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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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Niger
Water bodies; Rivers
The third longest on the African continent , it rises in Guinea near the Sierra Leone border and flows into Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea. It is 2,600 mi (4,183 sq km) long, and its middle course is ...
Mekong
Water bodies; Rivers
One of the world's great rivers. It is the world's 10th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Rising in southern Qinghai province, China, it flows south through eastern Tibet and across the ...
Mackenzie
Water bodies; Rivers
The river originates in Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories, and flows north into the Arctic Ocean. It is the('''longest river in Canada at 1,738 kilometres (1,080 mi) ''') and, together ...
Obi
Water bodies; Rivers
A major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the country's fourth longest river. The river is formed by the junction of the Biya and Katun rivers, in the foothills of the Siberian sector of the ...
Ob
Water bodies; Rivers
A major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the country's fourth longest river. The river is formed by the junction of the Biya and Katun rivers, in the foothills of the Siberian sector of the ...
Lena
Water bodies; Rivers
The easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Ob River and the Yenisei River). It is the ('''11th longest river in the world and has the ...
Amur
Water bodies; Rivers
The world's (''' tenth longest river'''), world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China. The Amur proper begins at the confluence of the Shilka ...
