List of rivers of the Americas by coastline
This list of rivers of the Americas by coastline includes the major rivers of the Americas arranged according to their positions along the ocean coastlines:
- Arctic Ocean coast (including Hudson Bay) from Cape Prince of Wales east to Cape Chidley;
- Atlantic Ocean coast from Cape Chidley south to Cape Virgins;
- Pacific Ocean coast from Cape Prince of Wales south to Cape Virgins;
- Inland basins, by basin from north to south.
Capes in the Americas
This is a counterpart to the primarily alphabetical List of rivers of the Americas although only rivers which reach the ocean are included here, not tributaries.
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Arctic Ocean coast
- Mackenzie - Northwest Territories
- Chesterfield Inlet
- Dawson Inlet
- Maguse Lake
- Tha-anne River
- Thlewiaza River
- Caribou River
- Seal River
- North Knife River
- South Knife River
- Churchill River
- Nelson River
Atlantic Ocean coast
- Amazon - Brazil, Colombia, Peru
- Cape Fear - United States
- Connecticut - United States
- Cauca - Colombia
- Delaware - United States
- Hudson- United States
- Magdalena - Colombia
- Mississippi - United States
- Crow
- Minnesota
- St. Croix
- Iowa
- Des Moines
- Skunk
- Illinois
- Missouri
- Ohio
- White
- Arkansas
- Yazoo
- Red
- Atchafalaya (distributary)
- Paraná - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
- Potomac - United States
- Rio Grande - United States, Mexico
- Río Negro - Argentina
- Orinoco - Colombia, Venezuela
- Saint John - Canada
- St. Lawrence - Canada
- São Francisco - Brazil
- Savannah - United States
- Susquehanna - United States
- Uruguay - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
Pacific Ocean coast
- Aconcagua - Chile
- Bío-Bío - Chile
- Cautín - Chile
- Colorado - Mexico, United States
- Columbia - Canada, United States
- Spillimacheen - Canada
- Kicking Horse - Canada
- Blaeberry - Canada
- Beaver - Canada
- Canoe - Canada
- Illecillewaet - Canada
- Incomappleux - Canada
- Kootenay - Canada, United States
- Pend Oreille - United States, Canada
- Kettle - Canada, United States
- Spokane - United States
- Sanpoil - United States
- Okanagan - Canada, United States
- Methow - United States
- Wenatchee - United States
- Yakima - United States
- Snake - United States
- Umatilla - United States
- John Day - United States
- Deschutes - United States
- Klickitat - United States
- Hood - United States
- White Salmon - United States
- Wind - United States
- Washougal - United States
- Sandy - United States
- Willamette - United States
- Lewis - United States
- Kalama - United States
- Cowlitz - United States
- Youngs - United States
- Lewis and Clark - United States
- Elqui - Chile
- Itata - Chile
- Loa - Chile
- Maipo - Chile
- Maule - Chile
- Maullín - Chile
- Palena - Chile
- Petrohué - Chile
- Puelo - Chile
- Rahue - Chile
- Rapel - Chile
- Reñihue - Chile
- Río Bueno - Chile
- Russian - California
- Sacramento - California
- San Joaquin - California
- Toltén - Chile
- Valdivia - Chile
- Yelcho - Chile