CANADIAN RIVER


Meaning of CANADIAN RIVER in English

River, southwestern U.S. Flowing across northeastern New Mexico, it cuts a gorge nearly 1,500 ft (450 m) deep before turning eastward to continue across northwestern Texas and through central Oklahoma to the Arkansas River in Oklahoma.

It is 906 mi (1,458 km) long. Its course is punctuated by flood-control and irrigation units.

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