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Brahmaputra ​River​
Brahmaputra ​River​

The Brahmaputra (/ ˌ b r ɑː m ə ˈ p uː t r ə / is one of the major rivers of Asia, a trans-boundary river which flows through China, India and Bangladesh.

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Yenisei River​
Yenisei River​

The Yenisei (Russian: Енисе́й, Jeniséj; Mongolian: Енисей мөрөн, Yenisei mörön; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, Gorlog müren; Tyvan: Улуг-Хем, Uluğ-Hem; Khakas: Ким суг, Kim sug) also Romanised Yenisey, Enisei, Jenisej, is the largest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean.

Paraguay ​River​
Paraguay ​River​

The Paraguay River (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, Ysyry Paraguái in Guarani) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.

Hastings ​River​
Hastings ​River​

Hastings River rises in the Great Dividing Range, southwest of Kemps Pinnacle, in the area surrounding Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and Werrikimbe National Park and flows generally south, southeast and east, joined by seven tributaries including the Tobins, Forbes, Ellenborough, Pappinbarra and Thone rivers, before reaching its mouth, flowing into the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean, at Port Macquarie.

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Ponnaiyar ​River​
Ponnaiyar ​River​

The South Pennar River is known as Dakshina Pinakini in Kannada and Thenpennai or Ponnaiyar in Tamil. The river originates in the Nandi Hills in the Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka and flows through Tamil Nadu before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.

Mamoré River​
Mamoré River​

Map of the Amazon Basin with the Mamoré River highlighted The Mamoré is a large river in Bolivia and Brazil which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon.

Main​
Main​

The Main (German pronunciation: ( listen) is a river in Germany. With a length of 525 kilometres (326 mi) (including its 52 km long source river White Main), it is the longest right tributary of the Rhine.

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Flinders River​
Flinders River​

The Flinders River is the longest river in Queensland, Australia at approximately 1,004 kilometres (624 mi).[2] It was named in honour of the explorer Matthew Flinders. The catchment is sparsely populated and mostly undeveloped.

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Warta​
Warta​

Warta River Warta River at Wronki, Pol. Mzopw The Warta is the second longest river lying entirely in Poland; its basin of 21,084 square miles (54,607 square km) makes it the third largest in Poland. About half its length, from Kostrzyn to Konin, is navigable.

Rhine–Main–​Danube Canal​
Rhine–Main–​Danube Canal​

The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal (German: Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal; also called Main-Danube Canal, RMD Canal or Europa Canal), in Bavaria, Germany, connects the Main and the Danube rivers across the European Watershed, running from Bamberg via Nuremberg to Kelheim.

Haliacmon​
Haliacmon​

Haliacmon is the traditional English name for the river, but many sources cite the formerly official Katharevousa version of the name, Aliákmon. Today, the only official variant is the demotic Aliákmonas.

Tanana River​
Tanana River​

The Tanana River / ˈ t æ n ə n ɑː / is a 584-mile (940 km) tributary of the Yukon River in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to linguist and anthropologist William Bright, the name is from the Koyukon (Athabaskan) tene no, tenene, literally "trail river".

White Main​
White Main​

The Main River (pronounced like “mine” in English) originates in Upper Franconia where the White and Red Main rivers unite near Kulmbach. Major tributaries of the river are the Regnitz, the Fränkische Saale, the Tauber and the Nidda. The Main is about 330 miles long, 240 miles of which are navigable by cruise, between Bamberg and Mainz.

Red Main​
Red Main​

The Red Main (German: Roter Main) is a river in southern Germany. It is the southern, left headstream of the River Main. It rises in the hills of Franconian Switzerland, near Haag and flows generally northwest through the towns Creußen, Bayreuth, Heinersreuth and Neudrossenfeld. It merges with the White Main near Kulmbach to form the Main.

Nile​
Nile​

Nile River, Arabic Baḥr Al-Nīl or Nahr Al-Nīl, the longest river in the world, called the father of African rivers. It rises south of the Equator and flows northward through northeastern Africa to drain into the Mediterranean Sea.

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