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Water bodies
Referring to any significant accumulation of water usually on planet earth but also on other planetary bodies.
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Platte River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Platte River is a river in the Midwestern United States and Western United States, approximately 310 mi (500 km) long. It is a tributary of the Missouri River, which in ...
Tobol River
Water bodies; Rivers
Tobol is a river in Kurgan and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia and Kazakhstan, left tributary of the Irtysh. The length of the Tobol River is 1591 km.
Jubba River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Jubba River is a river in southern Somalia. It begins at the border with Ethiopia, where the Dawa and Ganale Dorya rivers meet, and flows directly south to the Indian ...
Shebelle River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Shebelle River begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu, it turns sharply southwest, where it follows ...
Putumayo River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Putumayo River is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, west of and parallel to the Yapura. It forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well as most of the ...
Yalong River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Yalong River is an 822 mile (1,323 kilometers) long river in the Sichuan province of southern China. It flows into the Yangtze River along the border with Yunnan. It is a ...
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