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The States With the Most Rivers in America
By Patrick MacFarland,
24 days ago
The American topography is fantastic and has enamored geologists and other scientists for centuries. When it comes to rivers, some states have very few, but others have many rivers. The National Wild and Scenic River System assigns “designated wild and scenic” rivers in each state. Currently, there are 228 designated rivers (but 250,000 total rivers) in the country — 6,452.1 miles are classified as wild, 2,995.4 miles are classified as scenic, and 4,019.3 miles are classified as recreational. Let’s take a look at the number of designated rivers by state and other fun facts about all the rivers in the US.
Hawaii
Hawaii does not have any designated rivers, but there are minor ones, including streams and springs, throughout the state.
Kansas
Kansas does not have any designated rivers, but there are minor ones throughout the state.
Indiana
Indiana does not have any designated rivers, but there are minor ones throughout the state.
Alabama
Alabama has 1 designated river.
Colorado
Colorado has 1 designated river, but many other minor rivers.
Delaware
Delaware has 1 designated river, but many other minor rivers.
Florida
Florida has 2 designated rivers.
Georgia
Georgia has 1 designated river, but many other minor rivers.
Iowa
Iowa does not have any designated rivers, but there are minor ones throughout the state.
Maryland
Maryland does not have any designated rivers, but there are minor ones throughout the state.
Illinois
Illinois has 1 designated river, but many other minor rivers.
Idaho
Idaho has a whopping 22 designated rivers and many minor ones.
Connecticut
Connecticut has 5 designated rivers.
California
California has 26 designated rivers, but the state’s overall river system encompasses 189,454 miles.
Kentucky
Kentucky has 1 designated river.
Arkansas
Arkansas has 8 designated rivers.
Louisiana
Louisiana has 1 designated river, but many waterways are located throughout the state.
Alaska
Alaska has 25 designated rivers, but there are about 12,000 smaller rivers, as well. The state also has 365,000 miles of river.
Maine
Maine has 2 designated rivers, but many minor ones are located throughout the state.
Arizona
Arizona has 2 designated rivers.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts has 4 designated rivers.
Michigan
Michigan has 16 designated rivers.
North Carolina
North Carolina has 5 designated rivers.
Minnesota
Minnesota has 1 designated river, but many minor ones.
Mississippi
Mississippi has 1 designated river, but many minor ones.
Montana
Montana has 3 designated rivers , but many minor ones.
Nebraska
Nebraska has 2 designated rivers, but many minor ones.
Nevada
Nevada does not have any designated rivers, but there are minor ones, including streams and creeks, throughout the state.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire has 2 designated rivers.
New Jersey
New Jersey has 4 designated rivers.
New Mexico
New Mexico has 4 designated rivers.
New York
New York only has 1 designated river, but many creeks, streams, and minor rivers located throughout the state.
North Dakota
North Dakota has no designated rivers.
Virginia
Virginia has no designated rivers by the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, but has several non-designated ones.
Ohio
Ohio has 3 designated rivers.
Missouri
Missouri has 1 designated river, but many minor ones.
Oregon
Oregon has a whopping 68 designated rivers, with 2,424 miles of rivers and 18% of the country’s total river miles.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania has 4 designated rivers.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 1 designated river, but several minor ones.
South Carolina
South Carolina has 1 designated river, but several minor ones.
South Dakota
South Dakota has 1 designated river, but a few minor ones.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma has no designated rivers.
Tennessee
Tennessee has 1 designated river, but several minor ones.
Texas
Even though it’s a huge state, Texas has 1 designated river, but several minor ones.
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