Rivers
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- World's 2nd longest, which begins in the Andes in Peru and empties into the Atlantic in Brazil
- Amazon
- World's 5th longest, which begins in the Democratic Republic of Congo and empties into the Atlantic
- Congo
- Europe's 2nd longest, which begins in the Black Forest in Germany and empties into the Black Sea
- Danube
- River rising in Australia's Great Divide Range, and later joining the Murray River
- Darling
- Western Russian river emptying into the Sea of Azoz
- Don
- River rising in the Czech Republic and flowing through Germany before emptying into the Black Sea
- Elbe
- Part of the river system rising in Turkey that joins the Tigris before forming the Shatt al Arab, which flows into the Persian Gulf
- Euphrates
- India's sacred river beginning in the Himalayas and emptying in the Bay of Bengal
- Ganges
- Pakistan's longest river, rising in Tibet and emptying into the Arabian Sea
- Indus
- Jordan's and Israel's only important river, one that rises in Syria and empties into the Dead Sea
- Jordan
- France's longest river, one that flows through the Loire Valley, an area known for its many chateaux or castles
- Loire
- Australia's longest permanently flowing river
- Murray
- World's longest river, which rises near the equator and flows into the Mediterranean Sea
- Nile
- Venezuela's longest river
- Orinoco
- Italy's largest waterway
- Po
- River that rises in Switzerland and flows through Germany and the Netherlands before emptying in the North Sea
- Rhine
- River that rises in Switzerland and flows through France before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea
- Rhone
- Long French river that flows through Paris and empties into the English Channel
- Seine
- Longest river entirely within England, one that flows through London
- Thames
- Long Italian river that rises in the Apennine Mountains and flows through Rome
- Tiber
- Part of a system rising in Turkey before forming the Shatt al Arab with flows into the Persian Gulf
- Tigris
- Russian river that is Europe's longest
- Volga
- Word's 3rd longest river and China's longest
- Yangzte
- Chinese river sometimes called "China's Sorrow" because of its many floods bringing death and hunger
- Yellow