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White River

White River proper noun: a major tributary of the Kootenay River, British Columbia, Canada; it is 40 miles long.

Proper noun

White River

  1. A major tributary of the Kootenay River, British Columbia, Canada; it is 40 miles long.
  2. A tributary of the Salmon River, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. A tributary of the Nass River, British Columbia, Canada.
  4. A tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada.
  5. A tributary of the Yukon River in Alaska, United States and Yukon, Canada; it is about 200 miles long.
  6. A tributary of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada.
  7. A river in Jamaica.
  8. A tributary of the Waimakariri River in the Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand.
  9. A former river in Montserrat, destroyed by pyroclastic flows.
  10. A tributary of the Salt River in Arizona, United States; it is 16 miles long.
  11. A major tributary of the Mississippi River in Arkansas and Missouri, United States; it is 722 miles long.
  12. A small river in Tulare County, in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, United States. It is 50.7 miles long and dries up as it nears Kern County.
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  1. A major tributary of the Wabash River in Indiana, United States; it is 362 miles long and has two forks.
  2. A tributary of White Lake in Michigan, United States; it is 23.6 miles long.
  3. A tributary of Lake Huron, in southern Huron County, Michigan, United States; it is 12.1 miles long.
  4. A small river in southeastern Nevada, United States. It is 138 miles long but dry in several portions.
  5. A tributary of the Deschutes River in Oregon, United States; it is about 50 miles long.
  6. A long tributary of the Missouri River in Nebraska and South Dakota, United States; it is 580 miles long.
  7. An intermittent stream, a tributary of the Brazos River in the South Plains of Texas, United States; it is 62 miles long.
  8. A tributary of the Green River in Colorado and Utah, United States; it is 195 miles long.
  9. A tributary of the Price River in Utah, United States.
  10. A tributary of the Connecticut River in Vermont, United States; it is 60.1 miles long.
  11. A tributary of the Puyallup River in Washington, United States; it is about 75 miles long.
  12. A tributary of Lake Wenatchee in Washington, United States; it is 32 miles long.
  13. A tributary of the Fox River in Wisconsin, United States; it is about 19 miles long.
  14. A township in the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
  15. A suburb of the city of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
  16. A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
  17. An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.
  18. A small city, the county seat of Mellette County, South Dakota.
  19. A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin.
  20. An unincorporated community in the town of Gingles, Ashland County, Wisconsin.
  21. A number of townships in the United States, listed under White River Township.

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Questions about White River

What does White River mean?
White River means a major tributary of the Kootenay River, British Columbia, Canada; it is 40 miles long.
What part of speech is White River?
White River is a proper noun.

Words near White River in the dictionary

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  8. White Rock
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