Red River

1. or in China Yu·an Jiang (y

än

jyäng

, ywän

) and in Vietnam Hong Ha (hông

hä

) or Song Hong (sông

hông

) 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.

2. A river of the south-central United States rising in two branches in the Texas Panhandle and flowing about 1,638 km (1,018 mi) eastward along the Texas-Oklahoma border and into Arkansas, where it changes direction and flows southward into Louisiana and then southeast to the Mississippi River.

3. also Red River of the North A river of the north-central United States and south-central Canada formed by the confluence of two tributaries in west-central Minnesota and flowing about 499 km (310 mi) north along the Minnesota-North Dakota border into southeast Manitoba, Canada, where it empties into Lake Winnipeg. The Red River Valley is a fertile region for growing wheat, flax, and barley.

Red River

1. (Placename) Also called Red 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. (Placename) 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. (Placename) a river in SE Asia, rising in SW China in Yünnan 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 name Song Koi

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Red River - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

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Louisiana, Pelican State, LA - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

OK, Oklahoma, Sooner State - a state in south central United States

Lone-Star State, Texas, TX - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico

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Alexandria Arctic Red River Assiniboine Bossier City Clift Fargo Grand Forks Haiphong Hanoi Hong Ha Kiamichi La Louisiana Moorhead North Dakota Oklahoma Ouachita Ouachita Mountains Ouachita River	These latter came out of a dozen rivers-- the Illinois, the Missouri, the Upper Mississippi, the Ohio, the Monongahela, the Tennessee, the Red River, the White River, and so on--and were bound every whither and stocked with every imaginable comfort or necessity, which the Mississippi's communities could want, from the frosty Falls of St. Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context Next came the bonanza farmer of the Red River Valley--such a man, for instance, as Oliver Dalrymple, of North Dakota, who found that by the aid of the telephone he could plant and harvest thirty thousand acres of wheat in a single season. The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context Last summer, down on Red river, I got a gal traded off on me, with a likely lookin' child enough, and his eyes looked as bright as yourn; but, come to look, I found him stone blind. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context	Red orpiment red osier red osier dogwood red packet red panda red pepper Red perch red periwinkle red phalarope Red phosphorus red pimpernel red pine Red Planet Red Poll red porgy Red precipitate Red prussiate of potash red puccoon red rag red raspberry red rat snake red rattle red region Red Republican red ribbon Red River red rockfish red roman red rose red route red run red salmon red sandalwood red sanders red sanderswood Red sandstone red saunders Red scale red scare Red Sea red seaweed red setter red shank red shift red shrubby penstemon red silk cotton red silk-cotton tree Red silver red silver fir red siskin red snapper	Red Raspberry Leaf Tea red rat snake Red Rato Machhendranath red rattle red rattles Red Red Groove Red Red Wine Red Red Zone red reflex red reflex red reflex red reflex red region Red Regional de Información en el Area Nuclear Red Republican Red Republican (newspaper) Red revolution Red revolution Red Revolutionary Army Red Rhino Orphanage Project red ribbon Red ribbon (award) Red Ribbon Army red ribbons Red Riding Hood Red Right Returning Red Ring Red Ring of Death Red River Red River (Canada) Red River (United States and Canada) Red River (Vietnam) Red River Army Depot Red River Arts Council Red River Athletic Conference Red River Authority Red River Basin Board Red River Basin Commission Red River Basin Decision Information Network Red River Basin Organization Red River Basin Riparian Project Red River College Red River Colony Red River Commerce Park Red River Community College Red River County Red River County Public Library Red River County, Texas Red River County, TX Red River Demonstration and Research Farm Red River Exhibition Red River Exhibition Association Red River Expeditionary Force

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Alexandria
Arctic Red River
Assiniboine
Bossier City
Clift
Fargo
Grand Forks
Haiphong
Hanoi
Hong Ha
Kiamichi
La
Louisiana
Moorhead
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Ouachita
Ouachita Mountains
Ouachita River

These latter came out of a dozen rivers-- the Illinois, the Missouri, the Upper Mississippi, the Ohio, the Monongahela, the Tennessee, the Red River, the White River, and so on--and were bound every whither and stocked with every imaginable comfort or necessity, which the Mississippi's communities could want, from the frosty Falls of St.

Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context

Next came the bonanza farmer of the Red River Valley--such a man, for instance, as Oliver Dalrymple, of North Dakota, who found that by the aid of the telephone he could plant and harvest thirty thousand acres of wheat in a single season.

The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context

Last summer, down on Red river, I got a gal traded off on me, with a likely lookin' child enough, and his eyes looked as bright as yourn; but, come to look, I found him stone blind.

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context

Red Raspberry Leaf Tea
red rat snake
Red Rato Machhendranath
red rattle
red rattles
Red Red Groove
Red Red Wine
Red Red Zone
red reflex
red reflex
red reflex
red reflex
red region
Red Regional de Información en el Area Nuclear
Red Republican
Red Republican (newspaper)
Red revolution
Red revolution
Red Revolutionary Army
Red Rhino Orphanage Project
red ribbon
Red ribbon (award)
Red Ribbon Army
red ribbons
Red Riding Hood
Red Right Returning
Red Ring
Red Ring of Death

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Red River (Canada)
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Red River (Vietnam)
Red River Army Depot
Red River Arts Council
Red River Athletic Conference
Red River Authority
Red River Basin Board
Red River Basin Commission
Red River Basin Decision Information Network
Red River Basin Organization
Red River Basin Riparian Project
Red River College
Red River Colony
Red River Commerce Park
Red River Community College
Red River County
Red River County Public Library
Red River County, Texas
Red River County, TX
Red River Demonstration and Research Farm
Red River Exhibition
Red River Exhibition Association
Red River Expeditionary Force