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111Zambezi River — River, south central Africa. It rises in northwestern Zambia, flows south across eastern Angola and western Zambia to the border of Botswana, then turns east and forms the Zambia Zimbabwe border. It then crosses central Mozambique and empties… …
112Xi River system — ▪ river system, China Introduction Chinese (Pinyin) Xi Jiang or (Wade Giles romanization) Hsi Chiang (“West River”), conventional Si Kiang system of rivers that combine to form the longest river of southern China. Together with its upper …
113Han River — River, east central China. A principal tributary of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), it has a total length of about 750 mi (1,200 km). It rises in the mountains in southwestern Shaanxi province; known by various names in its upper course, it… …
114Lena River — River, east central Russia, one of the longest rivers in the world. From its source in a Siberian mountain lake west of Lake Baikal, it flows 2,734 mi (4,400 km) north across Russia to enter the Arctic Ocean. Its basin covers an area of 961,000… …
115Ob River — River, western Russia. Flowing across western Siberia northwestward from the Altai of central Asia, it courses through the Gulf of Ob into the Kara Sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is about 2,268 mi (3,650 km) long. Its middle course is through taiga …
116Fuchun River — ▪ river, China Chinese (Pinyin) Fuchun Jiang , or (Wade Giles romanization) Fu ch un Chiang river flowing through Zhejiang (Chekiang) province, southeastern china. The lower course and estuary, which discharge at Hangzhou into Hangzhou… …
117Myitnge River — River Myitnge and Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda from Maymyo Road overlooking the Mandalay Plain Myitnge River (Burmese: မြစ်ငယ် or Dokhtawaddy River ( …
118Meghna River — River, Bangladesh. It is formed by the Surma River. Flowing south, it is joined southeast of Dhaka by the Padma River, which is formed from the waters of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. After a course of about 164 mi (264 km) it empties into… …
119Saint John River — River, northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. Rising in northwestern Maine, it flows northeast to the Canadian border, then southeast to form that international boundary; in Canada, it flows through New Brunswick into the Bay of Fundy at… …
120Ubangi River — River, central Africa. Formed by the Bomu River and the Uele River on the northern border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it flows west and south, forming part of the boundary with the Central African Republic and with the Republic of… …
