^ 1.01.1Price, Niki. The World's Shortest River Is Long on Controversy. Oregon Coast Today. 2007年1月18日 [2009年3月5日]. (原始内容存档于2009年2月3日). 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.
^Finley, Carmel. D River Reclaims 'Lost' Title. The Oregonian. 1988年5月4日. 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.使用|accessdate=需要含有|url= (帮助)