers in Wisconsin: the one down by the Illinois border, and the one that goes thru Appleton and Green Bay.

@kyrgyzstaniscool 6 ай бұрын

Love the variety on the channel, man. One day it's a GeoGuessr challenge video, the next it is an educational one. I love learning about American trivia, and especially the way you teach it. Keep up the good work, man.

@SnowTheJamMan 6 ай бұрын

Great video, learned a lot about US rivers that i didn't know, also thanks for converting the lengths to km too

@stevepalmberg5905 6 ай бұрын

Largest lake in each state Not sure if whole lake has to be entirely in state or area claimed by state Ex Great lakes or not?

@jaspinko 6 ай бұрын

You have a talent for crafting these listicle-type videos that are actually interesting and relaxing to watch. Whereas other KZfaqrs might phone it in by just listing out the rivers in order and calling it a day, you went the extra mile to include other cool facts and geographic context to each river. Not to mention the editing was slick throughout. Keep up the great work! 🫡

@Grunwaldpamietamy-cl9fb 6 ай бұрын

Even though I live far away from the US, I find all of your American centered videos really interesting! The US geography is truly fascinating. Keep on the great work!

@BeautifulxBeginnings 6 ай бұрын

The production on this is so good! Really interesting and very well presented

@elainerose8799 6 ай бұрын

This is such a great video CG! Good stuff😊

@davidvandyken5762 6 ай бұрын

This video was really fun and interesting. Thanks for putting this together!

@Albennnn 5 ай бұрын

This kind of content suits you really well, man. You have a good voice for narration and an honest intellectual curiosity you don't see often in edutainment anymore. I really hope to see more!

@KlayMoReH 6 ай бұрын

man, such a good video i never thought i needed to watch!

@Zach27182 6 ай бұрын

I really love these kind of videos, you learn so much!

@gwendyp125 6 ай бұрын

Impressive video, tyvm for all the info. I hope you release one with the greatest rivers in the world.

@Steveofthejungle8 6 ай бұрын

Loved this video man!

@hugequiz 6 ай бұрын

That's some high quality content. Looks like a good topic for a quiz too.

@babsstarchaser 6 ай бұрын

I live in one of the towns on Otter Creek in Vermont :) I followed you after finding your Geoguessr videos, but I really enjoy the variety of videos you put out, like these ones!

@nexiabiamp 6 ай бұрын

Glad I found this channel. Cheers

@SpaceBoiii69 6 ай бұрын

You should make more videos like this type

@benderWestlund 5 ай бұрын

Nice content!

@lukecannon 6 ай бұрын

Really high quality editing & narrating! Love the transitional graphics between states & proud of my Texas at the top :)

@brynnrogers5081 6 ай бұрын

As a Minnesotan, They liked to teach us that the Minnesota river is the true headwater to the Mississippi, and the map-makers took a wrong turn at Fort Snelling following the Mississippi to it's source. The Minnesota is longer, and has a bigger volume, and therefore (they say) needs to be followed to the true headwater.

@jasonkiefer1894 6 ай бұрын

Gets even longer if you want to follow that Little Minnesota River in South Dakota.

@rosiefay7283 6 ай бұрын

@@jasonkiefer1894 Gets even longer if you adopt the convention that a river's true headwater is the one that gives it the greatest length. Then the Mississippi is really the Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson-Beaverhead-Red Rock-Hell Roaring Creek-Brower's Spring.

@deannelson9565 5 ай бұрын

If you want to get really quirky the map makers should have had the headwaters of the Mississippi in Montana due to the fact the Missouri is substantially larger than the Mississippi upstream of where they meet. Hell the Missouri is longer than the whole of the Mississippi combined.

@amarketing8749 2 ай бұрын

@@rosiefay7283 Hell Roaring Creek... What a great name. I have seen a Dead Man's Run Creek and later in the video there is a River called Murder Kill, but i think it was all 1 word. Anybody else have some wild sounding river or creek names?

@SpicyMapping 12 күн бұрын

^this. if you like length, you can argue the “mississippi” should start at the furthest tributary of the missouri, and if you prefer the volume definition then the ohio river would actually be the main stem

@CubicCreeper7914 6 ай бұрын

This was an extremely informative and well-made video!

@Jo30307 6 ай бұрын

Man I can't express I love these edutainment videos, would love to see some more in the future

@ninaeleonore 6 ай бұрын

I've been to the Yampa while in Steamboat! Never would have guessed it was the longest river solely in Colorado! Great vid CG!

@dalet9207 5 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this. Was surprised. Showed so many rivers that flow into others so really interesting.

@mattkramer629 6 ай бұрын

Love the video! The picture you showed of the yampa river with the big rock wall on the right (steamboat rock) is actually a picture of the green river but just immediately after the yampa flows into it. If you panned the camera just to the left you’d see the confluence up river

@mattsmith5421 6 ай бұрын

Great video very interesting stuff.

@mattf9019 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video! I’ve been tubing on the Farmington River 😄

@IamQuizPug 6 ай бұрын

I tried working these out myself a few years ago, and found it very difficult, as most of them don't have easily accessible information. This is top quality geography research.

@jamesderekhowell3293 6 ай бұрын

Bro this was great! Just stumbled across your vid thanks to the algoritm gods, but you already have a new Subscriber from just south of the James River !

@AverytheCubanAmerican 5 ай бұрын

For the Charles River: The indigenous Massachusett named it Quinobequin, meaning "meandering". The Charles River is named after Charles I, and there's an interesting story about it! This is because when John Smith of Jamestown mapped the New England coast, he called it the Massachusetts River and when Smith presented his map to King Charles I, he suggested that the king should feel free to change any of the indigenous names to English ones. The king made many such changes, but only four survive today, and one of the names that remains today is the Charles River. And it's true that Pepsi was invented in NC! Pepsi was first invented in 1893 as "Brad's Drink" by Caleb Bradham, who sold the drink at his drugstore in New Bern. He graduated from UNC Chapel Hill, but he dropped out of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1890, owing to his father's business going bankrupt. After returning to North Carolina, he was a public school teacher for about a year, and soon thereafter opened a drug store. It was renamed Pepsi-Cola in 1898, with Pepsi chosen because it was advertised to relieve dyspepsia, although it's been said that it's because of pepsin even though pepsin has never been an ingredient of the drink.

@annoyed707 5 ай бұрын

The Charles is the first among local rivers, but nothing to lose your head about.

@HateTheGameTX 5 ай бұрын

Dr. Pepper was invented here in Texas! In Waco, along our beloved Brazos River

@alineu6466 Ай бұрын

Really well presented, so educational! They should show that in schools and kids might start liking geography more

@judybassett9390 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this interesting video.

@plushcap3320 6 ай бұрын

This video got a nice flow

@dailthegoat799 5 ай бұрын

Underrated comment

@noodengr3three825 6 ай бұрын

Had never given this particular topic any thought even though geography is fascinating to me. As a life long resident of Indiana it surprised me that my state was nearly in the top ten. I was trying to figure out which river would fit the category and it came to me just before you said it. Thanks

@vatira 5 ай бұрын

as a Texan living in Alaska, thanks for the W, we needed this.

@JonBurrows3577 5 ай бұрын

Even if it’s for the wrong river. 😊 Texas would still hold the title with the actual longest.

@sfg3x 6 ай бұрын

Awesome content.....as usual!! Next obvious one would be largest lake entirely within each state??

@GhostOfJulesVerne 6 ай бұрын

Idaho's Salmon River is wild and beautiful. There are jet boats that take visitors to remote fishing & hunting camps.

@dougtripp2431 5 ай бұрын

About the Kuskokwim River in Alaska. Not sure where you got the 702 miles from. That might be the distance the state calculates as an official roadway during the winter when it is frozen. The approximate 900 miles is the farthest distance that salmon swim up-river from the ocean in the summer. You could probably get up to another 50 to 100 miles beyond that during the rainy season and winter melt when water will flow where its usually dry or frozen.

@trevo4976 6 ай бұрын

Happened across your channel and really enjoyed the video! I noticed for West Virginia though you chose Greenbrier River, and I'm curious why? I've always been under the impression the Elk River is our longest river around 172 miles long.

@KyleLeHeup 6 ай бұрын

Grand River Michigan has the cities of Jackson, Lansing, and Grand Rapids on it.

@robertemmons2260 6 ай бұрын

This video was a pleasure. I like how you had kept the States rivers specific to its state, instead of counting rivers that had flowed through many states. I'm surprised that my state, the State of Utah, had come in at the top ten above Colorado and Wyoming. A couple of the rivers that you had mentioned may look dry, but the river water is still flowing below the surface on top of the rock strata. A little side note. Colorado has the title of The Mother of Rivers here in the USA.

@cacahuate505 6 ай бұрын

The confluence of the Little Colorado and Colorado river is beautiful! The Little Colorado is a bright turquoise color because of the minerals that get dissolved. It's such a stark contrast where it meets the Colorado river.

@Jarekthegamingdragon 6 ай бұрын

Calling yakima and tri-cities large population centers is a big stretch haha

@potato7268 6 ай бұрын

kuskokwim really is fun to say 😄 super interesting and high quality video!

@davidfrischknecht8261 6 ай бұрын

I live in New Brunswick, NJ, and the Raritan really wreaks havoc on the city during periods of heavy rain.

@coyote4237 6 ай бұрын

Cool video, thank you. From someone who lives by Nevada's Humboldt River in Elko.

@Selmarya 6 ай бұрын

States by ranking in rivers: 50th: Rhode Island and Woonsocket River (16mi) 49th: Delaware and murderkill river (22mi) 48th: Hawaii and Wailuku River (28mi) 47th: Connecticut and Farmington River (47mi) 46th: New Hampshire and Contoocook River (71mi) Tie 44th: New Jersey and Raritan River (80mi) Tie 44th: Massachusetts and Charles River (80mi) 43rd: Vermont and Otter Creek (112mi) 42nd: Maryland and Patuxent River (115mi) 41st: New York and Mohawk River (149mi) 40th: West Virginia and Greenbrier River (162mi) 39th: Maine and Kennebec River (170mi) 38th: Wyoming and Sweetwater River (175mi)^1 37th: Louisiana and Calcasieu River (200mi) 36th: Arkansas and Saline River (202mi) 35th: Washington state and Yakima River (214mi)^2 34th: New Mexico and Rio Puerto (230mi) 33rd: Ohio and Scioto River (231mi) 32nd: South Dakota and Little White River (234mi) 31st Pennsylvania and W. Susquehanna (243mi) Tie: 29th: Colorado and Yampa River (250mi) Tie: 29th: South Carolina and Edisto River (250mi) 28th: Michigan and Grand River (252mi) 27th: Illinois and it’s River (273mi) 26th North Carolina and Neuse River (275mi) 25th: Missouri and Gasconade River (280mi) 24th: Oregon and John Day River (281mi) 23rd: Tennessee and Duck River (284mi) 21st tie: Florida and St John’s River (310mi) 21st tie: Nebraska and Platte River (310mi) 20th: Alabama and it’s River (318mi)^3 19th: Iowa And it’s River (323mi) 17th Tie: Nevada and Humboldt River (330mi) 17th Tie: Mississippi and Big Black River (330mi) 16th: Minnesota and it’s River: (332mi) 15th: Arizona and Little Colorado River (338mi) 14th: Montana and Musselshell River (342mi) 13th: Georgia and Flint River (344mi) 12th: Virginia and James River (348mi) 11th: Indiana and White River (362mi) 10th: Kentucky and Green River (384mi) 9th: Utah and Sevier River (385mi) 8th: Kansas and Saline River (397mi) 7th: California and Sacramento River (400mi) 6th: Idaho and Salmon River (425mi) 5th: Wisconsin and it’s River (430mi) 4th: Oklahoma and North Canadian River (440mi) 3rd: North Dakota and Cheyenne River (591mi) 2nd: Alaska and Kuskokwim River (702mi) 1st: Texas and Colorado River (862mi) ^1: Wind River is longer at 185mi, but it sometimes isn’t included because of it being in Montana ^2: The longest river in Washington DC is the Anacosita River at just over 8.3 miles, but it ends in maryland another 0.4 miles later near Bladensburg. ^3: The Alabama River, Mobile, and Coosa rivers are technically the same river, however if you take the Coosa at Lake Weiss, the river system is 590 miles, although the Coosa spans just over 18 miles into Georgia, but if you consider it, it would theoretically rank 4th longest

@aresee8208 6 ай бұрын

As best as I could figure out, Piney Branch, a tributary of Rock Creek, is the longest waterway totally in Washington, D.C. According to Wikipedia, it is 0.75 miles long.

@jasonkiefer1894 6 ай бұрын

Grew up in North Dakota. I knew Sheyenne meandered, and it was the only major river to not leave the state. Figured ND had a chance. Kept waiting, and waiting, ended up 3rd longest on list! Only behind the big 2. Rare chance my birthplace gets a good ranking. 😁

@nickskuza6036 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I'm from ND too and I thought the Sheyenne would be around 400 miles but that meandering really buys it some extra length!

@helmuthvonmoltke6733 6 ай бұрын

YAKIMA RIVER MENTIONED WOOHOO Super interesting video, loved all the fun facts for all the rivers!

@socksie2405 5 ай бұрын

Great to see the Yakima mentioned, since the Columbia and Snake weren't eligible.

@Geek37664 Күн бұрын

I’m from ND and I driven around the Sheyenne Valley many a time. It’s one of the most scenic areas of a state that’s not known for its scenery.

@Ben-yh4oq 6 ай бұрын

love the effort put into this, very informative!!!

@thedenver2724 6 ай бұрын

Quality vid CG! Enjoyed it a lot!

@PeterPeter-rl9vn 6 ай бұрын

I expected the most obvious answers but was surprised at some, good video, I learned.

@scenicdriveways6708 5 ай бұрын

Nice video, Kentucky has the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States, and the two largest artificial lakes east of the Mississippi River.

@whokodthelonghorn 6 ай бұрын

I grew up in a town immediately south of the North Canadian River (ironically in a county named for the Canadian River) and am glad to see it get great representation here! It would be a bit longer if it weren't for Lake Eufaula

@dirtfarmer7472 6 ай бұрын

The N Canadian is the Beaver river got miss named when the army sent 2 different troops to survey the Canadian 1 missed & fallowed the Beaver, until Wolf Creek. Oops

@elijahradtke1210 6 ай бұрын

Video idea: largest county in each state

@JayCBR1100xx 6 ай бұрын

Curious about the Hudson River in NY not being the longest, I always heard it was over 300 miles in total, does it make up part of the border with NJ?

@someguy31415 6 ай бұрын

Yeah. The very final stretch of the Hudson (where Scully performed his miracle) forms the border between NY and NJ.

@NixillShadowFox 6 ай бұрын

What happens to the list if instead of discounting interstate rivers, you allow them but only the non-state-border portion that is within that state?

@jul1440 6 ай бұрын

Keep in mind with the Rio Puerco of central NM is that the dry season here refers to the _cold_ months, around November to March. July through September is hot but very wet thanks to the New Mexican Monsoon, which really gives only three noticeable seasons in the state: the dry season, the windy/sandy season (March to June), and the rainy season. It should also not be confused with the Rio Puerco of northern New Mexico (which also starts in the Jemez), nor the Puerco River in the Navajo Nation of western NM.

@RoyaltyFishing 6 ай бұрын

I thought in order for it to be considered a river it had to be at least 100 miles long.

@BaronOBeefDip 6 ай бұрын

The James River is Virginia's *largest* river. The longest river is the Roanoke River

@awedelen1 6 ай бұрын

I understand that you decided to select rivers that flow entirely within each state but I think the Mississippi river should have been mentioned. Within Louisiana alone it flows for 720 miles which is significantly longer than the Calcasieu river.

@petuniasevan 6 ай бұрын

Spent a ton of time on the Sacramento River when I lived nearby. Great memories of fishing, tubing, and boating. Lived by the Wisconsin River for a couple of years. Excellent fishing. Rode all over the country in the early 90s (hubby was then a truck driver) and saw a lot of these rivers but many were not memorable or noticed (my fault) but the Platte in Nebraska was distinctive. Of course I saw the Colorado in Texas many times.

@porsche911sbs 5 ай бұрын

what's distinctive about the Platte?

@petuniasevan 5 ай бұрын

@@porsche911sbs it is very very meandering, quite wide and shallow most of its course, and used to be loaded with sediment "too thick to drink, too thin to plow". Now, dams interrupt the sediment and water usage made the Platte not as big as it once was. But it's still an important tributary to the Missouri River, and is a stopover for migrating birds in an otherwise semiarid landscape.

@WalkerFlexasRanger 6 ай бұрын

🔥 vid esé

@juni-go5gd 6 ай бұрын

cross the flint a lot... glad to see it!

@dizzotizzo69 6 ай бұрын

I'm surprised that no states hold the title with the Mississippi river. Just because the might Miss is bordering another state, usually half of it is in THAT state, making it all of it contained in that state.

@hoochnyc44 4 ай бұрын

A snapshot of the US with all these rivers highlighted at the same time would have been cool.

@barrymorrow3319 6 ай бұрын

Good video

@badjadder 6 ай бұрын

Did you ever create one about longest river in each state irrespective if river spans multiple multiple states? Also has to be the relative length of the river within the state not total length

@someguy31415 6 ай бұрын

Well, that was (mildly) more interesting than expected. Good job! You used “irrigated” wrong, though. It’s farmland that irrigated, not rivers, which supply water to be used for irrigation.

@LPP999 6 ай бұрын

Definitely didn't expect Oklahoma to have 4th place lol

@xXBigXXXSoundXx 6 ай бұрын

Drove through North Dakota last year and now it makes sense why I crossed that river so much.

@danielvain 5 ай бұрын

Fun little fact about California's Sacramento River, on at least two occasions during the 1980s & 90s, humpback whales have managed to swim up into the river system and were only able to return to the Pacific Ocean with extensive helpful efforts by volunteers, ranging from marine biologists to local fishermen & women..

@torunit4620 6 ай бұрын

This has to be one of the few lists where Mississippi doesn't fall into #50 or #49. Of course, this is one of the few things not controlled by people.

@keltzy 6 ай бұрын

oh neat, I was hoping that Yakima River would make it for Washington. I used to raft on it every year. So many good memories.

@lissfirefly9517 5 ай бұрын

I knew Wisconsin would be up there, but number 5? Wow!

@LuminSperling 6 ай бұрын

Really great topic - and even better limiting factor (entirely within a state)! Would LOVE more biggest-feature-except lists.

@Ethyro 6 ай бұрын

Throwback vibes

@TDurden527 5 ай бұрын

love these names

@ovenbird50 6 ай бұрын

I grew up in Missouri. Did a lot of canoeing. In the late 60's, my dad solo floated the entire canoe-able length of the Gasconade River. I think the trip took him 21 days.

@Lepusxlupus 6 ай бұрын

Since everyone likes to be cute and say the Dakotas should be one state...then the James river would be right up there at 710 miles. I know that's not the rules! Its just a weird little river that hardly anyone knows, nor should they really. It has a low gradient of 5in per mile and regularly flows backwards esp in central SD. Anyway, nice video thank you.

@ElicBehexan 16 күн бұрын

Living as I do in Austin Texas, I knew our Colorado River would rank up there in the top 2. However, my family was from New Jersey and Mom's family was from north of the Raritan River and Dad's was south - Atlantic City in fact.

@davidcastle7212 6 ай бұрын

The Humbolt river in Nevada sometimes dries up in the summer.

@janAlekantuwa 5 ай бұрын

I grew up on the banks of Maine's Kennebec, and I cannot stress just how important that river was and still is to our state. Back during the manufacturing boom, the Kennebec powered mills up and down the river, turning small towns into the booming cities of Richmond, Gardiner, Hallowell, Augusta, Waterville, Skowhegan, Norridgewock, Madison, and Bingham. Now, even tho the mills have shut down, the Kennebec provides electricity to the state and has great recreational, ecological, and cultural significance. Also, the Kennebec carved a valley across the Appalachians, thru which we have built a road connecting central Maine to Québec City. This Kennebec Valley road is one of two main roads connecting Maine to the province of Québec

@shaneanderson1229 6 ай бұрын

I have lived on the sheyenne river in North Dakota my entire life. Wouldn’t have guessed it would make third on this list, though I’m really curious where you took for its headwaters. I know that the south fork of the sheyenne has its headwaters on the lake my church’s campground is located on

@Guessther 6 ай бұрын

"its redundantly homicidal name" 😆 didn't expect a tiny lesson on my own language here, hadn't heard of "kille" with that meaning. great job on the video too!

@Camooses 2 күн бұрын

I'm curious as to what made the Penobscot River and invalid choice over the Kennebec River, I could have sworn the Penobscot was longer. i was under the impression it was all located within the state borders.

@Camooses 2 күн бұрын

I guess they count the West Branch of the Penobscot as a separate river from the main river, despite the west branch being 117mi and the main only being 109mi.

@thomasrinschler6783 6 ай бұрын

I knew the Green River meandered, and guessed it would be longer than the Kentucky River (which left the state out of the eponymous longest river club), but I had no idea it would put the state into the top 10.

@casematecardinal 5 ай бұрын

The Colorado is an amazing river. Remeber learning about it as a kid in a museum dedicated to it.

@thegamingspino2597 5 ай бұрын

Damn I was so supriesed to see wisconsin so high up but I was pretty happy it got 5th place

@BlaBoy17 6 ай бұрын

Glad to see Yakima River here since I live right next to it!

@Whatthechuckttv 6 ай бұрын

The Saline River in Arkansas is not pronounced the same as the salt water solution used for many things.. the emphasis is on the 2nd syllable, LINE which is pronounced as LEEN. As mentioned elsewhere regarding the river in Kansas by the same name, it's suh - LEEN. Also, the other river you mentioned it is a tributary of is pronounced WASH- i- taw... (Ouachita), not washituh

@garyholt8315 6 ай бұрын

love those bending trees ❤

@DerekWitt 6 ай бұрын

Boating on Lake Hamilton is a lot of fun. Fascinating that Lakes Hamilton and Oachita are quite close to one another.

@CJODell12 5 ай бұрын

Rhode Island’s longest river is actually the Blackstone River which spans 48 miles, followed by the Pawcatuck River at 35 miles and the Wood River at 25 miles.