River
- Argentina - Río de la Plata (River Plate)
- Brazil - Amazon
- People's Republic of China - Yangtze, Yellow River
- Colombia - Magdalena
- Republic of Congo - Congo
- Democratic Republic of Congo - Congo
- Czech Republic - Vltava (Bohemia), Morava (river) (Moravia)
- Egypt - Nile
- The Gambia - Gambia
- India - the Ganges (Ganga)
- Iran - the karun
- Ireland - the Shannon
- Myanmar - the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy)
- Macedonia - Vardar
- Nigeria - River Niger; Benue River
- Pakistan – Indus (Sindh) (unofficial)
- Poland - Vistula
- Russia - Volga
- Serbia - Great Morava, Drina
- Thailand - Chao Phraya (unofficial)
- United Kingdom - Thames River (though not official)
- United States - Mississippi
- Uzbekistan - Amu Darya and Syr Darya
- Venezuela - Orinoco
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Famous quotes containing the word river:
“The river sweats
Oil and tar
The barges drift
With the turning tide”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Hard by the lilied Nile I saw
A duskish river dragon stretched along.
The brown habergeon of his limbs enamelled
With sanguine alamandines and rainy pearl:
And on his back there lay a young one sleeping,
No bigger than a mouse;”
—Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)
“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)