List of rivers of the Americas facts for kids

The following is a list of rivers of the Americas, and includes all the major rivers of the Americas:

North America

• Alsek - Canada/United States
• Colorado - United States / Mexico
• Columbia - Canada/United States
  • Okanagan - Canada/United States
  • Kettle - Canada
  • Pend Oreille - United States
  • Kootenay - Canada/United States
  • Canoe - Canada
  • Kicking Horse - Canada
• Dean - Canada
• Fraser - Canada
  • Pitt - Canada
  • Thompson - Canada
  • Chilcotin - Canada
  • Quesnel - Canada
  • Nechako - Canada
• Liard - Canada
• Mackenzie - Canada
  • Peace - Canada
• Mississippi - United States
• Missouri -United States
• Nass - Canada
• Ohio - United States
• Rio Grande - Mexico/United States
• Sacramento - United States
• Saskatchewan - Canada
• Skagit - Canada/United States
• Skeena - Canada
  • Babine - Canada
  • Bulkley - Canada
  • Morice - Canada
  • Kitwanga - Canada
  • Zymoetz - Canada
• Squamish - Canada
• St. Lawrence - Canada
• Yukon - Canada/United States

Central America

• Escondido - Nicaragua
• Grande de Matagalpa - Nicaragua
• Patuca - Honduras
• San Juan - Nicaragua
• Usumacinta - Mexico, Guatemala
• Cahabón - Guatemala
• Cahaboncito - Guatemala
• Lankin - Guatemala
• Nahualate - Guatemala
• Los Esclavos - Guatemala
• Rio Dulce - Guatemala
• Reventazón River - Costa Rica
• Tárcoles River - Costa Rica
• Tempisque River - Costa Rica

South America

• Aconcagua - Chile
• Amazon - Ecuador. Perú, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
  • Madeira - Brazil
  • Rio Negro - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
  • Tocantins - Brazil
• Apure - Venezuela
• Atrato - Colombia
• Bío-Bío - Chile
  • Malleco - Chile
• Caroní - Venezuela
• Cautín - Chile
• Chubut - Argentina
• Colorado - Argentina
• Elqui - Chile
• Essequibo - Guyana
• Itata - Chile
  • Ñuble - Chile
• Loa - Chile
• Magdalena - Colombia
• Maipo - Chile
  • Mapocho - Chile
• Maule - Chile
  • Loncomilla - Chile
    • Achibueno - Chile
      • Ancoa - Chile
    • Longaví - Chile
    • Perquilauquén - Chile
      • Purapel - Chile
    • Putagán - Chile
  • Melado - Chile
• Maullín - Chile
• Maroni - Suriname, French Guiana
• Orinoco - Colombia, Venezuela
  • Apure - Venezuela
  • Arauca - Colombia, Venezuela
  • Meta - Colombia, Venezuela
  • Guaviare - Colombia
• Parnaiba - Brazil
• Rapel - Chile
• Reñihue - Chile
• Río Bueno - Chile
  • Rahue - Chile
    • Damas - Chile
• Río de la Plata It is not really a river but the lower stretch of the Paraná and the estuary that forms after its confluence with the Uruguay
  • Paraná - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
  • Uruguay - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
• Palena - Chile
• Petrohué - Chile
• Puelo - Chile
• São Francisco - Brazil
• Toltén - Chile
  • Trancura - Chile
• Valdivia - Chile
  • Calle-Calle - Chile
    • San Pedro - Chile
      • Enco - Chile
        • Llanquihue - Chile
          • Huahum - Chile, Argentina
            • Chapelco - Argentina
          • Liquiñe - Chile
  • Cau-Cau - Chile
  • Cruces - Chile
  • Cutipay - Chile
  • Futa - Chile
• Yelcho - Chile
  • Futaleufú - Chile

Images for kids

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  Amazon River near Parintins, Brazil

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  Map of Central America

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  North American watersheds (Atlantic, Arctic, Great Basin, & Pacific)

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  Columbia River basin

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  Mississippi River basin

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  Yellowstone River flowing through Paradise Valley

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  Great Basin

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  The West Indies in relation to the continental Americas