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the Red River a long river in the south of the US, which forms part of the border between the states of Oklahoma and Texas. Chinese Yuan Chiang Vietnamese Song Hong River, Southeast Asia. It rises in central Yunnan province, southern China, and flows southeast across northern Vietnam, past Hanoi, into the Gulf of Tonkin. The principal river of northern Vietnam, it is about 500 mi (805 km) long and has a wide, fertile delta east of Hanoi. River, south-central U.S. It rises in the high plains of eastern New Mexico and flows southeast across Texas and Louisiana to a point northwest of Baton Rouge, where it enters the Atchafalaya River. It is 1,290 mi (2,080 km) long and forms a part of Texas's borders with Oklahoma and Arkansas. In Texas it was the site of the Red River Indian War (1874)

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Red River Indian War
(1874-75) Uprising of Indian warriors from reservation tribes (Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, and Kataka). After settlement of southwestern tribes on reservations in Oklahoma and Texas (1867), discontented braves broke out repeatedly to raid white travelers and settlers. An attack in 1874 killed 60 Texans. Federal troops under William T. Sherman converged on Indians concentrated in the Red River valley of Texas. Indian resistance forced 14 pitched battles with U.S. troops before the Indians' eventual surrender and return to the reservations
Red River of the North
River, northern U.S. and southern Canada. It flows north, forming the Minnesota-North Dakota boundary, before entering Manitoba and emptying into Lake Winnipeg after a course of 545 mi (877 km). It was explored in 1732-33 by the French voyageur Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye. The river, named after the reddish brown silt it carries, was a transportation link between Lake Winnipeg and the Mississippi River system. The Red River Settlement, an agricultural colony, was founded in 1811 near Winnipeg. Its fertile valley produces cereals, potatoes, and sugar beets and supports cattle raising
Arctic Red River
A river rising in the Mackenzie Mountains of western Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing about 499 km (310 mi) generally north-northwest to the Mackenzie River
Red Deer River
A river rising in the Rocky Mountains of southwest Alberta, Canada, and flowing about 619 km (385 mi) generally east across the province into the South Saskatchewan River just across the Saskatchewan border
river red gum
somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction
red river

    Hyphenation

    Red ri·ver

    Turkish pronunciation

    red rîvır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈred ˈrəvər/ /ˈrɛd ˈrɪvɜr/

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