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Rivers

United States
  • The Blue River (Arizona), a tributary of the San Francisco River
  • The Blue River (Colorado)
    Blue River (Colorado)
    The Blue River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in the U.S. state of Colorado.It rises in southern Summit County, on the western side of the continental divide in the Ten Mile Range, near Quandary Peak. It flows north past Blue River and Breckenridge, then through the...

    , a tributary of the Colorado River
  • The Blue River (Indiana), a tributary of the Ohio River
  • The Big Blue River (Kansas)
    Big Blue River (Kansas)
    The Big Blue River is the largest tributary of the Kansas River. The river flows for approximately from central Nebraska into Kansas, where it intersects with the Kansas River east of Manhattan. It was given its name by the Kansa tribe of Native Americans, who lived at its mouth from 1780 to...

    , (especially the portion downstream of Tuttle Creek Dam) a tributary of the Kansas River
  • The Blue River (Missouri)
    Blue River (Missouri)
    The Blue River is a stream that flows through Johnson County, Kansas and Jackson County, Missouri in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The river rises in Johnson County near the border of the states of Kansas and Missouri...

    , a tributary of the Missouri River
  • The Blue River (Oklahoma)
    Blue River (Oklahoma)
    The Blue River is a tributary of the Red River in southern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Red River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....

    , a tributary of the Red River
  • The Blue River (Oregon)
    Blue River (Oregon)
    Blue River is a river in Lane County of the U.S. state of Oregon. It joins the McKenzie River near the community of Blue River, Oregon. The river was named for the striking blue color that apparently comes from its rocky bed....

    , a tributary of the McKenzie River
  • The Blue River (Wisconsin), a tributary of the Wisconsin River


New Zealand
  • The Blue River, New Zealand
    Blue River, New Zealand
    The Blue River is in the South Island of New Zealand.The headwaters are in the Mount Aspiring National Park and flows into the Makarora River....

    , a river in the South Island


Guatemala
  • Río Azul
    Río Azul
    Rio Azul is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Maya civilization. in Río Azul National Park in present day Petén Department, in northern Guatemala...

     (Spanish for Blue River) is a Mayan site in the north of the country


China
  • The "Blue River", a rarely used alternative name to the Yangtze River
    Yangtze River
    The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...



Canada
  • Blue River (North Thompson River), a tributary of the North Thompson River in British Columbia, joining that river at the community of the same name
  • Blue River (Dease River)
    Blue River (Dease River)
    The Blue River is a tributary of the Dease River in the Cassiar Country of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, flowing southeast into the latter river at the Blue River Indian Reserve No...

    , a tributary of the Dease River in the Northern Interior of British Columbia

Communities

United States
  • Blue River, Colorado
    Blue River, Colorado
    Blue River is a statutory town in Summit County, Colorado, United States. The population was 685 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Blue River is located at ....

  • Blue River, Oregon
    Blue River, Oregon
    Blue River is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 126 along the McKenzie River, between the communities of Finn Rock and Rainbow. It is in the Willamette National Forest, where the Blue River empties into the McKenzie...

  • Blue River, Wisconsin
    Blue River, Wisconsin
    Blue River is a village in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 429 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Blue River is located at ....


Canada
  • Blue River, British Columbia
    Blue River, British Columbia
    Blue River is a small community in British Columbia, situated on the Yellowhead Highway about halfway between Kamloops and Jasper, Alberta, located at the confluence of the Blue and North Thompson Rivers. It currently has 260 residents...

    , an unincorporated settlement at the confluence of the Blue and North Thompson Rivers in south-central British Columbia
  • Blue River Indian Reserve No. 1, an Indian Reserve in the Northern Interior of British Columbia near the confluence of the Dease and Blue Rivers

Other uses

  • Blue River (fox-trot), published by Jerome Remick & Co. in 1927 and arranged and played on a piano roll by Dagmar Nordstrom
    Dagmar Nordstrom
    Dagmar Nordstrom was an American composer, pianist and singer. She performed together with her sister Siggie as a cabaret singing duo known as The Nordstrom Sisters.-Background:...

  • Blue River (album)
    Blue River (album)
    Blue River is the 1972 album from Folk rock musician Eric Andersen. The album was recorded in Nashville, and is a regarded as a landmark recording for the Singer-songwriter/Folk rock genre...

    , by Eric Andersen
  • Blue River Pine Provincial Park
    Blue River Pine Provincial Park
    Blue River Pine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.-External links:...

    , a provincial park near the settlement of Blue River, British Columbia
  • Blue River Black Spruce Provincial Park
    Blue River Black Spruce Provincial Park
    Blue River Black Spruce Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.-External links:...

    , a provincial park near the settlement of Blue River, British Columbia

See also

  • Big Blue River (disambiguation)
  • Little Blue River (disambiguation)
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