The world's most significant rivers
8 cards · geography
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| Front | Back |
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| Nile | Northeast Africa; ~6,650 km; longest or second-longest Flows through 11 countries to the Mediterranean; sustained Ancient Egypt. |
| Amazon | Northern South America; ~6,400 km; greatest discharge, largest basin Carries more water than any other river; drains the Amazon rainforest. |
| Yangtze | China; ~6,300 km; Asia's longest Hosts the Three Gorges Dam; vital for transport, industry, and farming. |
| Congo | Central Africa; ~4,700 km; deepest river, huge discharge Second only to the Amazon in flow; powers major hydropower projects. |
| Niger | West Africa; ~4,180 km; Sahel arc to Gulf of Guinea Sustains Mali, Niger, and Nigeria; forms an inland delta near Timbuktu. |
| Zambezi | Southern Africa; ~2,574 km; Victoria Falls, hydropower Feeds Kariba and Cahora Bassa dams; drains to the Indian Ocean. |
| Yangtze | China; ~6,300 km; Asia's longest Hosts the Three Gorges Dam; vital for transport, industry, and farming. |
| Yellow River | Northern China; ~5,464 km; cradle of Chinese civilization Loess silt drives course changes and floods; nicknamed “China’s Sorrow.”},{ |