Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of southeast Asia rising in southern China and flowing about 1,175 km (730 mi) generally south through northern Vietnam to a fertile delta on the Gulf of Tonkin.
- A river of the south-central United States rising in two branches in the Texas Panhandle and flowing about 2,100 km (1,300 mi) eastward along the Texas-Oklahoma border and into Arkansas, where it turns southward into Louisiana and then southeast to the Mississippi River.
- A river, about 880 km (540 mi) long, rising in the north-central United States and flowing north along the Minnesota–North Dakota border to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.
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- noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
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Examples
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** Working their way down the Gila, they eventually reached its junction with what they called Red River, the Great Colorado.
The Romance of the Colorado River Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh 1894
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By a volcanic rise of the land on the southern end, centuries ago, the current was turned and ran north, making what we call the Red River, emptying into Lake
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Elbert Hubbard 1885
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It looks good so far, but they've got a few days left here -- a few days of holding back this Red River, which is still at an unbelievable record level, down about 30 -- just over 39 feet, which is extraordinary.
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The people living along the Red River will be the first to tell you, this is no ordinary spring flood, and not just because of how much of that icy water they're dealing with, but because of the reason why.
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Right now, there's a Herculean effort to bag nearly two million sandbags to try to save Fargo from the Red River, which is expected to crest at 41 feet this weekend.
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This is especially true of the grand crossing of the Red River, which is just plain exhilarating filmmaking.
1/28: Red River Ed Howard 2008
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This is especially true of the grand crossing of the Red River, which is just plain exhilarating filmmaking.
Archive 2008-01-01 Ed Howard 2008
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Residents rushed on Wednesday to protect Fargo from the rising Red River, which is expected to reach near-record weekend.
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Curse Of The Red River, which is due out in the US on April 6th, courtesy of Peaceville Records.
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The Sheyenne River empties into the Red River, which is expected to reach a second flood crest of its own near Fargo this week.
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