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Major Rivers of the World
Famous rivers and where they flow.
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- NileRiverAfrica; flows north through Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea
- AmazonRiverSouth America; flows through Brazil into the Atlantic; carries the most water of any river
- YangtzeRiverChina; the longest river in Asia, flows into the East China Sea
- MississippiRiverUnited States; flows south into the Gulf of Mexico
- MissouriRiverUnited States; the longest river in North America, joins the Mississippi
- CongoRiverCentral Africa; flows into the Atlantic Ocean
- NigerRiverWest Africa; flows through Mali, Niger and Nigeria into the Gulf of Guinea
- ZambeziRiverSouthern Africa; has Victoria Falls on it
- LimpopoRiverSouthern Africa; flows into the Indian Ocean through Mozambique
- Orange RiverRiverSouthern Africa; flows west to the Atlantic along Namibia's border
- GangesRiverIndia; sacred river that flows into the Bay of Bengal
- IndusRiverPakistan; flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea
- BrahmaputraRiverFlows from Tibet through India and Bangladesh
- MekongRiverSoutheast Asia; flows through six countries to Vietnam and the South China Sea
- Yellow River (Huang He)RiverChina; flows into the Bohai Sea; cradle of early Chinese civilization
- IrrawaddyRiverMyanmar; flows into the Andaman Sea
- TigrisRiverFlows through Turkey and Iraq; Mesopotamia's river
- EuphratesRiverFlows through Turkey, Syria and Iraq; Mesopotamia's other river
- Jordan RiverRiverFlows through the Middle East into the Dead Sea
- AmurRiverForms part of the border between Russia and China
- ObRiverRussia; flows north through Siberia to the Arctic Ocean
- LenaRiverRussia; flows through Siberia to the Arctic Ocean
- VolgaRiverRussia; longest river in Europe, flows into the Caspian Sea
- DanubeRiverEurope; flows through many countries to the Black Sea
- RhineRiverEurope; flows from the Alps through Germany to the North Sea
- SeineRiverFrance; flows through Paris
- LoireRiverFrance; the longest river in France
- ThamesRiverEngland; flows through London
- ElbeRiverCzechia and Germany; flows through Dresden and Hamburg to the North Sea
- PoRiverItaly; the longest river in Italy
- TiberRiverItaly; flows through Rome
- RhôneRiverFlows from Switzerland through France to the Mediterranean
- DnieperRiverFlows through Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea
- Colorado RiverRiverWestern United States; carved the Grand Canyon
- Rio GrandeRiverForms part of the border between Texas and Mexico
- Columbia RiverRiverNorthwestern United States; flows to the Pacific between Oregon and Washington
- Ohio RiverRiverUnited States; flows into the Mississippi
- Hudson RiverRiverNew York State; flows past New York City
- PotomacRiverFlows past Washington, D.C.
- St. LawrenceRiverCanada and U.S.; flows from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic
- MackenzieRiverNorthwest Territories, Canada; flows to the Arctic Ocean
- Yukon RiverRiverFlows from Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea
- OrinocoRiverVenezuela; flows into the Atlantic
- ParanáRiverSouth America; flows through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina
- Río de la PlataRiverA wide estuary between Argentina and Uruguay
- Murray RiverRiverAustralia; the longest river in the country
- Snake RiverRiverFlows through Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
- Arkansas RiverRiverFlows through Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas
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