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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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Vitim River
Water bodies; Rivers
Vitim River is a major tributary of the Lena River. With its source east of Lake Baikal, the Vitim flows 1,978 km north through the Transbaykalian Mountains and the town of ...
Tigris
Water bodies; Rivers
The Tigris River is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of southeastern ...
Songhua River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Songhua River is a river in Northeast China, and is the largest tributary of the Heilong River (Amur), flowing about 1,434 kilometres (891 mi) from Changbai Mountains ...
Tapajós
Water bodies; Rivers
The Tapajós, a Brazilian river running through a humid and hot valley, pours into the Amazon River 500 miles above Pará and is about 1200 miles long.
Podkamennaya Tunguska River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Podkamennaya Tunguska is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia; it is an eastern tributary of the Yenisei and has a length of 1,160 miles (1865 km).
Pechora River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Pechora River is a river in northwest Russia which flows north into the Arctic Ocean on the west side of the Ural Mountains. It lies mostly in the Komi Republic but the ...
Kama River
Water bodies; Rivers
Kama is a major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge; in fact, it is larger than the Volga before junction.
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