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[We would like to answer your question in a series of haiku, the ancient Japanese form of poetry that consists of three lines, containing five, seven, and five syllables respectively.] Longest rivers, huh?
Let's go check the almanac.
Rats! Not ranked by length. We'll try Yahoo! search.
How about "longest rivers?"
The results are nice. Planet 101
lists rivers of the world and
North
America. Still, we need U.S.,
so we return to our search
and browse through more sites. At last, there it is:
The Lengths of Major Rivers!
Thanks, USGS. Here are your rivers,
Starting with the longest one,
Ending with the fifth: Tops? The Missouri.
The Mississippi comes next.
Then there's the Yukon, The Rio Grande,
And lastly the St. Lawrence,
Which is to the north. But just remember,
It's not the length that matters,
It's how you use it. (Whether it's fishing,
Waterskiing,
or some nice
whitewater rafting...)
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