rivers               package:datasets               R Documentation

Lengths of Major North American Rivers

Description:

     This data set gives the lengths (in miles) of 141 "major" rivers
     in North America, as compiled by the US Geological Survey.

Usage:

     rivers

Format:

     A vector containing 141 observations.

Source:

     World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1975, page 406.

References:

     McNeil, D. R. (1977) _Interactive Data Analysis_. New York: Wiley.

