{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/geo-major-rivers-world",
 "id": "geo-major-rivers-world",
 "title": "Major Rivers of the World",
 "category": "geography",
 "subject": "Geography",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Famous rivers and where they flow.",
 "tags": [
  "rivers",
  "physical geography"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "River",
 "backLabel": "Where it is",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Nile",
   "Africa; flows north through Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Amazon",
   "South America; flows through Brazil into the Atlantic; carries the most water of any river"
  ],
  [
   "Yangtze",
   "China; the longest river in Asia, flows into the East China Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Mississippi",
   "United States; flows south into the Gulf of Mexico"
  ],
  [
   "Missouri",
   "United States; the longest river in North America, joins the Mississippi"
  ],
  [
   "Congo",
   "Central Africa; flows into the Atlantic Ocean"
  ],
  [
   "Niger",
   "West Africa; flows through Mali, Niger and Nigeria into the Gulf of Guinea"
  ],
  [
   "Zambezi",
   "Southern Africa; has Victoria Falls on it"
  ],
  [
   "Limpopo",
   "Southern Africa; flows into the Indian Ocean through Mozambique"
  ],
  [
   "Orange River",
   "Southern Africa; flows west to the Atlantic along Namibia's border"
  ],
  [
   "Ganges",
   "India; sacred river that flows into the Bay of Bengal"
  ],
  [
   "Indus",
   "Pakistan; flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Brahmaputra",
   "Flows from Tibet through India and Bangladesh"
  ],
  [
   "Mekong",
   "Southeast Asia; flows through six countries to Vietnam and the South China Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Yellow River (Huang He)",
   "China; flows into the Bohai Sea; cradle of early Chinese civilization"
  ],
  [
   "Irrawaddy",
   "Myanmar; flows into the Andaman Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Tigris",
   "Flows through Turkey and Iraq; Mesopotamia's river"
  ],
  [
   "Euphrates",
   "Flows through Turkey, Syria and Iraq; Mesopotamia's other river"
  ],
  [
   "Jordan River",
   "Flows through the Middle East into the Dead Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Amur",
   "Forms part of the border between Russia and China"
  ],
  [
   "Ob",
   "Russia; flows north through Siberia to the Arctic Ocean"
  ],
  [
   "Lena",
   "Russia; flows through Siberia to the Arctic Ocean"
  ],
  [
   "Volga",
   "Russia; longest river in Europe, flows into the Caspian Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Danube",
   "Europe; flows through many countries to the Black Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Rhine",
   "Europe; flows from the Alps through Germany to the North Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Seine",
   "France; flows through Paris"
  ],
  [
   "Loire",
   "France; the longest river in France"
  ],
  [
   "Thames",
   "England; flows through London"
  ],
  [
   "Elbe",
   "Czechia and Germany; flows through Dresden and Hamburg to the North Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Po",
   "Italy; the longest river in Italy"
  ],
  [
   "Tiber",
   "Italy; flows through Rome"
  ],
  [
   "Rhône",
   "Flows from Switzerland through France to the Mediterranean"
  ],
  [
   "Dnieper",
   "Flows through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Colorado River",
   "Western United States; carved the Grand Canyon"
  ],
  [
   "Rio Grande",
   "Forms part of the border between Texas and Mexico"
  ],
  [
   "Columbia River",
   "Northwestern United States; flows to the Pacific between Oregon and Washington"
  ],
  [
   "Ohio River",
   "United States; flows into the Mississippi"
  ],
  [
   "Hudson River",
   "New York State; flows past New York City"
  ],
  [
   "Potomac",
   "Flows past Washington, D.C."
  ],
  [
   "St. Lawrence",
   "Canada and U.S.; flows from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic"
  ],
  [
   "Mackenzie",
   "Northwest Territories, Canada; flows to the Arctic Ocean"
  ],
  [
   "Yukon River",
   "Flows from Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Orinoco",
   "Venezuela; flows into the Atlantic"
  ],
  [
   "Paraná",
   "South America; flows through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina"
  ],
  [
   "Río de la Plata",
   "A wide estuary between Argentina and Uruguay"
  ],
  [
   "Murray River",
   "Australia; the longest river in the country"
  ],
  [
   "Snake River",
   "Flows through Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington"
  ],
  [
   "Arkansas River",
   "Flows through Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas"
  ]
 ]
}