I am interested in how maps can visually represent social, geographical, geopolitical and historical information about areas, regions and countries. I wanted to learn more about the major rivers of the USA, so I created this map digitally to help me do that.

The United States of America has over 250,000 rivers, with a total of about 3,500,000 miles of rivers. The longest river in the USA is the Missouri River (it is a tributary of the Mississippi River and is 2,540 miles long), but the biggest in terms of water volume is the deeper Mississippi River. The longest undammed river in the contiguous USA is the Yellowstone River (it is 692 miles long).

Rivers provide drinking water, irrigation water, transportation, electrical power, drainage, food, and recreation. Rivers also erode land and carry it downstream to the sea. This kind of erosion can even form canyons, like the Grand Canyon, and waterfalls, like Niagara Falls. From the east coast to the west, each river in the United States has its own beauty and character. Each river has its own story. 

This is a high quality, limited edition, signed giclée print available in various sizes, printed on high quality Hahnemuhle Pearl paper. The print comes unframed but the green and orange versions have a cream border as part of the design. These are available with or without title text. My prints are printed expertly and delivered to you by various partners. In the UK and for Europe customers, this is The Print Space, London. For US and Australia orders, I work with local fine art printers to print and deliver my items to order. US orders can take a little longer to be delivered to you - up to 8 working days.