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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

Lomami River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Lomami River is a major tributary of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The river is approximately 1,280 kilometres (800 mi) long.

Ottawa River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Ottawa River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. For most of its length, it now defines the border between these two provinces.

Zeya River

Water bodies; Rivers

Zeya River is a northern tributary of the Amur River. It rises in the Tokiysky Stanovik mountain ridge, a part of the Stanovoy Range.

Juruena River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Juruena River is a 1240 km long river in west-central Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso.

Rhine

Water bodies; Rivers

The Rhine flows from Graubünden in the eastern Swiss Alps to the North Sea coast in the Netherlands and is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe.

Athabasca River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Athabasca River originates from the Columbia Glacier of the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. The impressive and scenic Athabasca Falls is located upstream about ...

Elbe

Water bodies; Rivers

The River Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It originates in the Krkonoše Mountains of northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (Czech Republic), then Germany ...

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