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Ems, river, Germany
(Encyclopedia)Ems, river, 208 mi (335 km) long, rising in the Teutoburger Wald, NW Germany, and flowing NW into the North Sea near Emden. Its wide mouth is called the Dollart. The Ems is paralleled for much of its ...Tweed , river, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Tweed, river, 97 mi (156 km) long, rising in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It flows E through S Scotland then NE, forming the Scotland-England border for 17 mi (27 km) before entering the North Se...Nen, river, England
(Encyclopedia)Nen: see Nene, river, England.Achelous, river, Greece
(Encyclopedia)Achelous: see Akhelóos, river, Greece. ...Si, river, China
(Encyclopedia)Si, river, China: see Xi.Dnipro, river, Ukraine
(Encyclopedia)Dnipro, river, Ukraine: see Dnieper. ...Franklin, river, Australia
(Encyclopedia)Franklin, river: see Gordon, river. ...Isis, river, England
(Encyclopedia)Isis: see Thames, river, England. ...Canton, river, China
(Encyclopedia)Canton, river, China: see Pearl. ...Po, river, Italy
(Encyclopedia)Po pō, It. pô [key], Latin Padus, longest river of Italy, c.405 mi (650 km) long, rising in the Cottian Alps of Piedmont, NW Italy. It winds generally east in a wide valley, past Turin, Pavia, Piace...Browse by Subject
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