Green River
Encyclopedia
Canada
- Green River (British Columbia)Green River (British Columbia)The Green River is a tributary of the Lillooet River in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Approximately 25 kilometres in length, it begins at the outflow of Green Lake in Whistler and joins the Lillooet River a couple of kilometres above where the river flows into Lillooet Lake...
, a tributary of the Lillooet River - Green River (New Brunswick)
United States
- Green River (Illinois)Green River (Illinois)The Green River is an tributary of the Rock River in northwestern Illinois in the United States. Via the Rock, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Much of the Green's course has been straightened and channelized.-Course:...
, a tributary of the Rock River - Green River (Kentucky)Green River (Kentucky)The Green River is a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in Lincoln County in south-central Kentucky. Tributaries of the Green River include the Barren River, the Nolin River, the Pond River and the Rough River...
, a tributary of the Ohio River - Green River (Housatonic River), a tributary of the Housatonic RiverHousatonic RiverThe Housatonic River is a river, approximately long, in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States. It flows south to southeast, and drains about of southwestern New England into Long Island Sound...
in Massachusetts and New York - Green River (Hoosic River), a tributary of the Hoosic RiverHoosic RiverThe Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick and the Hoosuck , is a tributary of the Hudson River in the northeastern United States. The different spellings are the result of varying transliterations of the river's original Algonquian name...
in Massachusetts - Green River (Deerfield River), a tributary of the Deerfield RiverDeerfield RiverDeerfield River is a river that runs for from southern Vermont through northwestern Massachusetts to the Connecticut River. The Deerfield was historically influential in the settlement of western Franklin County, Massachusetts, and its namesake town...
in Massachusetts and Vermont - Green River (Jordan River), a tributary of the Jordan River in Antrim County, Michigan
- Green River (Intermediate River), part of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed in Antrim County, Michigan
- Green River (North Carolina)Green River (North Carolina)The Green River in North Carolina, United States, is perhaps best known as one of the extreme whitewater kayaking challenges in North America that is run on a regular basis....
- Green River (North Dakota)Green River (North Dakota)The Green River is a tributary of the Heart River, approximately 20 mi long, in western North Dakota in the United States.It rises in the prairie country of southwestern Billings County, near Saddle Buttes, and flows ESE past New Hradec, and joins the Heart near Gladstone....
, a tributary of the Heart River - Green River (Tennessee)Green River (Tennessee)The Green River is a tributary of the Buffalo River in Tennessee. By the Buffalo River and the Duck River it is a tributary of the Tennessee River. The Green River is one of the main streams of Wayne County. Situated in the southwestern corner of Middle Tennessee along the Alabama line, Wayne...
, a tributary of the Buffalo River - Green River (Utah)Green River (Utah)The Green River, located in the western United States, is the chief tributary of the Colorado River. The watershed of the river, known as the Green River Basin, covers parts of Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. The Green River is long, beginning in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming and flowing...
, also traversing Colorado and Wyoming - Green River (Washington)Green River (Washington)The Green River is a long river in the state of Washington in the United States, arising on the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains south of I-90....
- Green River (North Fork Toutle River)Green River (North Fork Toutle River)The Green River is the largest tributary of the North Fork Toutle River in the U.S. state of Washington. Situated near Mount Saint Helens in the Cascade Range in the southern part of the state, it flows generally west through wild forested valleys for...
Oceania
- Green River (New Guinea), a tributary of the Sepik River in Papua, New Guinea
Places
- Green River, UtahGreen River, UtahGreen River is a city in Emery County, Utah, United States. The population was 973 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Green River is located at , on the banks of the Green River, after which the city is named. The San Rafael Swell region is to the west of Green River, while Canyonlands National Park...
- Green River, WyomingGreen River, WyomingGreen River is a city in and the county seat of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 11,808 at the 2000 census....
- Green River, part of the city of Pickering, OntarioPickering, OntarioPickering is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, the largest metropolitan area in Canada.- Early Period :...
, Canada - Green River, a town in SandaunSandaunSandaun Province, officially West Sepik Province, is the north-westernmost province of Papua New Guinea. It covers an area of 36,300 km² and has a population of 185,741 . The capital is Vanimo...
Province, Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
Music
- Green River (band)Green River (band)Green River was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington that was active from 1984 to 1988. Although the band had little commercial impact outside of its native Seattle, Green River proved to have significant influence on the genre later known as grunge, both with its own music and with the...
, a grunge band from Seattle, Washington - Green River (album)Green River (album)Green River is the third studio album by American rock and roll band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in August 1969 after their second release Bayou Country which was released in January of the same year . In 2003, the album was ranked number 95 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500...
, an album by Creedence Clearwater Revival- "Green River" (song)Green River (song)"Green River" is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song was written by John Fogerty and was released as a single in July 1969, one month before the album of the same name was released .- Background :...
, a song from that album
- "Green River" (song)
Other
- Green River Community CollegeGreen River Community CollegeGreen River Community College is a community college located in Auburn, Washington, USA. It has a student body of approximately 10,000.-History:...
, community college in Auburn, Washington - Green River (soft drink)Green River (soft drink)Green River is a bright green, lime-flavored soft drink originating in Chicago.-History:The drink was developed in 1919 by the Schoenhofen Brewery of Chicago as a non-alcoholic product for the Prohibition era. It was popular as a soda fountain syrup, trailing only Coca-Cola in popularity...
- Green River, a defunct brand of whiskey
- Green River Launch Complex, a missile testing ground outside Green River, Utah operated by the U. S. Air Force from 1964 to 1973
See also
- Green River Killer or Gary Ridgway, an American serial killer
- Green River OrdinanceGreen River OrdinanceThe name Green River Ordinance is given to a common United States city ordinance prohibiting door-to-door solicitation. Under such an ordinance, it is illegal for any business to sell their items door-to-door without express permission from the household beforehand...
- Green River FormationGreen River FormationThe Green River Formation is an Eocene geologic formation that records the sedimentation in a group of intermountain lakes. The sediments are deposited in very fine layers, a dark layer during the growing season and a light-hue inorganic layer in winter. Each pair of layers is called a varve and...
, a geologic formation in the US states of Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah - Rivière-Verte, New BrunswickRivière-Verte, New BrunswickRivière-Verte is a Canadian village in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.It is located 15 kilometres southeast of Edmundston along the Saint John River. Its name translates to "Green River".-Demographics:Population trend...