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| x St. Marys River |
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119.89613 km |
The St. Marys River (French: rivière Sainte-Marie), sometimes written as the St. Mary's River, drains Lake Superior, starting at the end of Whitefish Bay and flowing 74.5 miles (119.9 km) southeast into Lake Huron, with a fall of 23 feet (7.0 m)....
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| x White River |
The White River is a 23.6-mile-long (38.0 km) river located on the western side of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The White River rises from the extensive Oxford Swamp in north central Newaygo County and flows out into an upland...
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| x Pic River | 150 km |
The Pic River is a river in the east part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It flows from McKay Lake southeast of the community of Longlac and empties into Lake Superior southeast of the town of Marathon.
The river begins at...
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| x Pigeon River |
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Mountain Lake | 80 km |
The Pigeon River forms part of the US-Canada border between the state of Minnesota and the province of Ontario west of Lake Superior. In pre-industrial times the river was a waterway of great importance for transportation and trade.
The Pigeon River...
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| x Saint Louis River |
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The Saint 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 192 miles (309 km) in length and starts 13 miles (21 km) east of Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota....
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| x Kaministiquia River |
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The Kaministiquia River ( /ˌkæmɨˈnɪstɨkwɑː/) is a river which empties into western Lake Superior at the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Kaministiquia (Gaa-ministigweyaa) is an Ojibwe word meaning "(river) with islands" due to two large islands ...
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| x Michipicoten River |
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81 km |
The Michipicoten River is a river in the Algoma District of northern Ontario, Canada, which flows from Dog Lake and joins with the Magpie River to empty into Michipicoten Bay on Lake Superior near the town of Wawa. This river is 113 km (70 mi) in...
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| x Niagara River |
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Lake Erie | 56 km |
The Niagara River flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the border between the Province of Ontario in Canada (on the west) and New York State in the United States. There are differing theories as to the origin of the name of...
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| x Cache La Poudre River |
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Rocky Mountains | 202.77734 km |
The Cache La Poudre River is a tributary of the South Platte River in the state of Colorado in the United States. The name of the river means "hiding place of the powder" in French. It refers to an incident in the 1820s when French trappers, caught...
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| x South Platte River |
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South Fork South Platte River | 707 km |
The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River and is itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/Mountain West, located in the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska. Its drainage basin...
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| x East River |
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Long Island Sound | 26 km |
The East River is a tidal strait in New York City. It connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island (including the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn) from the island of Manhattan and the...
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| x White Ernz | Grunewald | 30 km |
The White Ernz (Luxembourgish: Wäiss Iernz, French: Ernz blanche, German: Weiße Ernz) is a river flowing through Luxembourg, joining the Sauer at Reisdorf. It flows through the towns of Larochette, Medernach and Ermsdorf.
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| x Main |
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White Main | 527 km |
The Main (German pronunciation: [ˈmaɪn] ( listen)) is a river in Germany, with a length of 527 km (327 mi) (including the White Main: 574 km (357 mi)) the most significant right tributary of the Rhine.
The Main flows through the German states of...
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| x Regen River |
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Bohemian Forest | 169 km |
The Regen (Czech: Řezná) is a river in Bavaria, Germany, and a left tributary of the Danube, at Regensburg, Germany. The source of its main headstream, the Großer Regen ("Big Regen"), is located in the Bohemian Forest on the territory of the Czech...
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| x Vinalopó |
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Valencia | 812 km |
The Vinalopó (Valencian pronunciation: [vinaloˈpo]) is a small river flowing through the Alicante province, of Spain. It flows from north to south and, with a length of 81 km., it is the longest of the rivers which flows for its entire length within...
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| x Serio River |
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124 km |
The Serio, in Lombard Sère, is an Italian river that flows entirely within Lombardy, crossing the provinces of Bergamo and Cremona. It is 124 kilometers long and it flows into the Adda at Bocca di Serio, to the south of Crema.
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| x Truyère |
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Massif Central | 170 km |
The Truyère (French pronunciation: [tʁy.jɛːʁ]) is a 167 km long river in south-western France, right tributary of the Lot River. Its source is in the south-western Massif Central, north of Mende. It flows generally west through the following...
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| x Anllóns River |
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54.4 km |
The Anllóns is a Galician river whose source lies in the Xalo Mountains, at a height of 400 m., and flows into the Atlantic via the Ria of Corme and Laxe.
Its length is 54.4 km, crossing the municipalities of Cabana de Bergantiños, Carballo, Cerceda...
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| x Loue |
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Jura mountains | 126 km |
The Loue is a river of eastern France, a left tributary of the Doubs, which it joins downstream of Dole. Its source is a karstic spring in the Jura mountains near Ouhans, which at least partly receives its water from the Doubs. This connection with...
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| x Mostonga |
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Sombor | 70 km |
The Mostonga (Serbian Cyrillic: Мостонга) is a river in northern Serbia, in Bačka region of the province of Vojvodina, a 70-km long left tributary to the Danube. Once 92 km long, due to the extensive corrections and channeling of the river to make...
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| x Chao Phraya River |
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Ping River | 372 km |
The Chao Phraya is a major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It runs through Bangkok, the capital city, and then empties into the Gulf of Thailand.
On many old European maps, the river is named Menam...
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| x Oka River | 630 km |
The Oka (Russian: Ока, Buryat: Аха) is a river in Siberia, left tributary of the Angara River. It originates in the Sayan Mountains in western Buryatia and flows through Irkutsk Oblast. It flows for 630 km (391 mi), into the Bratsk reservoir.
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| x Tarn River |
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Cévennes | 375 km |
The Tarn (Occitan: Tarn, tarnis in Latin; hypothetical meaning: rapid or walled in) is a 381-kilometre (237 mi) long river in southern France (régions Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées), right tributary of the Garonne.
The Tarn runs in a...
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| x Jerma |
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74 km |
The Jerma (Serbian Cyrillic: Јерма) or Erma (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Ерма) is a river in southeastern Serbia and western Bulgaria. Even though not very long (74 km), it is notable for passing the Serbian-Bulgarian border twice.
The Jerma originates in...
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| x Tagliamento River |
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Friuli | 178 km |
The Tagliamento is a braided river in north-east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice. The source is in the Mauria Pass, on the border between the regions of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In the...
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| x Enz |
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Black Forest | 112 km |
The Enz is a left tributary of the Neckar in Baden-Württemberg. It is 112 km long.
Its headstreams – the Little Enz and the Big Enz – rise in the northern Black Forest, the latter at Enzklösterle. In Calmbach (City of Bad Wildbad), the Little Enz...
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| x River Kent |
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32 km |
The River Kent is a short river in the county of Cumbria in England. The river originates in hills surrounding Kentmere, and flows for around 20 miles (32 km) into the north of Morecambe Bay. The Lake District National Park includes the upper...
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| x Olt River |
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Romania | 615 km |
The Olt River (Romanian and Hungarian; German: Alt; Latin: Aluta or Alutus) is a river in Romania. It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its source is in the Hăşmaş Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains, near the...
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| x Timiş River |
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Romania | 359 km |
The Timiş or Tamiš (Romanian: Timiş; Serbian: Тамиш or Tamiš; German: Temesch; Hungarian: Temes) is a 359 km long river originating from Țarcu Mountains (2190 m), southern Carpathian Mountains, Caraş-Severin County, Romania. It flows through the...
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| x Hay River |
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Alberta | 702 km |
Hay River is a large river in northern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, Canada.
It originates in the muskeg of north western Alberta, flows west to British Columbia, then curves northward and returns to Alberta, where it follows a north...
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| x Yegoshikha River |
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Perm Krai |
Yegoshikha (Russian: Егоши́ха, IPA: [jɛɡəˈʃɨxə]), formerly Yagoshikha (Russian: Ягоши́ха), is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, the left tributary of the Kama. In spite of its relatively small size it is famous for its historical significance. It mainly...
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| x Aniene |
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99 km |
The Aniene River (in Latin: Anio; formerly called the Teverone) is a 98 km river in Lazio, Italy. It originates in the mountains at Trevi nel Lazio and flows westward past Subiaco, Vicovaro, and Tivoli into the Tiber. In antiquity, most of the Roman...
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| x Selz |
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Donnersbergkreis | 63 km |
The Selz is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary to the Rhine. It flows through the biggest German wine region, which is called Rheinhessen.
It rises near the village Orbis in the Donnersbergkreis, passes the border from the...
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| x Svir River |
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Lake Onega | 224 km |
Svir (Russian: Свирь, Finnish: Syväri, Estonian: Sviri) is a river in the north-east of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It flows from Lake Onega west to Lake Ladoga, thus connecting the two largest lakes of Europe. It is the largest river flowing into...
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| x Dnieper River |
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Valdai Hills | 2,290 km |
The Dnieper River (English pronunciation: /ˈniːpər/) is one of the major rivers of Europe (fourth by length) that flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, to the Black Sea. The total length is 2,285 kilometres (1,420 mi) and has a drainage...
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| x Mukhavets River |
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Belarus | 113 km |
Mukhavets (Belarusian: Мухаве́ц (Muchaviec), [muxaˈvʲets]; Polish: Muchawiec) is a river in western Belarus, a tributary to the Bug River.
The river rises in Pruzhany, Belarus where the Mukha river and the Viets canal are converging, flows in the...
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| x Kalchik River | Ukraine |
The Kal'chik (Кальчик) is a river in the Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. It flows from Listvanka into the Kalmius, which it enters near the city of Mariupol. Supposedly it was the scene of the Battle of the Kalka River between the Mongol Empire and...
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| x Mohican River |
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64 km |
The Mohican River is a principal tributary of the Walhonding River, about 40 miles (64 km) long, in north-central Ohio in the United States. Via the Walhonding, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River,...
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| x Krivaja River |
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109 km |
The Krivaja (Serbian Cyrillic: Криваја) is a river in northern Serbia. With the length of 109 km it is the longest river that flows completely within the borders of Serbian province of Vojvodina.
The Krivaja springs out in the Subotička Peščara,...
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| x Belice |
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Piana degli Albanesi | 77 km |
The Belice (Sicilian: Bèlici) is a river, 77 km in length, of western Sicily. From its main source near Piana degli Albanesi it runs south and west for 45.5 km as the Belice Destra (Right Belice) until it is joined on the left by its secondary...
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| x Baïse |
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Pyrenees | 188 km |
The Baïse (pronounced: [baiːz]) (Occitan: Baïsa) is a 188 km long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the foothills of the Pyrenees, near Lannemezan. It flows north through the following départements and...
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| x Budovar | Fruška Gora | 52 km |
The Budovar (Serbian Cyrillic: Будовар) is a river in northern Serbia, a 52 km-long right tributary to the Danube in the Srem region of the Vojvodina province.
The Budovar is a system of natural and channeled water flow of Patka-Budovar. It...
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| x North River |
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The North River of Tennessee is a major tributary of the Tellico River. It rises in the Unicoi Range, which are geologically related to the Smoky Mountains to the north, in Monroe County, Tennessee inside Cherokee National Forest. Its entire course...
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| x Big South Fork of the Cumberland River |
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Clear Fork River | 122.3 km |
The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River is a 76.0-mile-long (122.3 km) river in Tennessee and Kentucky. It is a major drainage feature of the Cumberland Plateau, a major tributary of the Cumberland River system, a world-class whitewater canoeing...
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| x Wupper |
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Sauerland | 113 km |
The Wupper is a right tributary to the Rhine river in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Rising near Marienheide in western Sauerland it runs through the mountainous area of the Bergisches Land Berg County and enters the Rhine at...
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| x Warta River |
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Polish Jura Chain | 808 km |
The Warta (German: Warthe; Latin: Varta) is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder river. With a length of approximately 808 kilometres (502 mi) it is the country's third longest river. The Warta has a basin area of 54,529 square...
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| x Aveyron River |
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Massif Central | 250 km |
The Aveyron (Occitan: Avairon) is a 291 km long river in southern France, right tributary of the Tarn River. It rises in the southern Massif Central, near Sévérac-le-Château.
In 1855 evidence of prehistoric man was found near Bruniquel under a hill...
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| x Ros' River |
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Ukraine | 346 km |
Ros (Ukrainian and Russian: Рось, Ros’) is a river in Ukraine, 346 km in length, a right tributary of the Dnieper river. The Ros river finds its source in the village of Ordyntsi in Pohrebyschenskyi Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast.
Some historians have...
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| x Taro River |
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126 km |
The Taro (Latin Tarus) is a 126 km-long river in northern Italy, tributary to the Po River. It flows almost entirely in the province of Parma, west of the city Parma. The Taro flows into the Po River north of Parma.
The Taro drainage basin occupies...
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| x Luga River | 353 km |
The Luga River (Russian: Луга, (Finnish: Laukaa or Laukaanjoki, Votian Laugaz) is a river in Novgorod Oblast and Leningrad Oblast of Russia. The river flows into the Luga Bay of the Gulf of Finland. It freezes up in the early December and stays...
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| x Brigach |
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Black Forest | 43 km |
The Brigach is the shorter of two streams that jointly form the river Danube in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Brigach has its source at 925 m (3,035 ft) above sea level within St. Georgen in the Black Forest. The Brigach crosses the city Villingen...
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| x Meurthe River |
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Vosges mountains | 159 km |
The Meurthe (French pronunciation: [mœʁt]) is a river in north-eastern France, right tributary to the river Moselle. Its source is in the Vosges mountains, near the Col de la Schlucht in the Vosges département. It gave its name to the present French...
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| x Buzău River |
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Romania | 302 km |
Buzău (Romanian pronunciation: [buˈzəw]) is a river in eastern Romania, tributary of the Siret River. Its total length is 302 km. Its source is in the south-eastern Carpathian Mountains, east of Braşov. The Buzău flows through the Romanian counties...
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| x Vodla River |
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Lake Vodlozero | 149 km |
Vodla (Russian: Водла, Finnish: Vodlajoki) is a river in the south-east of Republic of Karelia, Russia. The town of Pudozh is located along Vodla.
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| x Susquehanna River |
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Otsego Lake | 746.7356 km |
The Susquehanna River ( /ˌsʌskwəˈhænə/) is a river located in the northeastern United States. At 464 miles (747 km) long, it is the longest river on the American east coast that drains into the Atlantic Ocean, and with its watershed it is the 16th...
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| x River Nidd |
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Great Whernside |
The River Nidd is a tributary of the River Ouse in the English county of North Yorkshire. In its first few miles it is dammed three times to create Angram Reservoir, Scar House Reservoir and Gouthwaite Reservoir which attract around 150,000 visitors...
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| x South Para River |
The South Para River is a river in Australia. It rises in the Mount Lofty Ranges near Mount Crawford and Kersbrook and flows northwest through the Mount Lofty Ranges, passing through the Warren Reservoir and the South Para Reservoir, before merging...
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| x Erenik |
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51 km |
The Erenik (Albanian: Erenik; Serbian Cyrillic: Ереник, also called Ribnik) is a river in Kosovo. Located in the western Kosovo, it's a 51 km (32 mi)-long right tributary to the White Drin river.
The Erenik originates near the Albanian border, in...
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| x Dora Baltea |
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160 km |
Dora Baltea [ˈdɔːra ˈbaltea] or Doire Baltée [dwaʁ balte] (Latin: Duria maior or Duria Bautica), is a river in northern Italy. It is a left-hand tributary of the Po River, and is about 160 km (99 mi) long. It originates by Mont Blanc as the...
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