Rivers

Rivers

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river.

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Jialing River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Jialing River is a tributary of the Yangtze River with its source in Gansu province. It gets its name from its crossing the Jialing Vale in Feng County of Shaanxi.

The Liard River flows through the Yukon Territory, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Canada. Rising in the Saint Cyr Range of the Pelly Mountains in southeastern Yukon, it flows 1,115 ...

Cumberland River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Cumberland River is a waterway in the southern United States. It is 688 miles (1,107 km) long. Its tributaries are three separate forks that begin in Kentucky, and converge in its Harlan County. ...

White River

Water bodies; Rivers

The White River is a 722-mile (1,162-km) long river that flows through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri.

Huallaga River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Huallaga River is a tributary of the Maranon River, part of the Amazon Basin. Old names for this river include Guallaga and Rio de los Motilones. The Huallaga is born on the slopes of the Andes ...

Kwango River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Cuango or Kwango is a transboundary river of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the largest left bank tributary of the Kasai River in the Congo River basin. It flows through Malanje ...

Gambia River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Gambia River is a major river in West Africa, running 1,130 kilometres (700 mi) from the Fouta Djallon plateau in north Guinea westward through Senegal and The Gambia to the Atlantic Ocean at the ...