Green River

Proper noun

Green River

1. The name of many rivers, mostly in the United States, but also in Canada and South Africa.
   1. A tributary of the Colorado River which flows through the U.S. states of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado.
      • The Green River heads near Fremont’s Peak, in the Wind River Mountains.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...
      • If we keep going we will reach the Green River, about ten miles away according to our map, just above its confluence with the Colorado.1968, Edward Abbey, “Terra Incognita: Into the Maze”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 259
2. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Illinois, United States.
3. A small city in Emery County, Utah, United States.
4. A city, the county seat of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, named after the local Green River.
   • May 24, 1869.—The good people of Green River City turn out to see us start. We raise our little flag, push the boats from shore, and the swift current carries us down.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter V, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...
   • From the railroad town of Green River, Wyoming, to the mouth of the Grand Canyon in what is now Lake Mead, Powell's first journey took three months.1968, Edward Abbey, “Down the River”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 168