“There are more than 12,000 Rivers in the state. The longest? The Yukon, which ranks third in length among all U.S. rivers.”

National Geographic kids, 5000 Awesome Facts

The first three largest rivers in length are as follows;

Missouri River – at 2,540 miles in length.

Mississippi River – 2350 miles in length

YUKON RIVER – 1980 miles out of the total 3185 of full river

The Yukon runs from northwestern Canada through Alaska and empties into the Bering Sea.

A little fun fact about the Yukon River. There are only 4 functional bridges over the full length of this massive river.

Talking about Alaska and it’s water makes me real thirsty for an ice cold glass of water! Yum.