Red River

American  

noun

1. a river flowing E from NW Texas along the S boundary of Oklahoma into the Mississippi River in Louisiana. About 1,300 miles (2,095 km) long.

2. Also called Red River of the North. a river flowing N along the boundary between Minnesota and North Dakota to Lake Winnipeg in S Canada. 533 miles (860 km) long.

3. Songka.

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Red River British  

noun

1. 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. 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. Vietnamese name: Song Koi. a river in SE Asia, rising in SW China in Yunnan 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)

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Red River

Hundreds of Red River area residents have attended similar vigils, organised anonymously in recent weeks and publicised on social media.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Brockman grew up in Thompson, N.D., a town of about 1,100 people in the Red River Valley, the third of four children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Romanick was asked to rule on a lawsuit against the state of North Dakota by the Red River Women’s Clinic.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024

By Wednesday, flood waters from the swollen Red River reached a metre high in parts of the capital, forcing some residents to navigate their neighbourhoods by boat.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024

But I can tell by Father’s yearning voice he wants Caesar to come—all the way to the border, across the Red River.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes