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Red River

noun

  1. a river flowing E from NW Texas along the S boundary of Oklahoma into the Mississippi River in Louisiana. About 1,300 miles (2,095 km) long.
  2. Also called Red River of the North. a river flowing N along the boundary between Minnesota and North Dakota to Lake Winnipeg in S Canada. 533 miles (860 km) long.


Red River

noun

  1. Also calledRed River of the South a river in the S central US, flowing east from N Texas through Arkansas into the Mississippi in Louisiana. Length: 1639 km (1018 miles)
  2. a river in the northern US, flowing north as the border between North Dakota and Minnesota and into Lake Winnipeg, Canada. Length: 515 km (320 miles)
  3. a river in SE Asia, rising in SW China in Yunnan province and flowing southeast across N Vietnam to the Gulf of Tongkin: the chief river of N Vietnam, with an extensive delta. Length: 500 km (310 miles) Vietnamese nameSong Koi
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Yes, I just rewatched “Red River” on the Criterion Channel, and Montgomery Clift is method and John Wayne is “old school.”

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Romanick was asked to rule on a lawsuit against the state of North Dakota by the Red River Women’s Clinic.

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No abortion providers currently remain in the state, though the Red River Women's Clinic - which filed the lawsuit against the state's abortion ban - is just east of the North Dakota border.

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Meanwhile several districts in Hanoi were evacuated due to intense flooding, with the city's iconic Red River swelling to a 20-year high.

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By Wednesday, flood waters from the swollen Red River reached a metre high in parts of the capital, forcing some residents to navigate their neighbourhoods by boat.

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