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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"May the Buddhas of the ten directions hear our earnest plea," one anonymous user commented on a Facebook group dedicated to the Red River redevelopment.

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

A busy bridge in northern Vietnam has collapsed in the wake of super typhoon Yagi, plunging 10 cars and two scooters into the Red River, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc said on Monday.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024

“The Red River borders Texas and Oklahoma and churns down to Baton Rouge, where it joins the Mississippi and flows to the Gulf of Mexico. No way around it,” I sigh.

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