| D River | |
|---|---|
 Looking downstream toward the Pacific | |
  Location of the mouth of the D River in Oregon | |
| Etymology | Winning entry in a 1940 naming contest[2] |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Lincoln |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Devils Lake |
| • location | Lincoln City |
| • coordinates | 44°58′02″N 124°00′55″W / 44.96722°N 124.01528°W[1] |
| • elevation | 9 ft (2.7 m)[3] |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | Lincoln City |
• coordinates | 44°58′04.91″N 124°01′02.35″W / 44.9680306°N 124.0173194°W[1] |
• elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m)[1] |
The D River is a river in Lincoln City, Oregon, United States. The once-nameless river was at one time the "shortest river in the world"[4][5] in the Guinness World Records at 440 feet (130 m).
- ^ a b c "D River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
contestwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ "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.