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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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Rio Negro
Water bodies; Rivers
Rio Negro is the largest left tributary of the Amazon and the largest blackwater river in the world.
Columbia River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into ...
Pearl River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Pearl River is an extensive river system in Southern China. Measured from the farthest reaches of the Xi Jiang, the Pearl River system is China's third longest river (2,200 km, after the ...
Red River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Red River, or sometimes the Red River of the South, is a major tributary of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers located in the southern United States of America. The total length of the ...
Irrawaddy River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Irrawaddy River or Ayeyarwady River is a river that flows from north to south through Burma (Myanmar). It is the country's largest river and most important commercial waterway.
Kasai River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Kasai River (called Cassai in Angola) is a tributary of the Congo River, located in central Africa. The river begins in Angola and serves as the border between Angola and the Democratic ...
Ohio River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi (Ohio at Cairo: 281,500 cfs (7,960 m3/s); ...
