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The Trinity in DFW is really not much of a river at all so I would say DFW is the largest that isnt on a major body of water or river.
Houston's bayous arent really rivers either, but the city sits on the Gulf of Mexico
I don't think Phoenix is #1 in this category. I believe this "honor" goes to Indianapolis.
While Indy does have a "river" going through it, it is, from what I understand, the longest NON-NAVIGABLE river in America. That is, putting two inflatable rafts next to each other in the river is going to be a tight fit.
Dallas's River is really more of a dried riverbed with a small stream winding through the middle of it for most of the year. You're not exactly going to see much shipping or recreational traffic heading up and down it.
It's because the Trinity River is dammed in multiple places to control the flow of the river and to create lakes.
Phoenix has an area of 516.7 sq miles and a population of 1.4 million.
Indianapolis has an area of 361 sq miles and a population of 820,000.
If you go to Google maps, and put in Indianapolis, it will take you to a screen with a view of the whole city area. You can see water running through Phoenix, you can't see the White River in Indy until you zoom in a lot more.
So essentially there is water in Indy, but no one can ever use it for more than "Yep. There's some water."
It's strange to me that explorers or founding fathers would ever bother to establish a town with no ready source of drinking water nearby. And perhaps stranger still that some of these towns eventually grew into major cities. What was it that made people want to settle there in the first place?
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