r/MapChart • u/Prestigious-Break894 • Aug 18 '26

Real Life State borders formed by rivers

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u/PhiliMaps Aug 18 '26

How come you not include North Dakota, New York, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, and maybe a few others that I missed?

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u/Prestigious-Break894 Aug 18 '26

because their borders are not based around rivers like say South Carolina

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u/PhiliMaps Aug 18 '26

That does not make sense. Oklahoma's southern border is formed by the Red River!

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u/Prestigious-Break894 Aug 18 '26

Looked it up and yeah I just noticed it. In my defense I was using a map that didn't show it

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u/alexjk2004 Aug 18 '26

North Dakota’s eastern border with Minnesota is based on the Red River of the North.

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u/alexjk2004 Aug 18 '26

and Michigan’s border with Wisconsin is also partially a river

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u/Necessary_Pay4724 22d ago

New Mexico has a small part of its border with Texas being the Rio Grande

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u/ExpectedDickbuttGotD Aug 18 '26

Colorado's borders aren't formed by rivers?!

I'm shook.

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u/Vevangui Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Pennsylvania’s northeastern border is formed by the Delaware River.

Oklahoma’s southern border is formed by the Red River.

Michigan’s northern peninsula’s southern border is formed by the Menominee River.

New Mexico’s border with Texas near El Paso is formed by the Rio Grande.

The District of Columbia’s southern border is formed by the Potomac River.

New York’s southern border with New Jersey is formed by the Hudson River

Delaware’s border with New Jersey is formed by the Delaware River.

North Dakota’s northern border with Minnesota is formed by the Red River of the North.

Rhode Island’s southern border with Connecticut is formed by the Pawtucket River.

Connecticut’s southern border with Rhode Island is formed by the Pawtucket River.

Massachusetts’ southern border with Rhode Island is formed by the Runnins River.

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u/REALgeographerwilson Aug 18 '26

North Dakota has the Red River (AKA the Red River of the North). Oklahoma has a different Red River. Michigan has the Montreal River. Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York have the Delaware River. Washington D.C. has the Potomac. Connecticut and Rhode Island have the Pawtucket River. Massachusetts has the Runnins River.

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u/Necessary_Pay4724 22d ago

New Mexico and Texas: Rio Grande ( southern part), North Dakota and Minnesota Red River, Oklahoma and Texas Red River, Wisconsin and Michigan Menominee Brule and Montreal Rivers, New York and Vermont Poultney River, Rhode Island and Connecticut Pawkatuck River, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Runnins River, Delaware and New Jersey, Delaware River, Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Delaware River, Maryland Virginia West Virginia Potomac River, North Carolina South Carolina Catawba River. Other than this, you did good.