Can you name the Longest Rivers in the United States?

Length	River	State(s)
2,540 miles		Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri
2,340 miles		Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
1,980 miles		Alaska
1,900 miles		Colorado, New Mexico, Texas
1,900 miles		New York
1,460 miles		Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
1,450 miles		Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California
1,420 miles		Louisiana
1,310 miles		Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois
1,290 miles		Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana
1,280 miles		Texas
1,240 miles		Washington, Oregon
1,040 miles		Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming

Length	River	State(s)
990 miles		Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska
926 miles		New Mexico, Texas
906 miles		Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma
886 miles		Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky
862 miles		Texas
800 miles		New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma
774 miles		Georgia, Alabama
743 miles		Kansas
724 miles		Alaska
692 miles		Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota
659 miles		Alaska
625 miles		Montana

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Longest US Rivers Quiz

Rating:	Nominate Report game
Created by: nrmnbates -
Contributed: October 5th, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 801

Tags: State Quizzes, united, United States, river, length, longest

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	Lady_Galadriel:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 18:14 GMT	1 point
	Awesome quiz! 5/5 I've never heard of a lot of these so I learned something from it!

	meltingbridge:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 18:52 GMT	4 points
	the atchafalaya river itself is only 140 miles...it's 1,420 when you add the red river to it...http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40478/Atchafalaya-River

	nrmnbates:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 19:12 GMT	0 points
	Thanks... I knew that when I put the quiz together. It seems a little illegitimate, but the US Geological Survey considers 1,420 miles to be its official length so that's what I had to go with. There are similar issues with the Mobile and St. Lawrence rivers, but since the USGS is the authoritative source I figured I needed to follow their list.

	rk559:	May 11th, 2010 at 03:09 GMT	3 points
	Was really hoping to see Chattahoochee

	zifyoip:	May 11th, 2010 at 06:26 GMT	7 points
	If the Atchafalaya River is 1,420 miles long, there is no way it's just in Louisiana.

	jaspa:	May 11th, 2010 at 09:40 GMT	6 points
	I'd say go against the USGS. It's clearly inaccurate; just adjust it to fit the needs of this quiz.

	sabresfan:	May 11th, 2010 at 22:07 GMT	2 points
	Plus, it's a little bit disingenuous to say the St Lawrence is 1900 miles in New York when only a part of the river is actually in the country. It would seem better to only include the part of the river that's actually in (or forming the border of) the US rather than the entire length.