British Rivers Ain't Got Nothing on America 

The US isn't just "significantly larger" than England, it's bigger than the whole of Western Europe. If you placed the main portion of the US on top Europe, it would stretch from Lisbon all the way to the Caspian Sea. Doesn't matter, I just thought that was a fun fact.

Who would have ever guessed, Nicholas Cage has a dual personality, an actor, and a unit of length! Astounding!!!

The Florida Everglades is technically a river... A "river of grass" is 50 miles at it's widest and on overage about 4ft deep.

There is more than 10k lakes in Minnesota, that's just where they lost count.

Here in Nashville, in the Opryland hotel, there is an indoor boat ride called the Delta River. When they were building it, they asked all the countries in the world to send water from their rivers to put in the little Delta River. There is water from 1700 rivers in there. Not all of the rivers in the world, but a lot of them, and all the big ones are there. I had to touch the water so I could say I had touched that many rivers.😊

My favorite river is the Missouri, due to the part it played in the Lewis and Clark expedition. It's a fascinating story.

Growing up in AZ, the only river I was truly familiar with was the Colorado River, which I thought was very impressive. After all, it carved the Grand Canyon. When I was 12 I went on a trip to the Columbia River. I will never forget the sight of a battle ship sailing up the river. I had no idea that anything like that was even possible. The mighty Colorado seemed so small to me after that.

I feel like math class would have been much more interesting if we had used base Nicholas Cage instead of base 10 as a unit of measurement. 😂

Mississippi. My Uncle Buck, Irish, and a true story teller helped build several bridges on the Mississippi. Worked for Case. Everyone loved him . It truly is a mighty river. Peace and love

As a lifelong resident of Denver, Colorado, the South Platte was the only "large" river I knew of. Then last year I took a road trip out east and crossed the Mississippi for the first time. Needless to say, I was dumbfounded by its size.

Omg you need to see the Columbia River where Washington meets Oregon!

I live up by where the Mississippi river starts, and, if you're so inclined, there's a tourist spot where you can get a ribbon that says "I stepped over the Mississippi river" where it starts! Cute little fun fact to add to the comments section for all of you! 😁😎👍

The Columbia River Gorge is unforgettable. The winds are so crazy there, people wind surf there regularly. Only then can you see by perspective the massiveness of the space, while standing on the ridge of the gorge , near Multnomah Falls.

Being from Pittsburgh, I gotta throw in the uniqueness of 2 rivers, the Allegheny and the Monongahela, forming the Ohio river which forms the border of quite a few states.

The Columbia River flows through my hometown in Washington State. It's source is in Canada, and ends in Astoria, Oregon. There are six dams on the Columbia river that provide electric power to the Northwest and parts of California.

Ok. That sounded like a mission: go get your kayak, you've got a journey ahead of you...

Snake,rogue, Columbia and Wilmette, Molalla all rivers in my lovely state of Oregon

I grew up on a farm irrigated by water from the Snake River. Still my favorite river. Also close to Shoshone Falls and the Twin Falls.

The Rogue River----beautiful Oregon!

The New River is in the state of WV . The New River is recognized as the “second oldest river in the world” and is estimated to be between 10 and 360 million years old. It's headwaters begin near Blowing Rock, NC and is one of the few rivers in North America that flows northerly.

My Fav is a tiny river called clam river in Michigan. It was clear and so cold that you thought it was winter in summer time. It is shallow in many places and I use to put my lawn chair in the middle and allow the water to rush over me in the really hot summers. Those were great days as a young girl.

I drive across the Missouri River to get to and from work. I sometimes sing "O Shenandoah" while doing so.

That's to many Nick Cage's I don't think the world could take it!

The small town where I live in Wyoming, has the honor of having the Bear River run through it. The Bear River is the world’s longest river that does not flow into an ocean. It is 515 miles long, though it’s final destination is less than 100 miles from its headwaters. Its headwaters start in the Uinta mountains of Utah, flow into Wyoming, Idaho, and back into Utah, where it finally empties into the Great Salt Lake.

The Columbia. It's about a mile north of my house.

Not necessarily favourite rivers, but favourite river names - - The Monongahela, Susquehanna, Chattahoochee and Conadouguinet. Can you tell I'm a Southern girl transplanted to PA?

Here in Minnesota we usually just say, "I’m heading up to Winnie for some good fishing" because Winnibigoshish is a mouthful even though we can pronounce it. 🙂 If you think Winnibigoshish is tricky (win ee be GOSH ish), try saying Bde Maka Ska. It’s the largest of many lakes within the city of Minneapolis. The translation from Dakota (Sioux) to English is White Earth Lake: bde - lake; Maka - earth powder (aka dirt or sand); ska - white. Pronunciation: be dee ee mah KAH ska

Ha! My husband and I were just talking about US rivers as we crossed the Suwannee river today. No one would have ever heard of it, if it wasn't for Stephen Foster, who never saw the river.

My favourite river is The Chicago River, of course. It runs through the city where my favourite Nephew and Nephewette live with their trusty cat, Kafka.

much respect for mentioning Bob Ross in your video!

My favorite river to visit is the Guadalupe, the part that flows through the Texas hill country. Its water is clear and cool, fed by springs. Its banks are lined by towering bald cypress. In many places it flows past limestone bluffs.

Of the Platte River, they say "A mile wide and an inch deep: Too thin to plow and too thick to drink." Also said of the Missouri. It's noteworthy that the Mississippi is fairly clear until just above St. Louis, where the Missouri comes in. For several miles, until they mix, the water on the east bank is blue, along the west bank the color of chocolate milk.

The St John’s River in Florida flows North

mississippi never “reaches minnesota” it starts there..

I live a 10 minute walk from St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River in Minnesota. Of course, it's my favorite. It's home, after all.

OMG I am reading all the comments, and I love ALL the rivers! we are very blessed.

The Chattahoochee is great fun during the summer!!

I don’t know what took me so long to subscribe. Been watching you for over a year. You. Are. Awesome.

Both my parents were from England, but I was born in Dallas, TX. When they were being driven into the city for the first time they crossed a very high bridge with a trickle of mud seeping underneath (Texas was experiencing a many-years-long drought). Their friend who was driving said: "That there is the mighty Trinity River. Navigable 12 months of the year. 3 by ocean-going liner and the rest of the time by Pee-destrian." Gotta love that.

Lived by the Mississippi for most of my life and I have loved it! There is something special about Mississippi river towns. So much history. So much wild life. So much adventure.

I get educated every time Laurence posts! Such neat info! Thanks!

Spokane river flows through downtown spokane (waterfalls are downtown) flows through eastern washington to connect to the columbia river via lake Roosevelt.

Where I live in Virginia, we have the New River, which is one of the oldest rivers in the world. The fact that it cuts straight through the Appalachian mountains dates it accordingly.

I love your videos so much. They are so snarky and have lots of great info. I always click when your vids pop up!

The US also has a river that flows north: The REd River of the NOrth borders Minnesota and NOrth Dakota. I flows north and dumps into Lake Winnepeg.

I was so excited to hear you name the Snake River!! 🐍 We live right on it, just a couple of miles up from where it connects directly to the Columbia River, here in beautiful Washington state 🐍 💧 ⛵ ⛱ 😍

Colorado River is my favorite! My hubby and I spent 8 days white water rafting through the Grand Canyon and it was one of the most magical experiences I ever had! I will never forget that trip.

I grew up just 20 minutes from the Missouri-Mississippi river confluence. The mighty Mississippi is my favorite

The Thames West of the City of London, in the City of Westminster, the old Palace of Westminster was on a bulge of land into the river which used to be twice as wide before the Embankments were built in Victorian times. The street The Strand is so called because it was a strand, a beach on the bank of the river.

I love that you referenced Bob Ross!!

Kancamangus in New Hampshire. Scenic any time of the year.

My favorite river is the St. John's River in Florida. It flows north, unlike the vast majority of rivers in the northern hemisphere. It's source is near Vero Beach, and it's mouth is at Jacksonville. It's a freshwater river, turning brackish around Jacksonville, and it flows very slowly at only 0.3 miles per hour, making it one of the "laziest" rivers in the world. It's home to many fish species, and is very popular for recreational activities.

The Tennessee River because it becomes the Kentucky Lake.

The Avon and the four rivers of the Salisbury area are really beautiful. Love those big geese the swims around in them (oops, I mean swans!).

Oh Laurence, Lawrence?, I do so absolutely love your videos and just adore you! Of course, l’m a 73 year old retired teacher and grandmother in California. Stuck during these days after the Christmas surge of the COVID pandemic and lockdown here, but ever since l discovered and subscribed to you, you just get more and more terrific, l wait for and pounce on every new video l find from you and your wife and The Cat! I am of Irish and a English decent. Maiden name Welch, which l use, daughter of Colonel William I. Welch, but my first Irish Welch ancestor came here to America from England in about 1630 to 1640 as an indentured servant, l don’t have any documentation of that but my nephew does. Also that l am a direct descendent on my mother’s (Helen Newton Welch) side of John Newton, Sir Isaac’s brother. All that blathered to you as If you would actually read it, l very, very much enjoy all the videos of you and you beautiful wife. I loved her purple hair! You both are personable and intelligent. Thank you. It is too late for me ever to get to the homelands of my ancestors, but l love learning about them in you make comparing and contrasting the UK and the USA so darn interesting. Just to comment and wonder if you will possibly someday know l wrote to you in appreciation.

as a student of history, I have often told people, they don't understand just how SHOCKING Western Hemisphere rivers were to the first Europeans to find them. I mean, the ability to sail MILES into the interior of the country??? Rivers were ways to travel and trade and the rivers here had that ability in spades!

One of the prettiest rivers with a falls, is in a tiny town in NE Ohio called Chagrin Falls. Stand on the town's little bridge, by the popcorn shoppe, enjoy the stunning view and sounds.

I live just 5 minutes away from one of the oldest rivers in the world, the mighty Susquehanna. It runs through here in NY, all the way down to the Chesapeake Bay in MD. The river separates Endicott(north) and Vestal(south). If you want to get to places like Endicott, Endwell and Johnson City, you have to cross over the river. The city of Binghamton is split by the river. You have to cross it in order to get to certain parts of the City. We are the longest river that no longer has commercial boat traffic. How's that for some neat facts?

I have no idea who you are or why you popped up onto my RU-vid feed. However as an ignorant American, this, and you were extremely entertaining. I didn't expect to wake up this morning and find myself subscribing to you but alas, here we are. Cheers.

At the headwaters of the Mississippi in Itasca, Minnesota, you can walk across the river. The water level is usually below your knees. By the time it gets to Minneapolis, it's still narrow enough that a halfway decent swimmer could easily swim across it.

The Hocking River starts in my town from a tiny spring, in Central Ohio and ends up in the Gulf of Mexico. I've always wanted to kayak all the way to the Gulf. But I probably die before I got to the Ohio River.

What is with the mysterious lighting? Love the Video amusing and informative just thrown off by the spot light

My favorite river is the Colorado River. Amazing views along it.

My favorite is the Wisconsin River (420 miles long so it is just shy of double the length of the Severn). I grew up a block from it and spent a good portion of my childhood canoeing and fishing it, not to mention just wading in the backwaters looking for frogs. One of the most important rivers in the early fur trading days as well as the logging days.

"Well, Dam" 😆😆😆

The Ohio River. Live in Evansville, IN on the horseshoe bend. The Wabash is also nice.

One thing we don't have in America is a bunch of rivers named Avon, which means River. So River River. I learned that on a tour of Bath.

Boston, Massachusetts is home to the Charles River, made forever famous by the 1966 Standells song Dirty Water. My town!

There was a car found in the river by my house today it had a dead body in it, but it wasn’t the first dead body in there John Wayne Gacy used to throw bodies in there, the Des plaines river

One Nicholas Cage is too much for this world.

I LOVE YOU! 😂 I love how you take your intellect into humor! I NEVER miss your vlogs and always look forward to th next!🙏💜👍👌

My favorite river is the Wabash, my parents grew up in Indiana in a small town on the Wabash river. So when we went to visit when we crossed the river my parents would sing “On the banks of the Wabash” and when we crossed the state line “Back home in Indiana” which also mentions the Wabash. It reminds me of my childhood.

The Detroit & St Clair Rivers. Part of the Great Lakes watershed. The big ore boats, the Canadians, big powerful rivers.

"Denial" River 🤣

I'm not far from the Mississippi River. I love to see ships go by.

I grew up on the headwaters of the Colorado hiked up to where it starts

Rivers in Canada and Mexico got nothin' in comparison with those in the USA.

My favorite river is the Ohio River, as it flows through my city, Evansville, Indiana 🤗

My favorite river is the Tahquamenon river in Michigan and the beautiful falls it has.

I've always been somewhat of an anglophile, so I'm absolutely in love with the channel. Good stuff, subbed.

Specifically, there are thirteen US rivers over a thousand miles long.

The river with the best name has got to be the Skookumchuck.

I love the Nile and the Amazon, but I'll always have a special place in my heart for the Susquehanna, the river of my home.

You are so very, very funny! Love this site!

Missouri is a Frenchified word. Many locals say Missouria...it's the native tribes name. Means canoe people. Gotten confused with being an accent.

Nicolas cage is now the optimal measurement tool we have as humans

I love your humor, thank you!

In Michigan, I love the Grand. Not only does it flow into my favorite lake, but it's fun to drive over, kayak in, and walk along.

The Susquehanna is my favorite river!

My favorite two rivers are the Waccamaw River and the Lumber River. The headwaters of both are in the swamps of North Carolina near my home. Great fishing.

The Niagara is my favorite. Beautiful and powerful.

Favorite river is a lazy one: Guadiana River in España/Portugal. Where it meets the Atlantic, it's breathtaking views, mate.

I'm surprised no one mentioned the most famous British river with Americans -- River Song. Spoilers.

"In the style of Bob Ross..." nice.

The Housatonic River in Connecticut where I went innertubing down the river.

I live in the Columbia River Valley in central Washington, and it also turns into lakes sometimes! We have many Dams for energy production, and the backups behind them are called lakes. They're beautiful!

"...Rivers, not to be confused with Joan." Phaha

I grew up on the Mississippi. Gotta name it as fave.

I have just discovered your channel and OMG where were you all my life? :) I am Italian but lived in the States for 3 years, and been living in the UK for the past 6 years. So I can really relate to all your videos

The Danube. Best. River. Ever.