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Hidden Rivers of the United States

Scripts to plot river systems across the United States. Requires a number of large shapefiles, available for download from Google drive.

Follow the series on Twitter @DMacGuig

Examples

All major river basins of the US Atlantic Seaboard All major river basins of the US Atlantic Seaboard

#1 St. Johns River St. Johns River drainage basin: 24,516 km² (9,465 mi²)

#2 St. Marys River St. Marys River drainage basin: 4,101 km² (1,583 mi²)

#3 Satilla River Satilla River drainage basin: 8,752 km² (3,379 mi²)

#4 Altamaha River Altamaha River drainage basin: 37,251 km² (14,383 mi²)

#5 Ogeechee River Ogeechee River drainage basin: 12,317 km² (4,756 mi²)

# 6 Savannah River Savannah River drainage basin: 28,195 km² (10,886 mi²)

# 7 Chehalis River Chehalis River drainage basin: 7,002 km² (2,703 mi²)

# 8 Combahee River Combahee River drainage basin: 4,758 km² (1,837 mi²)

# 9 Edisto River Edisto River drainage basin: 6,470 km² (2,498 mi²)

# 10 Santee River Santee River drainage basin: 39,837 km² (15,381mi²)

# 11 Pee Dee River Pee Dee River drainage basin: 47,986 km² (18,527 mi²)

# 12 Cape Fear River Cape Fear River drainage basin: 23,735 km² (9,164 mi²)

# 13 Neuse River Neuse River drainage basin: 14,871 km² (5,742 mi²)

# 14 Tar River Tar River drainage basin: 14,871 km² (5,742 mi²)

# 15 Roanoke River Roanoke River drainage basin: 25,297 km² (9,767 mi²)

# 16 Chowan River Chowan River drainage basin: 12,884 km² (4,975 mi²)

# 17 James River James River drainage basin: 26,789 km² (10,343 mi²)

# 18 York River York River drainage basin: 6,928 km² (2,675 mi²)

# 19 Rappahannock River Rappahannock River drainage basin: 7,026 km² (2,713 mi²)

# 20 Potomac River Potomac River drainage basin: 38,019 km² (14,679 mi²)

# 21 Chesapeake Tributaries Chesapeake Bay Minor Tributaries drainage basin: 17,380 km² (6,710 mi²)

# 22 Susquehanna River Susquehanna River drainage basin: 71,224 km² (27,500 mi²)

# 23 Delaware River Delaware River drainage basin: 35,251 km² (13,610 mi²)

# 24 Raritan River Raritan River drainage basin: 2,863 km² (1,105 mi²)

# 25 Hackensack and Passaic Rivers Hackensack and Passaic Rivers

# 26 Hudson River Hudson River drainage basin: 34,743 km² (13,414 mi²)

# 27 Housatonic River Housatonic River drainage basin: 5,054 km² (1,952 mi²)

# 28 Connecticut River Connecticut River drainage basin: 29,174 km² (11,264 mi²)

# 29 Thames River Thames River drainage basin: 4,233 km² (1,634 mi²)

# 30 Narragansett Bay Basin Narragansett Bay Basin drainage basin: 5,073 km² (1,959 mi²)

# 31 Merrimack River Merrimack River drainage basin: 12,959 km² (5,004 mi²)

# 32 Saco River Saco River drainage basin: 4,405 km² (1,701 mi²)

# 33 Androscoggin River Androscoggin River drainage basin: 9,137 km² (3,528 mi²)

# 34 Kennebec River Kennebec River drainage basin: 15,289 km² (5,903 mi²)

# 35 Penobscot River Penobscot River drainage basin: 22,301 km² (8,611 mi²)

# 36 Saint John River Saint John River drainage basin: 55,139 km² (21,289 mi²)

# 37 Peace and Myakka Rivers Peace and Myakka Rivers drainage basin: 8,685 km² (3,353 mi²)

# 38 Withlacoochee River Withlacoochee River drainage basin: 5,389 km² (2,081 mi²)

# 39 Suwannee River Suwannee River drainage basin: 25,409 km² (9,810 mi²)

# 40 Aucilla River Aucilla River drainage basin: 2,469 km² (953 mi²)

# 41 Ochlockonee River Ochlockonee River drainage basin: 6,432 km² (2,483 mi²)

# 42 Apalachicola River Apalachicola River drainage basin: 50,678 km² (19,567 mi²)

# 43 Choctawhatchee River Choctawhatchee River drainage basin: 12,051 km² (4,653 mi²)

# 44 Escambia River Escambia River drainage basin: 10,995 km² (4,245 mi²)

# 45 Yellow River Yellow River drainage basin: 3,560 km² (1,374 mi²)

# 46 Mobile River Mobile River drainage basin: 113,181 km² (43,699 mi²)