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D River 
Looking downstream toward the PacificName origin: Winning entry in a 1940 naming contest[1] Country United States State Oregon County Lincoln Source Devils Lake - location Lincoln City, Lincoln County, Oregon - 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, Lincoln County, Oregon - elevation 7 ft (2 m) [3] - coordinates 44°58′02″N 124°01′06″W / 44.96722°N 124.01833°W [3] 
Location of the mouth of the D River in OregonThe D River is a river in Lincoln City, Oregon, United States. Proclaimed the "shortest river in the world" by the State of Oregon,[4] it 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".[5] Starting in 2006, the Guinness Book of World Records did not list a category for shortest river.
The 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
- ^ a b Price, Niki (January 18, 2007). "The World's Shortest River is Long on Controversy". Oregon Coast Today. http://www.oregoncoasttoday.com/thedriver.html. 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.
- ^ a b c "D River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1132089. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^ a b "D River State Recreation Site". State Parks. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_214.php. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
- ^ 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
"Worlds Shortest" river
Categories:- Rivers of Oregon
- Lincoln City, Oregon
- Landforms of Lincoln County, Oregon
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