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Rivers

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river.

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Rivers

Gila River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Gila River is a 649-mile (1,044 km)tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of nearly 60,000 square miles ...

Loire

Water bodies; Rivers

The Loire is the longest river in France. With a length of 1,012 kilometres (629 mi), it drains an area of 117,054 km2 (45,195 sq mi), which represents more than a fifth of France's land area.

Essequibo River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Esequibo River is the longest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. Rising in the Acarai Mountains near the Brazil-Guyana border, the Essequibo flows to the north ...

Khopyor River

Water bodies; Rivers

Khopyor is a river in European Russia, the biggest left tributary of the Don River. Length 979 km, watershed: 61,100 km2,mouth width: 300m.Navigable up to 323 km. Maximum discharge is 3720 m3/s, an ...

Tagus

Water bodies; Rivers

The Tagus (is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It is 1,038 kilometers long, 716 km in Spain, 47 km along the border between Portugal and Spain and 275 km in Portugal, where it empties into ...

Vltava

Water bodies; Rivers

The Vltava is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running north from its source in Sumava through Cesky Krumlov, Ceske Budejovice, and Prague (Praha), merging with the Elbe (Labe) at Melnik.

Canadian River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Canadian River is the longest tributary of the Arkansas River. It is about 906 miles (1,458 km) long, starting in Colorado and traveling through New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and Oklahoma.

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