| Amazon River |
a major river that flows from the Andes in Peru across northern Brazil to the Atlantic. |
| atmospheric river |
a very long and narrow wind corridor that transports a vast amount of water vapor through the sky, which can result in drenching rainstorms for particular areas. |
| Brahmaputra River |
a major river of Asia that originates in Tibet and flows through northern India and Bangladesh into the Bay of Bengal. |
| Chang Jiang River |
the longest river of Asia, flowing from Tibet through central China into the East China Sea; Chang; Yangtze. |
| Congo River |
a river of central Africa flowing into the Atlantic Ocean; Zaire River. |
| Danube River |
a river originating in Germany and flowing through central Europe, eventually emptying into the Black Sea. |
| Euphrates River |
a river that flows from eastern Turkey through Syria and Iraq. In southeastern Iraq, it joins the Tigris River and finally empties with it into the Persian Gulf. |
| Gambia River |
a river that rises in North Guinea in western Africa and flows westward through Senegal and The Gambia to the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Ganges River |
a river that flows eastward across northern India and central Bangladesh and into the Indian Ocean; Ganges. |
| Gila River |
a U.S. river flowing west from southwestern New Mexico through Arizona to the southwest corner of the state, where it joins with the Colorado River. |
| Gila River Relocation Center |
a U.S. internment camp located on the Gila River Indian Reservation that was built for the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. At its peak, there were over 13,000 people forcibly living there. |
| Huang He River |
a major river originating in the mountains of western China and flowing mostly eastward toward the Bohai Sea; Yellow River. |
| Indus River |
a major river of southern Asia that begins in Tibet and flows through Kashmir and Pakistan before entering the Arabian Sea. |
| Mackenzie River |
a river in Canada flowing from Great Slave Lake west and north toward the Arctic Ocean. |
| Mekong River |
a major river originating in China and flowing southeast through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. |
| Mississippi River |
a river that flows from Minnesota south through the Midwest, along the border between Mississippi and Louisiana, and into the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Missouri River |
a river that flows from Montana mainly southeast until it joins the Mississippi River in Missouri. It is the longest river in the United States and is the main tributary of the Mississippi. |
| Murray River |
a river in southeastern Australia. |
| Niger River |
a long river in western Africa that begins in Guinea and flows through Mali and Niger. It then flows along the border between Niger and Benin, through Nigeria, and finally into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Nile River |
an African river, generally considered to be the longest in the world, flowing from Uganda northward to the Mediterranean Sea. |