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 Free flashcards from Peabody at peabody.kids/flashcards/geo-major-rivers-world