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.
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!
@@Calvin-x9u 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
@@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.
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.
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.
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!
You have a talent for crafting these listicle-type videos that are actually interesting and relaxing to watch. Whereas other TH-camrs 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! 🫡
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!
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 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.
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.
@@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?
^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
11:45 Although the Chattahoochee flows along Georgia's west boundary south of Columbus, the boundary between Georgia and Alabama is the high-water mark on the west side og the 'Hooch, and legally the entire Chattahoochee River is contained within Georgia's borders. I don't know the exact length, but its notyhern headwaters are in the Blue Ridge mountains in northeast Georgia, well north of the Flint.
Idaho’s Salmon River is the longest un damned in the lower 48, I have been to head waters near redfish lake. Also had the opportunity to float the center section in a 7 day white water float thru the Frank Church Wilderness Area. Awesome trip would love to do it again.
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
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. 😁
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
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.
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.
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..
I must disagree on maryland, except for washington dc which isnt a state. The potomac river is entirely in maryland, west virginia and virginia do not own the river it is in the original states charter from colonial days.
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 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.
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
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 !
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
Though the Alabama River is listed at 318 miles, it is only a section of a hydrologically speaking much longer river system that goes by many names along its course. The hydrological river starts out in the mountains of northern Georgia as the *Cartecay River*. Flowing for 19 miles, the Cartecay merges with the Ellijay River in Gilmer County, Georgia to form the *Coosawattee River*. The 49 miles long Coosawattee them meets with the Conasauga River in Gordon County, Georgia to form the next named section, the *Oostanaula River*. Flowing for 164 miles, the Oostanaula meets the Etowah River at Rome, Georgia to start the section named the *Coosa River*. This section flows generally south for 280 miles until the Coosa meets with the Tallapoosa River near Wetumpka, Alabama, commencing the section named the *Alabama River*. Meandering generally southwest for 318 miles the Alabama River section then meets the Tombigbee River to form the 45 miles long *Mobile River*. The Mobile River soon divides to form the Tensaw River, a twin waterway which flows generally parallel east of the Mobile River channel, creating the Mobile/Tensaw River Delta, until the twin channels both reach Mobile Bay. Thus the actual length of the single hydrological river is 875 miles, which the Alabama River section makes up about 36% of the length.
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.
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.
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.
The source of the Saline River is in or near Saline County, Arkansas (pronounced suhLEAN). The county has salt water springs, hence its name, but the river isn’t salty, it seems. Of course Florida (where I now live) has the rather weird St. John’s River, which gets wide by the time it reaches Palatka, well before its mouth. Not much drop in altitude.
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.
The Humboldt river is not used for trade in nevada. It dries up in the summer, and its too narrow and shallow for any decently sized boat. Cool to see my hometown in the video though!
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
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
I live in Oklahoma and have seen both the North Canadian and Rio Colorado (of Texas). And, since I was born in Bath, Maine, I've seen the Kennebec hundreds of times including walking across the bridge that spans it (to get ice cream at the Dairy Queen on the other side). Also crossed many others without realize it.
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.
Also Nebraska also gets its name from the Platte river as well, as its an anglicized way of say the native american words for the platte river meaning flat water
The Murderkill river reminds me that there is a town in Romania called Nădrag (pants in the Transylvanian dialect), on the Wikipedia page there is no mention of the peculiar name like its complety normal Atleast the Ceparii Pământeni ( human onion farmers) page says that the place name used to to meant non-serf onion farmers in Old Romanian
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.
"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!
I can imagine this being a tough list to make, especially with the sources of these rivers which run through every state almost always starting/stopping outside of that state, or creating a geographic border for that state. I live on the Delaware River in Delaware County PA, and I know that whilst it can't be on this list due to creating a border with 4 diff states (NY, PA, NJ, DE), it is also unfathomable that the Susquehanna can't get credit for PA, because it's source and mouth lie just outside of the state lines- MD & NY
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.
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.
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
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!
GREAT editing dude, and GREAT info too! Fun stuff. Cheers!
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
I live about 200 feet from the Mohawk. Very scenic in the Fall
I was surprised Minnesota wasn't higher, it feels like half of this state is river lol
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.
another classic ChicagoGeographer banger
100%
I from down state, agree!
@gusloth Owned. Destroyed. Pulverized, even.
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!
0:13 West Virginia cameo
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!
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.
I was surprised the Fox River wasn't the largest in Wisconsin
@@Calvin-x9u 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
@@sunnysmiles6955 The more you know
@@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.
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.
he says at the end about that if you watched till the end
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.
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!
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?
You have a talent for crafting these listicle-type videos that are actually interesting and relaxing to watch. Whereas other TH-camrs 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! 🫡
Great video, learned a lot about US rivers that i didn't know, also thanks for converting the lengths to km too
you should do the largest lake in each US state too! (poor maryland...)
How dare you talk about my state as such!
Weird fact: the Potomac River is in Maryland - it may run along other states but it is not divided - there are no natural lakes in Maryland
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!
I've been to the Yampa while in Steamboat! Never would have guessed it was the longest river solely in Colorado! Great vid CG!
Thank you for knowledge sharing
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.
Gets even longer if you want to follow that Little Minnesota River in South Dakota.
@@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.
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.
@@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?
^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
11:45 Although the Chattahoochee flows along Georgia's west boundary south of Columbus, the boundary between Georgia and Alabama is the high-water mark on the west side og the 'Hooch, and legally the entire Chattahoochee River is contained within Georgia's borders.
I don't know the exact length, but its notyhern headwaters are in the Blue Ridge mountains in northeast Georgia, well north of the Flint.
It's 430 miles long and starts just south of Brass Town Bald
Idaho’s Salmon River is the longest un damned in the lower 48, I have been to head waters near redfish lake. Also had the opportunity to float the center section in a 7 day white water float thru the Frank Church Wilderness Area. Awesome trip would love to do it again.
as a Texan living in Alaska, thanks for the W, we needed this.
Even if it’s for the wrong river. 😊 Texas would still hold the title with the actual longest.
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.
Calling yakima and tri-cities large population centers is a big stretch haha
The production on this is so good! Really interesting and very well presented
man, such a good video i never thought i needed to watch!
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.
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
That's some high quality content. Looks like a good topic for a quiz too.
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!
Really high quality editing & narrating! Love the transitional graphics between states & proud of my Texas at the top :)
Man I can't express I love these edutainment videos, would love to see some more in the future
Video idea: largest county in each state
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?
Yeah. The very final stretch of the Hudson (where Scully performed his miracle) forms the border between NY and NJ.
Glad I found this channel. Cheers
Impressive video, tyvm for all the info. I hope you release one with the greatest rivers in the world.
Excellent video! I’ve been tubing on the Farmington River 😄
W vids i love them i just found your channel like a couple days ago already binge watching your vids
This video was really fun and interesting. Thanks for putting this together!
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.
You should make more videos like this type
Enjoyed this. Was surprised. Showed so many rivers that flow into others so really interesting.
This is such a great video CG! Good stuff😊
Idaho's Salmon River is wild and beautiful. There are jet boats that take visitors to remote fishing & hunting camps.
Interesting video! Good information!
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.
The Charles is the first among local rivers, but nothing to lose your head about.
Dr. Pepper was invented here in Texas! In Waco, along our beloved Brazos River
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?
I really love these kind of videos, you learn so much!
This was an extremely informative and well-made video!
I live in New Brunswick, NJ, and the Raritan really wreaks havoc on the city during periods of heavy rain.
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.
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. 😁
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!
Grand River Michigan has the cities of Jackson, Lansing, and Grand Rapids on it.
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
Nice content!
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.
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.
YAKIMA RIVER MENTIONED WOOHOO
Super interesting video, loved all the fun facts for all the rivers!
Great to see the Yakima mentioned, since the Columbia and Snake weren't eligible.
The James River is Virginia's *largest* river. The longest river is the Roanoke River
I really like this type of videos you do. I live on the Wisconsin river and love it!
Loved this video man!
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..
I must disagree on maryland, except for washington dc which isnt a state. The potomac river is entirely in maryland, west virginia and virginia do not own the river it is in the original states charter from colonial days.
I thought in order for it to be considered a river it had to be at least 100 miles long.
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.
what's distinctive about the Platte?
@@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.
Great video very interesting stuff.
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
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 !
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
love those bending trees ❤
Boating on Lake Hamilton is a lot of fun. Fascinating that Lakes Hamilton and Oachita are quite close to one another.
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.
Though the Alabama River is listed at 318 miles, it is only a section of a hydrologically speaking much longer river system that goes by many names along its course.
The hydrological river starts out in the mountains of northern Georgia as the *Cartecay River*. Flowing for 19 miles, the Cartecay merges with the Ellijay River in Gilmer County, Georgia to form the *Coosawattee River*. The 49 miles long Coosawattee them meets with the Conasauga River in Gordon County, Georgia to form the next named section, the *Oostanaula River*. Flowing for 164 miles, the Oostanaula meets the Etowah River at Rome, Georgia to start the section named the *Coosa River*. This section flows generally south for 280 miles until the Coosa meets with the Tallapoosa River near Wetumpka, Alabama, commencing the section named the *Alabama River*.
Meandering generally southwest for 318 miles the Alabama River section then meets the Tombigbee River to form the 45 miles long *Mobile River*. The Mobile River soon divides to form the Tensaw River, a twin waterway which flows generally parallel east of the Mobile River channel, creating the Mobile/Tensaw River Delta, until the twin channels both reach Mobile Bay.
Thus the actual length of the single hydrological river is 875 miles, which the Alabama River section makes up about 36% of the length.
This video got a nice flow
Underrated comment
Really well presented, so educational! They should show that in schools and kids might start liking geography more
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.
I expected the most obvious answers but was surprised at some, good video, I learned.
9:22 Nebraska and Florida's percentage of sandy soils are probably very similar
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.
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.
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.
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.
Awesome content.....as usual!! Next obvious one would be largest lake entirely within each state??
The source of the Saline River is in or near Saline County, Arkansas (pronounced suhLEAN). The county has salt water springs, hence its name, but the river isn’t salty, it seems.
Of course Florida (where I now live) has the rather weird St. John’s River, which gets wide by the time it reaches Palatka, well before its mouth. Not much drop in altitude.
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.
The Humboldt river is not used for trade in nevada. It dries up in the summer, and its too narrow and shallow for any decently sized boat. Cool to see my hometown in the video though!
Definitely didn't expect Oklahoma to have 4th place lol
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
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
I live in Oklahoma and have seen both the North Canadian and Rio Colorado (of Texas). And, since I was born in Bath, Maine, I've seen the Kennebec hundreds of times including walking across the bridge that spans it (to get ice cream at the Dairy Queen on the other side). Also crossed many others without realize it.
As a native Delawarean, I'm proud to have a state with horribly named places. Slaughter Neck, Slaughter Beach, and Murderkill River. 😂
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.
The Humbolt river in Nevada sometimes dries up in the summer.
Also Nebraska also gets its name from the Platte river as well, as its an anglicized way of say the native american words for the platte river meaning flat water
Can you do a video covering every state named river and every major city named river
Okay, now do the shortest
Cool video, thank you. From someone who lives by Nevada's Humboldt River in Elko.
The Murderkill river reminds me that there is a town in Romania called Nădrag (pants in the Transylvanian dialect), on the Wikipedia page there is no mention of the peculiar name like its complety normal
Atleast the Ceparii Pământeni ( human onion farmers) page says that the place name used to to meant non-serf onion farmers in Old Romanian
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.
"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!
Drove through North Dakota last year and now it makes sense why I crossed that river so much.
Learned how to fish on the Sheyenne River. Best fishing in the Midwest
I can imagine this being a tough list to make, especially with the sources of these rivers which run through every state almost always starting/stopping outside of that state, or creating a geographic border for that state. I live on the Delaware River in Delaware County PA, and I know that whilst it can't be on this list due to creating a border with 4 diff states (NY, PA, NJ, DE), it is also unfathomable that the Susquehanna can't get credit for PA, because it's source and mouth lie just outside of the state lines- MD & NY
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.
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.
The Colorado is an amazing river. Remeber learning about it as a kid in a museum dedicated to it.
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