Arizona is the Grand Canyon State because of the famous winding canyon carved by the Colorado River.

VOA: special.2009.08.02

Last Friday night,an oil pipeline broke under the Yellowstone River in the western state of Montana.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

The school was named after the Hudson River Valley in the state of New York.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

The fishing ban announced Sunday did not affect state waters west of the Mississippi River.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

They settled in a camp near the Onion River in the state of Minnesota.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

First,Grant planned to cross the river into northern Mississippi state.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

He also is a commercial crabber and fisherman. He says if the shut down continues on the east side of the Mississippi, Louisiana's' seafood industry will survive,because 70 percent of the state's fish and shellfish come from the west side of the river.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08