White River

proper noun

A major tributary of the Kootenay River, British Columbia, Canada; it is 40 miles long.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. Several rivers:
    1. A major tributary of the Kootenay River, British Columbia, Canada; it is 40 miles long.
    2. A tributary of the Yukon River in Alaska, United States and Yukon, Canada; it is about 200 miles long.
    3. A tributary of the Waimakariri River in the Canterbury region, South Island, New Zealand.
    4. A former river in Montserrat, destroyed by pyroclastic flows.
    5. A tributary of the Salt River in Arizona, United States; it is 16 miles long.
    6. A major tributary of the Mississippi River in Arkansas and Missouri, United States; it is 722 miles long.
    7. 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.
    8. A major tributary of the Wabash River in Indiana, United States; it is 362 miles long and has two forks.
    9. A tributary of White Lake in Michigan, United States; it is 23.6 miles long.
    10. A tributary of Lake Huron, in southern Huron County, Michigan, United States; it is 12.1 miles long.
    11. A small river in southeastern Nevada, United States. It is 138 miles long but dry in several portions.
    12. A tributary of the Deschutes River in Oregon, United States; it is about 50 miles long.
    13. A long tributary of the Missouri River in Nebraska and South Dakota, United States; it is 580 miles long.
    14. An intermittent stream, a tributary of the Brazos River in the South Plains of Texas, United States; it is 62 miles long.
    15. A tributary of the Green River in Colorado and Utah, United States; it is 195 miles long.
    16. A tributary of the Price River in Utah, United States.
    17. A tributary of the Connecticut River in Vermont, United States; it is 60.1 miles long.
    18. A tributary of the Puyallup River in Washington, United States; it is about 75 miles long.
    19. A tributary of Lake Wenatchee in Washington, United States; it is 32 miles long.
    20. A tributary of the Fox River in Wisconsin, United States; it is about 19 miles long.
  2. A suburb of the city of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A number of townships in the United States, listed under White River Township.
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APA

White River. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/White%20River

MLA

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Chicago

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