Red River of the North

The Red River, also called the Red River of the North to differentiate it from the in the south of the continent, is a river in the north-central and the Prairies.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in central Canada and the United States
  • Also known as: Red River” and “Summerberry River

Red River of the North

Latitude
50.40028° or 50° 24′ 1″ north
Longitude
-96.8° or 96° 48′ west
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Open location code
9625C622+42
Geo­Names ID
7315780
Wiki­data ID
Q156006
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Red River of the North” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: النهر الأحمر الشمالي
  • Asturian: Ríu Red of the North
  • Basque: Iparraldeko Ibai Gorria
  • Bulgarian: Ред Ривър
  • Bulgarian: Северна Ред Ривър
  • Catalan: Red River del Nord
  • Cebuano: Red River of the North
  • Chinese: 北红河
  • Chinese: 红河
  • Chinese: 雷德河
  • Chuvash: Ред-Ривер
  • Czech: Červená řeka severu
  • Czech: Červená řeka
  • Czech: Red River of the North
  • Czech: Red River
  • Czech: Red
  • Czech: Severní Červená řeka
  • Danish: Red River of the North
  • Dutch: Red River of the North
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر ال الاحمر الشمالى
  • Esperanto: Ruĝa Rivero de la Nordo
  • Estonian: Red River of the North
  • Estonian: Red River
  • Finnish: Red River
  • Finnish: Redjoki
  • French: Red River of the North
  • French: Red River
  • French: rivière Rouge du Nord
  • French: rivière Rouge
  • French: Rivière Rouge
  • Galician: Río Vermello do Norte
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის რედ-რივერი
  • German: Red River of the North
  • Hebrew: הנהר האדום של הצפון
  • Hungarian: Vörös-folyó
  • Italian: Red River del Nord
  • Japanese: レッドリバー
  • Japanese: レッド川
  • Korean: 레드강
  • Latin: Flumen Rubrum (Canada)
  • Latin: Flumen Rubrum
  • Lithuanian: Šiaurės Raudonoji upė
  • Lithuanian: Šiaurės Red Riveris
  • Mingrelian: ოორუეშ რედ-რივერი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Miscousipi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Red River of the North
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Red River
  • Norwegian: Red River of the North
  • Persian: رود رد شمال
  • Persian: رودخانه رد ریور
  • Persian: رودخانهٔ رد ریور
  • Polish: Red River
  • Polish: Red
  • Portuguese: Rio Red do Norte
  • Portuguese: Rio Vermelho do Norte
  • Russian: Red River
  • Russian: Ред-Ривер
  • Serbian: Crvena reka
  • Serbian: Ред ривер
  • Serbian: Црвена река Севера
  • Serbian: Црвена река
  • Serbo-Croatian: Crvena Reka Severa
  • Serbo-Croatian: Crvena Rijeka Sjevera
  • Serbo-Croatian: Red River of the North
  • Slovak: Red
  • Slovenian: Red River of the North
  • Slovenian: Red River
  • Spanish: Rio Rojo del Norte
  • Spanish: Río Rojo del Norte
  • Spanish: Rojo del Norte
  • Swedish: Red River of the North
  • Swedish: Rivière Rouge du Nord
  • Ukrainian: Північний Ред
  • Ukrainian: Червона Річка Півночі
  • Venetian: Red River of the North
  • Vietnamese: sông Đỏ miền Bắc
  • Vietnamese: sông Đỏ
  • Vietnamese: sông Red miền Bắc
  • Vietnamese: sông Red
  • Welsh: Afon Red of the North

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