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Red River

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Noun

1. red, red river

a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

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Red River

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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. 
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)
. Vietnamese name: Song Koi

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Red River

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1. 
river flowing southeast along the Tex.-Okla. border, through SW Ark. & central La. into the Mississippi: 1,018 mi (1,638 km)
2. 
river flowing north along the N.Dak.-Minn. border into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada: c. 310 mi (499 km)
: in full Red River of the North
3. 
river in SE Asia, flowing from Yunnan province, China, southeast across Vietnam, into the Gulf of Tonkin: c. 500 mi (805 km)
see also Hong, Chin. name Yuan

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Red River

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1. or in China Yu·an Jiang (y-än jyäng, yü-) and in Vietnam Hong Ha (hông) or Song Hong (sông hông) A river of southeast Asia rising in southern China and flowing about 1,175 km (730 mi) generally south through northern Vietnam to a fertile delta on the Gulf of Tonkin.
2. A river of the south-central United States rising in two branches in the Texas Panhandle and flowing about 2,100 km (1,300 mi) eastward along the Texas-Oklahoma border and into Arkansas, where it turns southward into Louisiana and then southeast to the Mississippi River.
3. also Red River of the North A river, about 880 km (540 mi) long, rising in the north-central United States and flowing north along the Minnesota-North Dakota border to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.

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