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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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Detroit River
Water bodies; Rivers
The Detroit River is a 32-mile (51-km) long strait in the Great Lakes system.The name comes from the French Riviere du Detroit, which translates literally as River of the Strait.
St. Clair River
Water bodies; Rivers
The St. Clair River is a river in central North America which drains Lake Huron into Lake St Clair, forming part of the International Boundary between the Canadian province of Ontario and the ...
St. Marys River
Water bodies; Rivers
The St. Marys River, sometimes written as the St. Mary's River, drains Lake Superior, starting at the end of Whitefish Bay and flowing 74.5 miles (120 km) southeast into Lake Huron, with a fall ...
Saint Louis River
Water bodies; Rivers
The St. Louis River is a river in the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin that flows into Lake Superior. The largest U.S. river to flow into the lake, it is 179 miles (288 kilometers) in ...
Rio Grande
Water bodies; Rivers
The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico.
Nizhnyaya Tunguska
Water bodies; Rivers
Nizhnyaya Tunguska is a river in Siberia, Russia, flows through the Irkutsk Oblast and the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The river is a right tributary of the Yenisei joining it at Turukhansk. Settlements ...
Yarlung Zangbo River
Water bodies; Rivers
Yarlung River is a watercourse that originates upstream from the South Tibet Valley and Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, in Tibet. It then passes through the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India, ...
