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Nile River

The longest river in the world, flowing northward through northeastern Africa into the Mediterranean Sea.

Amazon River

The largest river in the world by discharge volume of water, located in South America.

Yangtze River

The longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world, flowing entirely within China.

Lake Baikal

The world's deepest and largest freshwater lake by volume, located in southern Siberia, Russia.

Caspian Sea

The world's largest inland body of water, classified as the largest lake by surface area, located between Europe and Asia.

Lake Superior

The world's largest freshwater lake by surface area, situated on the border between North America (United States and Canada).

Lake Victoria

The largest lake in Africa by surface area and the world's second-largest freshwater lake, located in East Africa.

Lake Michigan

The second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the only one located entirely within the United States.

Lake Huron

The second-largest Great Lake by surface area, bordered by Michigan to the west and Ontario to the north and east.

Lake Erie

The fourth-largest of the Great Lakes by surface area and the shallowest and smallest by volume, situated between Canada and the United States.

Lake Ontario

The smallest of the Great Lakes by surface area, bounded by Ontario, Canada, and New York, USA, connecting to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence River.

Lake Winnipeg

A large, shallow freshwater lake in North America, located in the province of Manitoba, Canada.

Brahmaputra River

A major transboundary river flowing through Tibet (China), northeastern India, and Bangladesh before joining the Ganges.

Congo River

The second-longest river in Africa and the deepest recorded river in the world, flowing through Central Africa into the Atlantic Ocean.

Euphrates River

The longest and historically significant river of Western Asia, flowing through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq to meet the Tigris.

Ganges River

A major transboundary river in South Asia that flows southeast from the Himalayas into the Bay of Bengal and is sacred in Hinduism.

Indus River

A major transboundary river in South Asia, originating in the Tibetan Plateau and flowing through Pakistan into the Arabian Sea.

Mekong River

A prominent transboundary river in Southeast Asia flowing from China through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Mississippi River

The second-longest river in North America, flowing south entirely within the United States into the Gulf of Mexico.

Rhine River

A major European river originating in Switzerland and flowing north through Germany and the Netherlands into the North Sea.

Rio Grande

A major river in North America that forms a large part of the natural border between the United States and Mexico.

St. Lawrence River

A large river in North America that drains the Great Lakes directly into the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean.

Tigris River

The eastern river defining ancient Mesopotamia, flowing south from eastern Turkey through Iraq to join the Euphrates.

Volga River

The longest river in Europe and the national river of Russia, flowing into the Caspian Sea.