D River
| D River | |
 Looking downstream toward the Pacific | |
| Name origin: Winning entry in a 1940 naming contest[1] | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Oregon |
| County | Lincoln |
| Source | Devils Lake |
| - location | Lincoln City |
| - elevation | 9 ft (3 m) [2] |
| - coordinates | 44°58′02″N 124°00′55″W / 44.96722°N 124.01528°W [3] |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
| - location | Lincoln City |
| - elevation | 7 ft (2 m) [3] |
| - coordinates | 44°58′02″N 124°01′06″W / 44.96722°N 124.01833°WCoordinates: 44°58′02″N 124°01′06″W / 44.96722°N 124.01833°W [3] |
  Location of the mouth of the D River in Oregon
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The D River is a river in Lincoln City, Oregon, United States. The once-nameless river, known as the "shortest river in the world"[4][5][6][7] was listed in the Guinness World Records as the world's shortest river at 440 feet (130 m). This title was lost in 1989 when Guinness named the Roe River in Montana as the world's shortest. Attempting to reclaim the title, the people of Lincoln City submitted a new measurement to Guinness of about 120 feet (37 m) marked at "extreme high tide".[8] Starting in 2006, the Guinness Book of World Records did not list a category for shortest river.
The D river flows from Devils Lake, under U.S. Route 101, and into the Pacific Ocean, entirely within the city limits of Lincoln City. The D River State Recreation Site off Highway 101 is home to two of the world's largest kite festivals in the spring and fall.[4]
This area was originally settled as the town of Delake, which was later incorporated with other nearby towns to form Lincoln City in 1965. The river had been known by several names, including simply "the outlet", and earned its short name in a contest.[1]
See also
- List of rivers of Oregon
- Reprua River, a river in Abkhazia, 59 feet (18 m) long
References
- 1 2 Price, Niki (January 18, 2007). "The World's Shortest River Is Long on Controversy". Oregon Coast Today. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
In 1940, the Delake Chamber of Commerce sponsored a nationwide contest to come up with a new, shorter name for the world's shortest river. The winning moniker, 'D,' a perfectly succinct name submitted by Mrs. Johanna Beard of Albany, Ore., was officially accepted by the U.S. Geographic Board of Names.
- ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- 1 2 3 "D River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- 1 2 "D River State Recreation Site". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Seeks Name for River". The News-Sentinel. July 4, 1940. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Shortest River? Well, Maybe". The Register-Guard. February 18, 1953. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Oregon Has Squabble Over Shortest River". The Times-News. October 12, 1963. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- ↑ Finley, Carmel (May 4, 1988). "D River Reclaims 'Lost' Title". The Oregonian.
Ginther said he determined that the D River flows from a fish control structure at the entrance of the lake west to where a huge driftwood log marks the point of extreme high tide, give or take five feet, and depending on sand elevation. That is 120 feet.
External links
Media related to D River at Wikimedia Commons
