overview of rivers and waterways alphabetical list of rivers, lakes, and waterways in the U.S. Agassiz, Lake Alabama (river) Allegheny Arkansas (river, United States) Ausable Big Sioux Bonneville, Lake Bow (river, Canada) Brazos Canadian River Cape Cod Canal Champlain, Lake Charles (river, Massachusetts) Cimarron (river) Colorado (river, North America) Colorado (river, Texas) Columbia (river, North America) Connecticut (river) Copper (river, Alaska) Cumberland (river, United States) Delaware (river) Erie Canal Erie, Lake Finger Lakes Florida, Straits of Georgia, Strait of Golden Gate Great Lakes Great Salt Lake Hudson (river) Huron, Lake Illinois (river) Illinois Waterway Intracoastal Waterway Juan de Fuca, Strait of Lake George (lake, New York) Lake of the Woods Michigan, Lake Mississippi (river) Missouri (river) Monongahela Northwest Passage Ohio (river) Okeechobee, Lake Ontario, Lake Pecos Platte Pontchartrain, Lake Potomac Powell, Lake Red River (United States) Rio Grande (river) Roanoke (river, United States) Saint John (river, Maine and New Brunswick) San Joaquin Sault Sainte Marie Canals Shenandoah Snake (river, northwestern United States) St. Lawrence (river) St. Lawrence Seaway Superior, Lake Susquehanna Suwannee Tahoe, Lake Tennessee (river) Thames Wabash Walden Pond White (river, Arkansas and Missouri) Yellowstone (river) Yukon canals highest waterfalls major rivers major rivers – California rivers major rivers – Colorado major rivers – Columbia major rivers – Mississippi major rivers – Missouri major rivers – Ohio major rivers – Rio Grande major rivers – Tennessee major rivers – Yukon river systems