Where are the widest rivers in the US?

The Mississippi River is frequently considered to be the widest river in the United States. Typically, two measures are used to determine the widest river. For one thing, the widest part of the Mississippi River is located at Lake Winnibigoshish in Minnesota. At that place, the river is 11 miles wide.



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The Amazon River is a heck of a big tributary. Besides being one of the LONGEST rivers in the world, it also happens to be the WIDEST. While its estimated length of 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers) puts it under the Nile River, that statistic could be amended as some believe it's even longer than that.

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Key Points: At a depth of 216 feet (though some sources say it's 202 ft), the Hudson River is the deepest river in the United States. The Hudson River's headwaters are located in the Lake Tear of the Clouds in New York's Adirondack Park. It travels 315 miles from that point to Upper New York Bay.

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The Amazon, for much of its 4,300-mile (6,920 kilometers) length, meanders through areas that are sparsely populated, meaning there are very few major roads for any bridge to connect to.

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Bill Lemmers had never seen the Platte River like this. The river that runs the whole state of Nebraska is known for being “a mile wide and an inch deep,” but Friday it looked like an angry ocean with waves. “They were 8 foot tall, easily,” Lemmers said. “You could surf a wave that high.”

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Stretches of the Mississippi River within the park corridor exceed water quality standards for mercury, bacteria, sediment, PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl), and nutrients. Unfortunately, these impairments can make the water unsuitable for fishing, swimming, and drinking.

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3. Yangtze River - China. With a length of 3,915 miles, the Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world. It is also China's most important water system, culturally, historically and economically.

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The Mississippi River This once pristine waterway is perhaps the most polluted in the United States. Part of the problem stems from agriculture. The Mississippi River traverses much of America's heartland, drawing no end of runoff from factory farms. Animal waste isn't the only problem.

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1. The Mississippi River. The average discharge rate of the Mississippi River is 593,000 cubic feet per second.

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