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Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River

(Encyclopedia)Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Olekma

(Encyclopedia)Olekma əlyĕkˈmə [key], river, c.820 mi (1,320 km) long, rising in the Yablonovy range, SE Siberian Russia. It flows N through Amursk region and the Sakha Republic to the Lena River below Olekminsk...

Irtysh

(Encyclopedia)Irtysh ĭrtĭshˈ [key], river, c.2,650 mi (4,260 km) long, W Siberian Russia and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob and one of the two major rivers of W Siberia. As the Ertix, it rises i...

Tom

(Encyclopedia)Tom tôm [key], river, c.525 mi (840 km) long, rising in the Alatau range, S Siberian Russia. It flows N through the Kuznetsk Basin past Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, and Tomsk into the Ob River. It is navi...

Sura

(Encyclopedia)Sura so͞oräˈ [key], river, c.540 mi (870 km) long, rising E of Penza, S central European Russia. It flows generally north to empty into the Volga River. It is navigable for about 100 mi (160 km) up...

Belaya

(Encyclopedia)Belaya byĕlˈəyə [key] [Rus.,=white], river, c.880 mi (1,420 km) long, Bashkortostan, E European Russia. It rises in the Ural Mts. and winds generally NW past Beloretsk, Sterlitamak (where it becom...

Tobol

(Encyclopedia)Tobol təbôlˈ [key], river, c.1,050 mi (1,690 km) long, rising in the Mugodzhar Hills, NE Kazakhstan. It flows NE past Qostanay, into Russia, and past Kurgan to join the Irtysh River at Tobolsk. It ...

Katun

(Encyclopedia)Katun kəto͞onˈ [key], river, c.415 mi (670 km) long, Altai Territory, S Siberian Russia. It rises in the Katun Alps and flows generally north to join the Biya, with which it forms the Ob River. The...

Moskva

(Encyclopedia)Moskva məskväˈ [key], river, c.310 mi (500 km) long, rising in the hills W of Moscow, in central European Russia, and meandering generally E past Mozhaisk and Moscow to join the Oka River near Kolo...

Roslavl

(Encyclopedia)Roslavl rôˈslävəl, rəsläˈvəl [key], city (1989 pop. 60,500), W central European Russia, on the Oster River. It is a road and rail junction and a market town. Known from the 12th cent., Roslavl...