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These are the major U.S. river basins in the U.S., as designated by the U.S. Water Resources Council. Each of these river basins contain a number of smaller river basins.
USGS National Water Census
{{DEFAULTSORT:River basins in the United States Lists of drainage basins
These are the major U.S. river basins in the U.S., as designated by the U.S. Water Resources Council. Each of these river basins contain a number of smaller river basins.
Contiguous
*1. Pacific Northwest Basin *2. California River Basin *3.Great Basin
The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic basin, endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California ...
*4. Lower Colorado River Basin
*5. Upper Colorado River Basin
*6. Rio Grande River Basin
*7. Texas Gulf Coast Basin
*8. Arkansas-White-Red Basin
*9. Lower Mississippi River Basin
*10. Missouri River Basin
The Missouri River Valley outlines the journey of the Missouri River from its headwaters where the Madison, Jefferson and Gallatin Rivers flow together in Montana to its confluence with the Mississippi River in the State of Missouri. At long th ...
*11. Souris-Red-Rainy Basin
*12. Upper Mississippi Basin
*13. Great Lakes Basin
*14. Tennessee River Basin
*15. Ohio River Basin
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
*16. South Atlantic-Gulf Basin
*17. Mid-Atlantic Basin
*18. New England Basin
Alaska
* Copper River Basin * Yukon River BasinHawaii
See also
*Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
*Hydrology
Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and environmental watershed sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is calle ...
References
External links
USGS National Water Census
{{DEFAULTSORT:River basins in the United States Lists of drainage basins
River basins
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the ...