Hidden Rivers of the United States

Scripts to plot river systems across the United States. Requires a number of large shapefiles, available for download from Google drive.

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Examples

All major river basins of the US Atlantic Seaboard

St. Johns River drainage basin: 24,516 km² (9,465 mi²)

St. Marys River drainage basin: 4,101 km² (1,583 mi²)

Satilla River drainage basin: 8,752 km² (3,379 mi²)

Altamaha River drainage basin: 37,251 km² (14,383 mi²)

Ogeechee River drainage basin: 12,317 km² (4,756 mi²)

Savannah River drainage basin: 28,195 km² (10,886 mi²)

Chehalis River drainage basin: 7,002 km² (2,703 mi²)

Combahee River drainage basin: 4,758 km² (1,837 mi²)

Edisto River drainage basin: 6,470 km² (2,498 mi²)

Santee River drainage basin: 39,837 km² (15,381mi²)

Pee Dee River drainage basin: 47,986 km² (18,527 mi²)

Cape Fear River drainage basin: 23,735 km² (9,164 mi²)

Neuse River drainage basin: 14,871 km² (5,742 mi²)

Tar River drainage basin: 14,871 km² (5,742 mi²)

Roanoke River drainage basin: 25,297 km² (9,767 mi²)

Chowan River drainage basin: 12,884 km² (4,975 mi²)

James River drainage basin: 26,789 km² (10,343 mi²)

York River drainage basin: 6,928 km² (2,675 mi²)

Rappahannock River drainage basin: 7,026 km² (2,713 mi²)

Potomac River drainage basin: 38,019 km² (14,679 mi²)

Chesapeake Bay Minor Tributaries drainage basin: 17,380 km² (6,710 mi²)

Susquehanna River drainage basin: 71,224 km² (27,500 mi²)

Delaware River drainage basin: 35,251 km² (13,610 mi²)

Raritan River drainage basin: 2,863 km² (1,105 mi²)

Hackensack and Passaic Rivers

Hudson River drainage basin: 34,743 km² (13,414 mi²)

Housatonic River drainage basin: 5,054 km² (1,952 mi²)

Connecticut River drainage basin: 29,174 km² (11,264 mi²)

Thames River drainage basin: 4,233 km² (1,634 mi²)

Narragansett Bay Basin drainage basin: 5,073 km² (1,959 mi²)

Merrimack River drainage basin: 12,959 km² (5,004 mi²)

Saco River drainage basin: 4,405 km² (1,701 mi²)

Androscoggin River drainage basin: 9,137 km² (3,528 mi²)

Kennebec River drainage basin: 15,289 km² (5,903 mi²)

Penobscot River drainage basin: 22,301 km² (8,611 mi²)

Saint John River drainage basin: 55,139 km² (21,289 mi²)

Peace and Myakka Rivers drainage basin: 8,685 km² (3,353 mi²)

Withlacoochee River drainage basin: 5,389 km² (2,081 mi²)

Suwannee River drainage basin: 25,409 km² (9,810 mi²)

Aucilla River drainage basin: 2,469 km² (953 mi²)

Ochlockonee River drainage basin: 6,432 km² (2,483 mi²)

Apalachicola River drainage basin: 50,678 km² (19,567 mi²)

Choctawhatchee River drainage basin: 12,051 km² (4,653 mi²)

Escambia River drainage basin: 10,995 km² (4,245 mi²)

Yellow River drainage basin: 3,560 km² (1,374 mi²)

Mobile River drainage basin: 113,181 km² (43,699 mi²)