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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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Rivers

Magdalena River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Magdalena River is the principal river of Colombia, flowing northward about 1,540 kilometres (950 miles) through the western half of the country. It takes its name from the biblical figure ...

Han River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Han River is a left tributary of the Yangtze River with a length of 1532 km.

Oka River

Water bodies; Rivers

Oka is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir, and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable ...

Pecos River

Water bodies; Rivers

The headwaters of the Pecos River are located north of Pecos, New Mexico, United States, at an elevation of over 12,000 feet on the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora ...

Godavari River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Godavari is a river that runs from western to southern India and is considered to be one of the big river basins in India. With a length of 1465 km, it is the second longest river in India ...

Colorado River

Water bodies; Rivers

The Colorado River is a river that runs through the U.S. state of Texas; it should not be confused with the much longer Colorado River which flows from Colorado into the Gulf of California. The ...

Río Grande

Water bodies; Rivers

The Río Grande in Bolivia rises on the southern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba. At its source it is known as the Río Rocha and crosses the Cochabamba valley ...

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