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Lake Mead
the largest reservoir in the United States; located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona and formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River; the center of a recreational area
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Lake Powell
the second largest reservoir in the United States; located in southern Utah and north central Arizona and formed by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River
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Lake Volta
the Volta river in southeastern has been dammed to create one of the world's largest man-made lakes
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Canakkale Bogazi
the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey
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East River
a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn
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Harlem River
a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx
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Verrazano Narrows
a narrow channel of water separating Staten Island and Brooklyn
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Bull Run
a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War
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Aare River
a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine
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Abukir Bay
a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt
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River Acheron
(Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon
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River Adige
a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea
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Adriatic Sea
an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west
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Aegean Sea
an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia
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Aegospotamos
a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War
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Aire River
a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire
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Alabama River
a river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery; flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River
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Allegheny River
a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River
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Amazon River
a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)
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American Falls
a part of Niagara Falls in western New York (north of Buffalo)
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Heilong Jiang
an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk
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Andaman Sea
part of the Bay of Bengal to the west of the Malay Peninsula
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Upper Tunguska
a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River
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Angel Falls
the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally
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Antarctic Ocean
the southern waters surrounding Antarctica
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Apalachicola River
a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border
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Arabian Sea
a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia
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Arafura Sea
a part of the western Pacific Ocean to the north of Australia and to the south of New Guinea and the eastern islands of Indonesia
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Araguaia River
a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River
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Araxes
a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes
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Arauca
a river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela
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Arctic Ocean
ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs
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Argun River
a river in eastern Asia that arises in China and flows northeast along the border between China and Russia to become a tributary of the Amur River
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Arkansas River
a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River
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Arno River
a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea
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Atlantic Ocean
the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
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Upper Avon River
a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
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River Avon
a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn
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Baffin Bay
a body of water between Greenland and northeastern Canada; connected with the Arctic Ocean to the north and with the Atlantic Ocean (via the Labrador Sea) to the south; icebound in winter
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Lake Balaton
a large shallow lake in western Hungary
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Baltic Sea
a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy
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Barents Sea
the part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Norway and Russia
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Bay of Bengal
an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India
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Bay of Biscay
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe; bordered by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain
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Bay of Fundy
a bay of the North Atlantic between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; noted for rapid tides as great as 70 feet
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Bay of Naples
an arm of the Tyrrhenian Sea at Naples
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Beaufort Sea
part of the Arctic Ocean to the northeast of Alaska
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Bering Sea
part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait
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Bering Strait
a strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean
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Bighorn River
a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana
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Bight of Benin
a broad indentation of the Gulf of Guinea in western Africa
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Big Sioux River
a river that rises in northeastern South Dakota and flows southward to join the Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa
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Biscayne Bay
a narrow bay formed by an inlet from the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Florida
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Bismarck Sea
an arm of the South Pacific to the southwest of the Bismarck Archipelago
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Euxine Sea
a sea between Europe and Asia; a popular resort area of eastern Europeans
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Blue Nile
a headstream of the Nile; joins the White Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile
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Bo Hai
an inlet of the Yellow Sea, on the coast of Eastern China
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Bosporus
a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route
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Brahmaputra River
an Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal
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Brazos River
a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico
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Bristol Channel
an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and southwestern England
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Buzzards Bay
an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern Massachusetts
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Caloosahatchee River
a river in southern Florida that flows westerly to the Gulf of Mexico; forms the western end of the Cross-Florida Waterway
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Cam River
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
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Canadian River
a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma
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Horseshoe Falls
a part of Niagara Falls in Ontario
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Canandaigua Lake
a glacial lake in central New York; one of the Finger Lakes
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Cape Cod Bay
the southern part of Massachusetts Bay
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Cape Fear River
a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear
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Caribbean Sea
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America; the origin of the Gulf stream
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Caspian Sea
a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world
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Cayuga Lake
a glacial lake in central New York; the longest of the Finger Lakes
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Chao Phraya
a river in Thailand formed by the confluence of the Nan and Ping Rivers; flows southward past Bangkok and empties into the Gulf of Thailand
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Charles River
a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston
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Chattahoochee River
a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
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Lake Baikal
the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world
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Lake Chelan
a narrow very deep lake in central Washington in the Cascade Range
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Coeur d'Alene Lake
a lake in northern Idaho
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Lake Tahoe
a lake on the border between Nevada and California to the west of Carson City; a popular resort area
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Chesapeake Bay
a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River
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Chukchi Sea
part of the Arctic Ocean just to the north of the Bering Strait
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Cimarron River
a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River
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Clinch River
a river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows generally southwestward across eastern Tennessee to the Tennessee River
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Clyde
a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow
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River Cocytus
(Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron
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Colorado River
an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States
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Colorado River
a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
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Columbia River
a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring
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Congo River
a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic
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Connecticut River
a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound
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Lake Constance
a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the Rhine River
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Cook Strait
a narrow strait separating the North Island and South Island in New Zealand
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Coosa River
river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through eastern Alabama to join the Tallapoosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River
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Coral Sea
an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia
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Cross-Florida Waterway
a waterway used by small boats to travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee_Canal and the Caloosahatchee River
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Cumberland River
a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky
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Cuquenan Falls
a famous waterfall in Venezuela
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Danube River
the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea
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Darling River
an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River
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Dead Sea
a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level
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Delaware River
a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay
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Delaware Bay
an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River
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Demerara
a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic
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Detroit River
a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world
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Dnieper River
a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea
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Don River
a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov
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East China Sea
part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia
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Ebro River
a river in northeastern Spain; flows into the Mediterranean
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Elbe River
a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea
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Elizabeth River
a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads
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English Channel
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain
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Euphrates River
a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia
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Lake Eyre
a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
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Firth of Clyde
a firth on the southwestern coast of Scotland emptying into the North Channel
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Firth of Forth
a large firth on the east coast of Scotland and the estuary of the Forth River; location of Edinburgh
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Flint River
a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
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Forth River
a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth
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Fox River
a river in Wisconsin that flows into Lake Michigan
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Galveston Bay
an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas to the south of Houston
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Galway Bay
a bay of the North Atlantic on the west coast of Ireland
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Ganges River
an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus
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Gan Jiang
a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang to the north of Nanchang
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Garonne River
a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay
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Gila River
a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River
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Golden Gate
a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean; discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake
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Grand River
a river in southern Michigan that flows northwest to empty into Lake Michigan
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Great Australian Bight
a wide bay of the Indian Ocean in southern Australia; notorious for storms
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Great Salt Lake
a shallow body of salt water in northwestern Utah
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Great Slave Lake
a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada; drained by the Mackenzie River
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Green River
a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River
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Greenland Sea
part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Iceland
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Gulf of Aden
arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea
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Gulf of Alaska
a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago
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Gulf of Antalya
a gulf of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Turkey
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Gulf of Akaba
a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia
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Gulf of Bothnia
a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland
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Gulf of California
a gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico
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Golfo de Campeche
a part of the Gulf of Mexico to the west of Yucatan
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Gulf of Carpentaria
a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia
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Gulf of Corinth
inlet of the Ionian Sea between central Greece and the Peloponnesus
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Gulf of Finland
an eastern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Finland and Estonia
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Gulf of Guinea
a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa
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Gulf of Martaban
an arm of the Andaman Sea off southern Myanmar
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Golfo de Mexico
an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico
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Gulf of Ob
an inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia
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Gulf of Oman
an arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf
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Gulf of Riga
an inlet of the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia
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Gulf of Saint Lawrence
an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Canada
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Gulf of Sidra
wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya
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Gulf of Suez
a northwestern arm of the Red Sea linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
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Gulf of Tehuantepec
an arm of the Pacific in southern Mexico
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Gulf of Thailand
an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula
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Gulf of Venice
an arm of the Adriatic Sea
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Hampton Roads
a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay
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Hangzhou Bay
a bay formed by an inlet of the East China Sea
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Housatonic River
a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound
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Yellow River
a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta
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Hudson River
a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century
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Hudson Bay
an inland sea in northern Canada
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Humber
an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the Ouse River and the Trent River
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Victoria Falls
a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil
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IJssel river
a river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer
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IJsselmeer
a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee
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Illinois River
a river in Illinois that flows southwest to the Mississippi River
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Indian Ocean
the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south
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Indigirka River
a river in far eastern Siberia that flows generally northward to the Arctic Ocean
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Indus River
an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea
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Inland Passage
a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska
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Inland Sea
an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern Japan; surrounded by the islands of Honshu and Shikoku and Kyushu and linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow channel; the chief port is Hiroshima
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Ionian Sea
an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy
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Irish Sea
an arm of the North Atlantic between Great Britain and Ireland
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Irrawaddy River
the main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea
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Irtish River
an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River
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Isere River
a river in southeastern France; a tributary of the Rhone
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James River
a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri
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James River
a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
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James Bay
the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario
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Jordan River
a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
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Kanawha River
a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia
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Kansas River
a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
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Kara Sea
part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia and to the east of the Barents Sea; icebound most of the year
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Kasai River
a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo
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Kattegatt
a strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Sweden; connects with the North Sea through the Skagerrak
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Keuka Lake
a glacial lake in central New York; one of the Finger Lakes
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Kissimmee River
a river of central Florida that flows southward to Lake Okeechobee
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Lake Kivu
a lake in the mountains of central Africa between Congo and Rwanda
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Klamath River
a river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean
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Korea Bay
an inlet of the Yellow Sea between the Liaodong Peninsula in China and western Korea
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Korean Strait
a strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan
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Kura River
a river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea
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Labrador Sea
an arm of the northern Atlantic between Labrador and southern Greenland
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Lake Albert Nyanza
a shallow lake on the border between Uganda and Congo in the Great Rift Valley
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Lake Aral
a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
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Lake Chad
a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river
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Lake Champlain
a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812
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Lake Edward
a lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda
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Lake Erie
the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal
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Lake Geneva
a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone
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Lake Huron
the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes
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Lake Ilmen
a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga
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Lake Ladoga
a lake in northwestern Russia to the north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland
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Lake Michigan
the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders
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Lake Nasser
lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan
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Lake Malawi
a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi
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Lake Onega
lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe
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Lake Ontario
the smallest of the Great Lakes
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Lake Saint Clair
a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie
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Lake Superior
the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes
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Lake Tsana
a lake in northern Ethiopia; the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile
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Lake Tanganyika
the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley
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Daryacheh-ye Orumiyeh
a shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the western border of Turkey
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Lake Vanern
a lake in southwestern Sweden; the largest lake in Sweden
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Victoria Nyanza
the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile River
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Laptev Sea
part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia (between the Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands) that is icebound most of the year
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Lehigh River
a river in eastern Pennsylvania that flows southeast into the Delaware River
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Lena River
a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea
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River Lethe
(Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive
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Ligurian Sea
an arm of the Mediterranean between northwest Italy and Corsica
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Crocodile River
an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean
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Little Bighorn River
a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand
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Little Missouri River
a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota
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Little Sioux River
a river that rises in southwestern Minnesota and flows southwestward to the Missouri River in western Iowa
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Little Wabash River
a river in eastern Illinois that flows southeastward to the Wabash River
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Loch Achray
a lake in central Scotland
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Loch Linnhe
an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Scotland
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Loch Ness
a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain
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Loire River
the longest French river; rises in the Massif Central and flows north and west to the Atlantic Ocean
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Long Island Sound
a sound between Long Island and Connecticut
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Mackenzie River
a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea
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Madeira River
a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
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Magdalena River
a river that rises in the Andes mountains in southwestern Colombia and flows generally northward to empty into the Caribbean Sea at Barranquilla
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Marmara Denizi
an inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles
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Massachusetts Bay
an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off of eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south
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Mediterranean Sea
the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
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Mekong River
an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea
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Menai Strait
a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland
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Merrimack River
a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean
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Meuse River
a European river; flows into the North Sea
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Milk River
a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
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Minamata Bay
a bay on the west coast of Kyushu; in the 1950s industrial wastes caused mercury poisoning among the Japanese people who ate fish from Minamata Bay
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Mississippi River
a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico
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Missouri River
the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis
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Mobile River
a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay
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Mobile Bay
a bay of the Gulf of Mexico; fed by the Mobile River
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Mohawk River
a river of central New York that flows southeastward to the Hudson River
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Monongahela River
a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River
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Monterey Bay
an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in western California
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Moray Firth
an inlet of the North Sea on the northeast coast of Scotland
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Moreau River
a river that rises in western South Dakota and flows eastward to the Missouri River
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Moreton Bay
an arm of the Tasman Sea forming a bay to the east of Brisbane
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Mozambique Channel
an arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa
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Murray River
a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide
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Murrumbidgee River
a river of southeastern Australia; flows westward into the Murray River
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Namoi River
a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River
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Nan River
a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya
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Narragansett Bay
a deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Rhode Island
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Neckar River
a river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine
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Neosho River
a river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River
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Neva River
a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland
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New River
a river in the southeastern United States that flows northward from North Carolina to West Virginia where it empties into the Kanawha River
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New York Bay
a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River
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Niagara River
a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York
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Niagara Falls
waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls; in the United States it is the American Falls
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Niger River
an African river; flows into the South Atlantic
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Nile River
the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
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Niobrara River
a tributary of the Missouri River
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North Channel
a strait between Northern Ireland and Scotland that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea
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North Platte River
a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River
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North Sea
an arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles and Scandinavia; oil was discovered under the North Sea in 1970
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Norwegian Sea
the part of the Atlantic that lies off the Norwegian coast to the north of the North Sea
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Ob River
a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea
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Oder River
a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea
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Ohio River
a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River
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Lake Okeechobee
a lake in southeast Florida to the north of the Everglades
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Orange River
a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
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Orinoco River
a South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic
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Osage River
a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River
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Osaka Bay
a bay of the western Pacific in southern Honshu
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Ottawa river
a river in southeastern Canada that flows along the boundary between Quebec and Ontario to the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal
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Ouachita River
a river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River
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Ouse River
a river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber
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Pacific Ocean
the largest ocean in the world
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Para River
an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows
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Parana River
a South American river; tributary of Rio de la Plata
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Parnahiba
a river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean
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Paulo Afonso Falls
a major waterfall in northeastern Brazil
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Pearl River
a river in Mississippi that flows southward to the Gulf of Mexico
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Pecos River
a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas
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Pee Dee River
a river that flows through central North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean
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Penobscot River
a river in central Maine flowing into Penobscot Bay
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Penobscot Bay
an inlet of the Atlantic in eastern Maine
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Arabian Gulf
a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world
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Ping River
a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya
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Platte River
a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
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Po River
a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea
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Potomac River
a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
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Poyang
a lake in central China that is connected to the Chang Jiang by a canal
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Prudhoe Bay
a bay on the northern coast of Alaska where oil was discovered in 1968
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Puget Sound
an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State
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Purus River
a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
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Queen Charlotte Sound
an inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia
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Rappahannock River
a river that flows across eastern Virginia into the Tidewater region
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Red River
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
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Red Sea
a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal
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Republican River
a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas
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Rhine River
a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea
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Rhone River
a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles
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Rio de la Plata
an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay
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Rio Grande
a North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico
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Ross Sea
an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica
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Ruhr River
a tributary of the Rhine
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Russian River
a river in northern California
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Saale River
a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River
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Sabine River
a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico
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Sacramento River
a river in northern California rising near Mount Shasta and flowing south to the San Francisco Bay
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Saint Francis River
a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas
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Saint John River
a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy
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Saint Johns River
a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean
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Saint Lawrence River
a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic
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Salmon River
a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho
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Salton Sea
a saltwater lake in southeastern California
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Sambre River
a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur
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San Diego Bay
a bay of the Pacific in southern California
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San Francisco Bay
a bay of the Pacific in western California
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San Joaquin River
a river in central California that rises in the Sierra Nevada and flows northwest to form a large delta with the Sacramento River
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Sao Francisco
a river in eastern Brazil flowing into the Atlantic Ocean
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Saone River
a river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south to become the chief tributary of the Rhone
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Sargasso Sea
a vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to the Azores that is dense with gulfweed
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Gulf of Aegina
a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece
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Savannah River
a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic
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Scheldt River
a river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea
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Sea of Azoff
a bay of the Black Sea between Russia and the Ukraine
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Sea of Japan
an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan
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Sea of Okhotsk
an arm of the Pacific to the east of Asia
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Seine River
a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel
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Lake Seneca
a glacial lake in central New York; the largest of the Finger Lakes
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Guaira Falls
a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay
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River Severn
a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain
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Severn River
a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay
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Seyhan River
a Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean
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Chari River
an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad
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Shenandoah River
a river of northern Virginia that empties into the Potomac at Harpers Ferry
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Skagerrak
a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway
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Snake River
a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Solent
a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
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Solway Firth
a large firth on the west coast of Britain between England and Scotland
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South China Sea
a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons
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South Platte River
a tributary of the Platte River
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Strait of Georgia
the strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland
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Strait of Gibraltar
the strait between Spain and Africa
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Strait of Hormuz
a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
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Strait of Magellan
the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands to the south of the continent; discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520; an important route around South America before the Panama Canal was built
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Strait of Messina
the strait separating Sicily from the tip of Italy
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Strait of Calais
the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent
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River Styx
(Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls
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Sun River
a river in western Montana that flows south and east to join the Missouri River
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Suriname River
a river in Suriname that flows northward to the Atlantic
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Susquehanna River
a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay
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Tagus River
a European river; flows into the North Atlantic
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Takakkaw
a waterfall in southeastern British Columbia; the highest waterfall in Canada (1250 feet high)
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Tallapoosa River
river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River
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Tampa Bay
an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida
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Tasman Sea
an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean between southeastern Australia and New Zealand
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Tennessee River
a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky
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River Thames
the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea
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Tevere
a river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea
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Tigris River
an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River
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Timor Sea
an arm of the eastern Indian Ocean between Timor and northern Australia
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Tocantins River
a river in eastern Brazil that flows generally north to the Para River
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Tombigbee River
a river that rises in northeastern Mississippi and flows southward through western Alabama to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River
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Torres Strait
a strait between northeastern Australia and southern New Guinea that connects the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea
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River Trent
a river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber
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Trinity River
a river in eastern Texas that is formed near Dallas and flows generally southeastward to Galveston Bay
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Trondheim Fiord
a long narrow inlet of the Norwegian Sea
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Tugela Falls
a major waterfall in southern Africa; has more than one leap
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Lower Tunguska
a river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River
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Stony Tunguska
a river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River
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Twin Falls
a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho
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River Tyne
a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea
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Tyrrhenian Sea
an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and Sicily
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United States waters
territorial waters included within a distance of 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United States and its territories
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Urubupunga Falls
a waterfall in the Parana river in Brazil
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Uruguay River
a South American river that arises in southern Brazil and flows south to the Rio de la Plata; the northern section forms the boundary between Argentina and Brazil and the southern section forms the boundary between Argentina and Uruguay
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Vetluga River
a river in central Russia; flows generally southward into the Volga
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Victoria Falls
a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally
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Vistula River
a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea
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Volga River
a Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea
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Volkhov River
a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally north into Lake Ladoga
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Volta
a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin
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Wabash River
a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana
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Weddell Sea
an arm of the south Atlantic in Antarctica to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula
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Weser River
a river in northwestern Germany that flows northward to the North Sea near Bremerhaven
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White River
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
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White Nile
a headstream of the Nile; joins the Blue Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile
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White Sea
a large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia
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Willamette River
a river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland
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Windward Passage
a channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea
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Lake Winnipeg
a lake in southern Canada in Manitoba
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Wisconsin River
a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin
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Yalu River
river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)
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Yangtze Kiang
the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai
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Yazoo River
a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg
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Yellow Sea
part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia
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Yellowstone River
a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park
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Yenisei River
a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea
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Yosemite Falls
a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year
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Yukon River
a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea
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Zambezi River
an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean
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Canton River
a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea
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Zuider Zee
a former inlet of the North Sea in the northern coast of the Netherlands; sealed off from the sea in 1932 by a dam that created the IJsselmeer