Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia - River
A river is a large natural waterway. The source of a river may be a lake, a spring, or a collection of small streams, known as headwaters...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - River Lists
River - The world's ten longest rivers. It is difficult to measure the length of a river, mainly because rivers have a fractal property...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - River Lists
River - The world's ten longest rivers. It is difficult to measure the length of a river, mainly because rivers have a fractal property...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - Topography
A river conducts water by constantly flowing perpendicular to the elevation curve of its bed, thereby converting the positional energy of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmani River: Encyclopedia - Brahmani River
The Brahmani River is a river in eastern India. The Brahmani is formed by the confluence of the Sankh and South Koel rivers, the Brahmani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ugra River: Encyclopedia - Ugra River
Ugra is a river in Smolensk and Kaluga Oblasts in Russia, left tributary of Oka river. The river is known for the Great standing on the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wardha River: Encyclopedia - Wardha River
The Wardha river is one of the biggest rivers in Vidarbha region in India. It originates in Satpura Range near Multai in Madhya Pradesh. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Upa River: Encyclopedia - Upa River
Upa (Упа́) is a river in Russia, right tributary of Oka River. Length 345 km. Other related archivesOka River, Russia, tributary    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yarkand River: Encyclopedia - Yarkand River
The Yarkand River is a river in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of western China. It is one of the headstreams of the Tarim River. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arkavathy River: Encyclopedia - Arkavathy River
Arkavathy River or Arkavathi River, is a river originating at Nandi Hills of Kolar District and is an offshoot of the Cauvery River. Afte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buffalo River: Encyclopedia - Buffalo River
Buffalo River can refer to: The Buffalo National River, a tributary of the White River in the United State The Buffalo River (Minnesota)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chenab River: Encyclopedia - Chenab River
The Chenab River (also known as Chandrabagha river) is formed by the confluence of the Chandra and the Bagha rivers in Lahul-Spiti areas ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yantra River: Encyclopedia - Yantra River
Yantra is a river in Bulgaria. It flows into the river Danube near Svishtov. The city Veliko Turnovo lies on the banks of the river Yantr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zimnica River: Encyclopedia - Zimnica River
The Zimnica River is a river in south-western Poland. It is 20 km long and it's a left tributary of Oder River (Polish - Odra). It begins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caicus River: Encyclopedia - Caicus River
Caicus River is the ancient name of what is now known today as the Bakircay River in Turkey. Other related archivesTurkey    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuan River: Encyclopedia - Yuan River
The Yuan River or Yuanjiang (沅江 or 沅水) is one of the four largest rivers in Hunan province in southeast-central China, and is a t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zuni River: Encyclopedia - Zuni River
The Zuni (Zuñi) River, a tributary of the Little Colorado River, has its origin in Cibola County, New Mexico at the Continental Divide, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damodar River: Encyclopedia - Damodar River
The Damodar River is a river in India. It rises from the Chhota Nagpur plateau of the Jharkhand state, India. The river originates near C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Betwa River: Encyclopedia - Betwa River
The Betwa (Vetravati) is a river in Northern India, and a tributary of the Yamuna.It is being connected to Ken river in Madhya Pradesh as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vimur River: Encyclopedia - Vimur River
In Norse mythology, the Vimur is the largest of the Elivagar rivers that were formed at the beginning of the world. Norse mythology ......   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Banana River: Encyclopedia - Banana River
The Banana River is actually a lagoon that lies between Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida in the USA. It is pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zijiang River: Encyclopedia - Zijiang River
The Zi Jiang (also Zishui River or Zi River; S.Chinese: 资江 or 资水; T.Chinese: 資江 or 資水; pinyin: zī jiāng; Wade-Giles: Tz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xingu River: Encyclopedia - Xingu River
The Xingu River in Brazil is a tributary of the Amazon River. It was little known until it was explored in 1884 – 1887 by Karl von den ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellowknife River: Encyclopedia - Yellowknife River
The Yellowknife River is a river in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It flows south and empties into Yellowknife Bay, part of Great Sla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amaravati River: Encyclopedia - Amaravati River
The Amaravati River is a tributary of Kaveri River in southern India. The Amaravati river begins in the Anjanda valley of Kerala State in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agri River: Encyclopedia - Agri River
The Agri is a 136 km long river in southern Italy. It flows through the region of Basilicata and into the Ionian Sea, near Policoro. In a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Boyne: Encyclopedia - River Boyne
The River Boyne is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about 112 kilometres (70 miles) long. It rises at Trinity Well, N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berach River: Encyclopedia - Berach River
The Berach River, a tributary of the Banas River, is a river of Rajasthan state in western India. The Berach originates in the hills of U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhavani River: Encyclopedia - Bhavani River
The Bhavani is a river of southern India, a tributary of the Kaveri. The river's headwaters are on the eastern slopes of Western Ghats ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aura River: Encyclopedia - Aura River
The Aura river (Finnish Aurajoki; Swedish Aura å) is a river in south-western Finland. Its sources are in the town of Oripää, and it f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arno River: Encyclopedia - Arno River
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy, The river rises on Mount Falterona (1654 m) in the in the Casentino area) of the Apen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedea River: Encyclopedia - Vedea River
The Vedea is a river in the southern part of Romania that rises from the Cotmeana Plateau and runs into the Danube, having a total length...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usumacinta River: Encyclopedia - Usumacinta River
The Usumacinta River in southeastern Mexico and northwestern Guatemala, formed by the junction of the Pasión River, which arises in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yug River: Encyclopedia - Yug River
Yug (Юг) is a river in the European part of Russia, tributary to the Northern Dvina. Its length is 463 km. Its source is near Nikolsk, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caraş River: Encyclopedia - Caraş River
Caraş (Romanian: Caraş, Serbian: Karaš or Караш) is a river in Southeastern Europe that rises in the Aninei Mountains, Romania an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Darling River: Encyclopedia - Darling River
The Darling River is the longest river in Australia, flowing 2,739km from northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray Rive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tungabhadra River: Encyclopedia - Tungabhadra River
The Tungabhadra is a river of southern India. It is the chief tributary of the Krishna River. It formed by the confluence of two rivers, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Braided River: Encyclopedia - Braided River
A braided river channel consists of a network of smaller channels separated by small and often temporary islands called braid bars. Braid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhagirathi River: Encyclopedia - Bhagirathi River
The Bhagirathi is one of the two major tributaries of the Ganga. It originates from the Gangotri glacier in Uttaranchal, India and flows ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Araks River: Encyclopedia - Araks River
Aras, Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz (Persian: ارس, Armenian: Araks, Azerbaijani: Araz), is a river rising in Anatolia in Turkey, flowin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yana River: Encyclopedia - Yana River
The Yana River (Яна in Russian), a river in Sakha in Russia, located between the Lena to the west and the Indigirka to the east. It is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weser River: Encyclopedia - Weser River
The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. Formed at Hannoversch Münden by the confluence of the Fulda and Werra rivers, it flows th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ain River: Encyclopedia - Ain River
Ain is an approx. 200 km long river in eastern France. Its source is in the north-western Jura mountains. It flows south through the foll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alaknanda River: Encyclopedia - Alaknanda River
The Alaknanda is a tributary of the Ganges. It arises from the Satopanth glacier in Uttaranchal, and merges with the Bhagirathi river nea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulhas River: Encyclopedia - Ulhas River
The Ulhas River is a river of western India. It originates near Karjat in the Western Ghats Range, and flows westward through Raigad and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaigai River: Encyclopedia - Vaigai River
The Vaigai is a river in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. It originates in the Periyar Plateau of the Western Ghats range, and flows n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ussuri River: Encyclopedia - Ussuri River
The Ussuri River (Chinese: 乌苏里江; Hanyu Pinyin: Wūsūlǐ Jīang; Russian: река Уссури) is a river in the south of the R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xiang River: Encyclopedia - Xiang River
The Xiang River (also as Xiangjiang River, Chinese:湘江 or "湘水", pinyin: Xiāng Jiāng, Xiāng Shǔi; Wade-Giles: "hsiāng chiāng"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yangtze River: Encyclopedia - Yangtze River
The Yangtze River (Simplified: 扬子江; Traditional: 揚子江; Hanyu Pinyin: Yángzǐ Jiāng) is the longest river in Asia and the thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belus River: Encyclopedia - Belus River
Belus or Belos is a small river in Israel, where according to legend glass-making was invented. This river, also called Pagida by Pliny t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Churn: Encyclopedia - River Churn
The River Churn rises at Seven Springs near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England and flows south across the Cotswold dip slope passing th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yarmouk River: Encyclopedia - Yarmouk River
The Yarmouk River (Arabic:"nahr al-yarmuk"; Hebrew:נהר הירמוך, "nehar hayarmukh"; Greek:Hieromax) is one of the two main tributa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Var River: Encyclopedia - Var River
The Var is a river located in the Alpes-Maritimes département, in the south-east of France. The name Var originates from the Ligurian wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ural River: Encyclopedia - Ural River
The Ural River (Russian: Урал, Urál [formerly: Яик, Yaik River], Kazakh: Жайық, Zhayyq) flows through Russia and Kazakhstan....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beas River: Encyclopedia - Beas River
The Beas River runs through the Northwestern Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. The river was also known as Arjiki/Vipas to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chambal River: Encyclopedia - Chambal River
The Chambal River (Hindi-चम्बल) is a tributary of the Yamuna River in central India. It is a perennial river. The Chambal river...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bug River: Encyclopedia - Bug River
Bug or Buh refers to either: Western Bug, a river in Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus Southern Buh, a river in Ukraine See also. Buha Ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green River: Encyclopedia Ii - Green River - Rivers
Green River - Canada. Green River in New Brunswick. Green River - United States. Green River in Illinois, a tributary of the Rock ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yukon River: Encyclopedia Ii - Yukon River - Tributaries
Yukon River - Yukon Territory. Takhini River Big Salmon River Nordenskiold River Teslin River Pelly River Stewart River White River Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackwater River: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackwater River - Blackwater Rivers Of The World:
Blackwater river - Amazonia. Apaporis River: A tributary of the Yapura River. Arapiuns River: A tributary of the Tapajós River. Coari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Purna River: Encyclopedia Ii - Purna River - River Basin And Tributaries
Here are the Purna river , with their tributaries Purna River Aarna River Pendhi River Uma River Katepurna River Shahanur River Bhavkh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enns River: Encyclopedia Ii - Enns River - Towns Along The River
Enns River - in Salzburg. Radstadt Enns River - in Styria. Schladming Gröbming Liezen Selzthal Admont Enns River - in Upper Aus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rivers Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Rivers Of Japan - List Of Rivers In Japan
The list below is in geographical order (from north to south). See also Category:Rivers of Japan for an alphabetical list. Rivers of Jap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Nene: Encyclopedia Ii - River Nene - The River's Environment
The river rises at sources near Badby (the nearby village of Newnham appears to be named after it), Naseby and Yelvertoft, Northamptonshi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neajlov River: Encyclopedia Ii - Neajlov River - Cities
Dealu Clejani Găeşti ... See also:Neajlov River, Neajlov River - Tributaries, Neajlov River - Cities, Neajlov River - Lakes   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neajlov River: Encyclopedia Ii - Neajlov River - Tributaries
Dâmbovinic Cîlniştea ... See also:Neajlov River, Neajlov River - Tributaries, Neajlov River - Cities, Neajlov River - Lakes   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Medway: Encyclopedia Ii - River Medway - River Crossings
Until 1963 the lowest crossing of the Medway was at Rochester; the next, 12 miles (19km) upstream, was the 14th Century bridge at Aylesfo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Medway: Encyclopedia Ii - River Medway - Tributaries
The major tributaries are: River Eden River Shode River Teise River Beult River Loose River Len see Rivers of Kent The river and its tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rivers Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Rivers Of Ireland - List Of Rivers
This is a list of rivers in the whole island of Ireland; that is to say, it includes rivers in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wairoa River: Encyclopedia Ii - Wairoa River - Wairoa River Northland
New Zealand's longest Wairoa River runs for 150 kilometres through the northern part of the North Auckland Peninsula. In the upper reache...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tone River: Encyclopedia Ii - Tone River - Geography
The source of the river is Mount Ōminakami (大水上山), which straddles the border between Gunma and Niigata Prefectures. It gathers ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ottawa River: Encyclopedia Ii - Ottawa River - History
This river was an important trade route for the Algonquin people, who called it Kitchissippi, "Great River". Some early European explorer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Nene: Encyclopedia Ii - River Nene - The Name
Pronunciation of the river's name is a bone of contention in its locality, and changes as one moves downstream. Through Northamptonshire ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lijiang River: Encyclopedia Ii - Lijiang River - Li River Scenery
Along the 100-kilometer strech of the Li River, weird-shaped peaks rise straight into the sky as if they have pushed up from the ground. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murray River: Encyclopedia Ii - Murray River - Exploration
The first Europeans to explore the river were Hamilton Hume and William Hovell, who crossed the river where Albury now stands in 1824: Hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deschutes River: Encyclopedia Ii - Deschutes River - River Use
Much of the flow of the upper Deschutes River is diverted into canals to irrigate farmland; Irrigation Districts take as much as 97% of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Teme: Encyclopedia Ii - River Teme - Geography
The river source is in the Kerry Hills south of Newtown, Mid-Wales. The river Teme is a very fast flowing water course and is prone to fl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enns River: Encyclopedia Ii - Enns River - History
In the middle of the 19th century, canals began to be built along the 70 km between Weißenbach and the Gesäuse in order to make use of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Potomac River: Encyclopedia Ii - Potomac River - Upper Potomac River
This stretch encompasses the stretch of the Potomac River from the confluence of the North and South Branches to the Great Falls of the P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rivers Of Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Rivers Of Ireland - Geography Of Irish Rivers
see also: Geography of Ireland The main river in Ireland is the River Shannon, 386 km (240 mi), the longest river in either Bri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wabash River: Encyclopedia Ii - Wabash River - History
The name "Wabash" is an English spelling of the French name for the river, "Ouabache." French traders named the river after the Miami Ind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River Medway: Encyclopedia Ii - River Medway - Navigation
Until 1746 the river was impassable above Maidstone. To that point each village on the river had its wharf or wharves: at Halling, Snodla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murray River: Encyclopedia Ii - Murray River - River Transport
The lack of an estuary means that shipping cannot enter the Murray from the sea. However in the 19th century the river used to support a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Potomac River: Encyclopedia Ii - Potomac River - Tidal Potomac River
The Tidal or Lower Potomac River lies below the Fall Line. This stretch encompasses the Potomac from the Great Falls of the Potomac River...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lachlan River: Encyclopedia Ii - Lachlan River - History
The Lachlan River was first encountered by European settlers about 1819 and named after Lachlan Macquarie, the Governor of the New South ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Singapore River: Encyclopedia Ii - Singapore River - Singapore River Today
There have been plans announced by the government of Singapore recently to dam the Singapore River at its outlet to the sea to create a n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guayas River: Encyclopedia Ii - Guayas River - Geography
Guayas River - Course. The Guayas River has one of its sources in the Chimborazo (volcano), Ecuador's highest volcano, in the Andes. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Connecticut River: Encyclopedia Ii - Connecticut River - Tributaries
Listed from south to north by location of mouth: Eightmile River (CT) Salmon River (CT) Farmington River (CT) Westfield River (MA) Manha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yangtze River: Encyclopedia Ii - Yangtze River - Names
The name Yangzi (transliterated as Yangtze) is in Chinese a more historical or poetic name for the river. It was originally used by local...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tone River: Encyclopedia Ii - Tone River - History
The river was once known for its uncontrollable nature, and its route was changed drastically whenever floods occur. It is hard to trace ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Potomac River: Encyclopedia Ii - Potomac River - Upper Potomac River
This stretch encompasses the stretch of the Potomac River from the confluence of the North and South Branches to the Great Falls of the P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nishnabotna River: Encyclopedia Ii - Nishnabotna River - Course
Nishnabotna River - East Nishnabotna River. The East Nishnabotna rises in southwestern Carroll County and flows generally south-southwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chattooga River: Encyclopedia Ii - Chattooga River - Tributaries
The river is split into three forks. The North Fork Chattooga River is the main fork, running along the state line, and is officially cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Missouri River: Encyclopedia Ii - Missouri River - Tributaries
Missouri River - Montana. Jefferson River Madison River Gallatin River Sixteenmile Creek Dearborn River Smith River Sun River Belt Cre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xiang River: Encyclopedia Ii - Xiang River - Geography
Originating from Haiyang Mountain (海陽山) in Lingui of Guangxi, the Xiang is the largest river in Hunan and one of the largest tribut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oise River: Encyclopedia Ii - Oise River - Tributaries
Tributaries include Oise River - Right bank. Noirieu Divette Mas or Matz Aronde Brèche Thérain Oise River - Left bank. Gland Tho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - Rivers In Myth And Fiction
River - Real rivers. The Thames in Edward Rutherfurd's London. The Thames in Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat. The Thames and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - Management
In its natural state a river may be inconvenient to man in a variety of ways. Rivers in inhabited areas have therefore been managed or co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - Navigation
The Rhine is the busiest river in the world for transport ships. Inland vessels use the river to reach the major cities in Germany, Easte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - River: Encyclopedia Ii - River - Flooding
Flooding is a natural part of a river's cycles. Human activity, however, has upset the natural way flooding occurs by walling off rivers ...   » Read the article