Water bodies

Water bodies

Referring to any significant accumulation of water usually on planet earth but also on other planetary bodies.

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Mississippi

Water bodies; Rivers

The largest river system in North America. About 2,320 miles (3,730 km) long, the river originates at Lake Itasca, Minnesota, and flows slowly southwards in sweeping meanders, ...

Amazon

Water bodies; Rivers

A major flowing river in South America is the('''second longest river in the world with an average discharge greater than the next six largest rivers combined'''). T The Amazon, ...

Zaire

Water bodies; Rivers

River beginning in Zambia as the Chambeshi and flowing through the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the deepest river in the world, with measured ...

Irtish

Water bodies; Rivers

With a length of 2,640 miles (4,248 km), it is one of the continent’s longest rivers. The Irtysh and the Ob River, of which the Irtysh is the principal tributary, together ...

Sao Francisco

Water bodies; Rivers

The largest river wholly within Brazil, it flows north and east across the great Central Plateau for about 1,811 mi (2,914 km) to its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean. The upper river ...

Madeira

Water bodies; Rivers

A major waterway in South America, approximately 3,250 km (2,020) miles long. The Madeira is the biggest tributary of the Amazon, both by volume and length, and it is the biggest ...

Purus

Water bodies; Rivers

A tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is 63,166 km2 (24,389 sq mi), and the mean discharge is 8,400 m³/s. It flows in a generally northeasterly ...