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Geography
Rivers, Lakes, & Waterways
A Aare
Abitibi, Lake
Adige
Admiralty Inlet
Agassiz, Lake
Aire (river)
Aisne
Akheloos
Albert, Lake
Aldan
Aliákmon
Allegheny
Alma
Amadeus, Lake
Amazon
Amu Darya
Amur
Angara
Angel Falls
Apure
Apurímac
Araguaia
Aral Sea
Aras
Argyle, Lake
Arkansas (river)
Arno
Aruwimi
'Asal Lake
Assiniboine
Atbara (river)
Athabasca, Lake
Athabasca (river)
Atitlán, Lake
Atrek
Attersee
Aube
Avernus, Lake
Avon (river, East)
Avon (river, Lower)
Avon (river, Upper)
B Back
Baikal, Lake
Balaton, Lake
Balqash, Lake
Bangweulu, Lake
Bann
Barrow (river)
Barwon
Bayou
Beagle Channel
Benue
Berezina
Bermejo
Biel, Lake
Bistriţa
Biwa (lake)
Black
Blackwater
Blue Nile
Bolsena, Lake
Bonneville, Lake
Bourget, Lake
Boyne
Bracciano, Lake
Brahmaputra
Branco, Rio (river)
Brienz, Lake of
Bug (river, Southern)
Bug (river, Western)
Buller
C Cabot Strait
Cagayan
Calder (river)
Caledonian Canal
Cam (river)
Canadian
Canal
Canandaigua Lake
Canso, Strait of
Cape Cod Canal
Carson
Caspian Sea
Cauca
Cauto
Cauvery
Cayuga Lake
Chad, Lake
Chagres
Chambal
Chambeshi
Champlain, Lake
Chao Phraya
Chapala, Lake
Charente
Chari
Charles (river, United States)
Chattahoochee
Chaudière
Chenab
Cherwell
Chicago (river)
Chico
Chiemsee
Chindwin
Chulym
Churchill Falls
Cimarron
Clarence (river)
Clearwater
Clinch
Clutha
Clyde
Colorado (river, Texas, United States)
Colorado (river, United States/Mexico)
Columbia (river)
Colville
Como, Lake
Conchos
Conesus Lake
Congo
Coniston Water
Connecticut (river)
Constance, Lake
Cooper Creek
Copper (river)
Coppermine
Corrib, Lough
Cumberland (river)
D Danube
Darling
Daugava
Dead Sea
Dee (north-eastern Scotland)
Dee (south-western Scotland)
Dee (Wales and England)
Delaware (river)
Delaware Water Gap
Derg, Lough
Derwent (river)
Derwent Water
Des Moines (river)
Detroit (river)
Diamantina
Disappointment, Lake
Dnepr
Dnestr
Dolores
Don (river)
Donets
Dongting, Lake
Dordogne (river)
Douro
Drava
Drin
Durance
Dvina
E Ebbw (river)
Ebro
Edward, Lake
Eildon, Lake
Elbe
Ems (river)
Enns
Erie Canal
Erie, Lake
Erne
Essequibo
Euphrates
Exe
Eyre, Lake
F Finger Lakes
Finke
Fitzroy River
Flinders
Flint (river)
Fly River
Forth
Fraser
Frome
Frome, Lake
G Gairdner, Lake
Gambia
Ganges
Garda, Lake
Garonne
Gascoyne
Gatineau
Genale
Geneva, Lake
George, Lake (Australia)
George, Lake (United States)
Georgian Bay
Georgina
Ghāghara
Gila
Gironde
Glåma
Godavari
Gordon, Lake
Göta
Grand
Grand Canal (China)
Grand Canal (Italy)
Grand Union Canal
Great Bear Lake
Great Lakes
Great Ouse
Great Salt Lake
Great Slave Lake
Grey
Guadalquivir
Guadiana
Guaporé
Gumti
H Han (river)
Harīrūd
Hay (river)
Helmand
Hérault
Hjälmaren
Houston Ship Channel
Huang
Hudson
Hugli
Humber
Humboldt
Huron, Lake
I Iguaçu
IJssel
IJsselmeer
Ilmen
Ili
Iller
Illinois (river)
Illinois Waterway
Inari, Lake
Indalsälven
Indigirka
Indus (river)
Inn
Irrawaddy
Irtysh
Irtysh-Karaganda Canal
Irwell (river)
Isar
Iseo, Lake
Isère
Ishim
Isis (river)
Iskŭr
Isonzo
Itasca, Lake
J James (river)
Japurá
Jefferson
Jordan (river)
Juanacatlán Falls
Juruá
K Kabul (river)
Kafue
Kainji Reservoir
Kama
Kanawha
Kankakee
Kansas (river)
Kapuas
Kara Kum Canal
Kariba, Lake
Kārūn
Kasai
Katrine, Loch
Kemi
Kennet
Kentucky (river)
Kern
Khanka, Lake
Kielder Water
Killarney, Lakes of
Kivu, Lake
Kızıl
Klamath
Klarälven
Kolyma
Kootenay
Kotor, Gulf of
Krishna (river)
Kuban
Kura
Kuskokwim
Kyoga, Lake
L La Grande Rivière
Lachlan
Ladoga, Lake
Laguna de Bay
Lake
Lake Bala
Lake dos Patos
Lake Merín
Lake of the Woods
Lake Sap
Lake Wallen
Lee (river)
Leech Lake
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Lena
Liao
Liffey
Lillebælt
Limfjorden
Limpopo
Litani
Loch Awe
Loire
Lomami
Lomond, Loch
Lop Lake
Louise, Lake
Lower Lough Erne
Lualaba
Lucerne, Lake of
Lugano, Lake of
M Macintyre
Mackenzie
Mackinac, Straits of
Madeira (river)
Magdalena
Maggiore, Lake
Mahanadi
Mahaweli Ganga
Main
Mälaren
Malawi, Lake
Mamoré
Managua, Lake
Manchester Ship Canal
Manitoba, Lake
Mapam Yumco
Maracaibo, Lake
Marañón
Maritsa
Marne
Mask, Lough
Medway (river)
Mekong
Merrimack
Mersey
Mesta
Meuse
Michigan, Lake
Midi, Canal du
Mincio
Miño
Mississippi (river)
Missouri (river)
Mistassini, Lake
Mobile (river)
Mohawk
Monongahela
Montmorency (river)
Morava
Mosel
Moskva River
Moy
Murray
Murray-Darling Basin
Murrumbidgee
Mweru, Lake
N Narmada
Nasser, Lake
Neagh, Lough
Neckar
Negro (Argentina)
Negro (South America)
Neisse
Nelson (river)
Neman
Nene
Ness, Loch
Neuchâtel, Lake of
Neusiedler Lake
Neva
Niagara
Niagara Falls (waterfall)
Nicaragua, Lake
Niger (river)
Nile
Nipigon, Lake
Nord-Ostsee Kanal
Nore
North East Passage
North Platte
North West Passage
O Ob
Oder
Ohio (river)
Ohrid, Lake
Oise
Oka
Okavango
Okeechobee, Lake
Olt
Ombrone
Omo
Onega, Lake
Oneida Lake
Ontario, Lake
Orange (river)
Orinoco
Orontes
Osage
Ottawa (river)
P Pahang (river)
Panama Canal
Pará
Paraguay (river)
Paraná (river)
Parnaíba
Peace
Pearl (river, Mississippi)
Pechora
Pecos
Peipus, Lake
Piave
Pilcomayo
Piniós
Plate, River
Platte
Po
Pontchartrain, Lake
Potomac
Powell, Lake
Poyang, Lake
Pregolya
Pripyat
Prut
Purus
Putumayo
Pyramid Lake
Q Qinghai Lake
R Rainy Lake
Rakaia
Rangitaiki
Rangitikei
Ravi
Red
Ree, Lough
Reindeer Lake
Rhine
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal
Rhône
Ribble (river)
Richelieu
Rideau Canal
Rio Grande (river)
River
River Awash
River Drina
Roding (river)
Rotorua (lake)
Rubicon
Ruhr (river)
Rutland Water
S Saale
Saar
Sacramento (river)
Saimaa, Lake
Saint-Jean, Lac
Saint John
Salzach
Sambre
San Joaquin
São Francisco
Saône
Saskatchewan (river)
Sault Sainte Marie Canals
Sava
Savannah (river)
Schelde
Scutari, Lake
Segura
Seine
Sénégal (river)
Serre-Ponçon, Lake
Sevan, Lake
Severn
Shannon
Shatt Al Arab
Shoshone Falls
Skeena
Slaney
Snake (river)
Snowy
Sogne Fjord
Somme
Songhua
Souris
South Platte
Spey
Spithead
Spree
St Clair, Lake
St Johns (river)
St Lawrence
St Lawrence Seaway
Staubbach
Stikine
Stour
Strangford Lough
Suez Canal
Suir
Sunda Strait
Superior, Lake
Susquehanna
Sutlej
Swan (river)
Syr Darya
T Taal, Lake
Tagus
Tahoe, Lake
Taieri
Tamar
Tana, Lake
Tanana
Tanganyika, Lake
Tapajós
Tarim
Tarn
Taupo, Lake
Tay
Tay, Loch
Te Anau
Tees
Tennessee (river)
Tequendama Falls
Terek
Thames
Thun, Lake of
Tiber
Tiberias, Lake
Ticino
Tigris
Tisza
Titicaca, Lake
Toba, Lake
Tocantins
Tondano, Lake
Torrens, Lake
Trasimeno
Trent (river)
Tugela Falls
Turkana, Lake
Tweed
Tyne
U Uaupés
Ubangi
Ucayali
Ullswater
Upper Lough Erne
Ural
Uruguay (river)
Usk
Usumacinta
Utah Lake
Uvs, Lake
V Vaal
Van, Lake
Vänern
Vättern
Verdon
Victoria Falls
Victoria, Lake
Victoria River
Vltava
Volga
Volga-Baltic Waterway
Volga-Don Canal
Volta
Volta, Lake
Volturno
Vyatka
W Wabash
Waihou
Waikato (river)
Wairau
Waitaki
Wakatipu
Wanaka
Wear
Weaver (river)
Welland
Welland Ship Canal
Weser
Whanganui
White Nile
White Sea-Baltic Canal
Willamette
Windermere, Lake
Windward Passage
Winnebago, Lake
Winnipeg, Lake
Winnipegosis, Lake
Wisconsin (river)
Wisła
Wollomombi Falls
Wye
X Xi
Xingu
Y Yalu
Yamuna
Yangzi
Yarkant (river)
Yarra
Yellowstone
Yenisey
Yonne
Ysyk-Köl
Yukon
Z Zambezi
Zhu
Zug, Lake of
Zurich, Lake of
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