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Red River

noun

  1. a river flowing E from NW Texas along the S boundary of Oklahoma into the Mississippi River in Louisiana. About 1,300 miles (2,095 km) long.
  2. Also called Red River of the North. a river flowing N along the boundary between Minnesota and North Dakota to Lake Winnipeg in S Canada. 533 miles (860 km) long.


Red River

noun

  1. Also calledRed River of the South a river in the S central US, flowing east from N Texas through Arkansas into the Mississippi in Louisiana. Length: 1639 km (1018 miles)
  2. a river in the northern US, flowing north as the border between North Dakota and Minnesota and into Lake Winnipeg, Canada. Length: 515 km (320 miles)
  3. a river in SE Asia, rising in SW China in Yunnan province and flowing southeast across N Vietnam to the Gulf of Tongkin: the chief river of N Vietnam, with an extensive delta. Length: 500 km (310 miles) Vietnamese nameSong Koi
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Over the 46 miles, stop to paddle the famous Red River or hike the one-mile Sky Bridge Trail to check out one of the area’s largest stone arches.

Starting from the town of Red River, the 85- and 100-mile courses take cyclists through small mountain towns and along a scenic byway in the Sangre de Cristo Range.

The accident occurred between 9th Street and Red River outside The Mohawk, a celebrated outdoor music venue.

Amy Will says she had an abortion at Red River 11 years ago, just after she turned 21.

I am a former patient of the Red River Women's Clinic located in Fargo, North Dakota.

As the only abortion-performing clinic in North Dakota, Red River is the main target.

She, her kids, and some friends were picnicking on the bank of the Red River near their home in Shreveport, Louisiana.

There are two rapids, or small falls, on this part of the Red River, which show only at low water.

We marched hard, and arrived in the evening 494 on the banks of the Rio del Norte, then supposed to be Red river.

They were located on a lake, which communicates with the branch of Red-river passing Bayou Pierre.

The plain through which Red River flows is fertile beyond description.

But a handful held on, and for fifty years their little settlement on the Red River remained a solitary outpost of colonization.

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