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Trent , river, England
(Encyclopedia)Trent, river, c.170 mi (270 km) long, rising on Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire, W England. It flows generally NE through central England before joining with the Ouse River to form the Humber estuary. Th...Tinayguk Wild River
(Encyclopedia)Tinayguk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...Tlikakila Wild River
(Encyclopedia)Tlikakila Wild River: see Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. ...Tocantins , river, Brazil
(Encyclopedia)Tocantins river, 1,640 mi (2,639 km) long, formed in S central Goiás state, Brazil, by the confluence of two headstreams. It flows N to the Pará River, the southern distributary of the Amazon, SW of...Thompson , river, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Thompson, river, 304 mi (489 km) long, formed by the junction of the North Thompson and the South Thompson rivers at Kamloops, S British Columbia, and flowing W and S to the Fraser River at Lytton. Th...Somme, river, France
(Encyclopedia)Somme, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising near Saint-Quentin, N France, and flowing generally NW past Amiens into the English Channel; connected by canal with the Scheldt and Oise rivers. Once an o...Segovia, river, Nicaragua
(Encyclopedia)Segovia, river, Nicaragua and Honduras: see Coco. ...Senegal, river, Africa
(Encyclopedia)Senegal sĕnĭgôlˈ, sĕnˈĭgôl [key], river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed in SW Mali, W Africa, by the confluence of the Bafing and Bakoy rivers, both of which rise in the Fouta Djallon, N G...Severn, river, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Severn sĕvˈərn [key]. 1 River, c.420 mi (680 km) long, rising in W Ont., Canada, and flowing NE through Severn Lake to Hudson Bay. Fort Severn, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post established (1689...Barrow, river, Ireland
(Encyclopedia)Barrow, river, c.120 mi (190 km) long, rising in the Slieve Bloom Mts., Co. Laoighis, central Republic of Ireland. It flows east to the Co. Kildare line, then south along the borders of several counti...Browse by Subject
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