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24 Cards in this Set
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World's 2nd longest, which begins in the Andes in Peru and empties into the Atlantic in Brazil
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Amazon
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World's 5th longest, which begins in the Democratic Republic of Congo and empties into the Atlantic
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Congo
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Europe's 2nd longest, which begins in the Black Forest in Germany and empties into the Black Sea
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Danube
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River rising in Australia's Great Divide Range, and later joining the Murray River
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Darling
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Western Russian river emptying into the Sea of Azoz
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Don
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River rising in the Czech Republic and flowing through Germany before emptying into the Black Sea
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Elbe
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Part of the river system rising in Turkey that joins the Tigris before forming the Shatt al Arab, which flows into the Persian Gulf
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Euphrates
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India's sacred river beginning in the Himalayas and emptying in the Bay of Bengal
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Ganges
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Pakistan's longest river, rising in Tibet and emptying into the Arabian Sea
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Indus
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Jordan's and Israel's only important river, one that rises in Syria and empties into the Dead Sea
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Jordan
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France's longest river, one that flows through the Loire Valley, an area known for its many chateaux or castles
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Loire
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Australia's longest permanently flowing river
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Murray
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World's longest river, which rises near the equator and flows into the Mediterranean Sea
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Nile
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Venezuela's longest river
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Orinoco
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Italy's largest waterway
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Po
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River that rises in Switzerland and flows through Germany and the Netherlands before emptying in the North Sea
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Rhine
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River that rises in Switzerland and flows through France before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea
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Rhone
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Long French river that flows through Paris and empties into the English Channel
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Seine
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Longest river entirely within England, one that flows through London
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Thames
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Long Italian river that rises in the Apennine Mountains and flows through Rome
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Tiber
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Part of a system rising in Turkey before forming the Shatt al Arab with flows into the Persian Gulf
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Tigris
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Russian river that is Europe's longest
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Volga
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Word's 3rd longest river and China's longest
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Yangzte
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Chinese river sometimes called "China's Sorrow" because of its many floods bringing death and hunger
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Yellow
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