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Kabul River, river in eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, 435 miles (700 km) long, of which 350 miles (560 km) are in Afghanistan. Rising in the Sanglākh Range 45 miles (72 km) west of Kabul city, it flows east past Kabul and Jalālābād, no
Syr Darya, river in the Central Asian republics of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. The Syr Darya is formed by the confluence of the Naryn and Qoradaryo rivers in the eastern Fergana Valley and generally flows northwest until it empties into the A
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Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), longest river in both China and Asia and third longest river in the world, with a length of 3,915 miles (6,300 km). From its source on the Plateau of Tibet to its mouth on the East China Sea, the river traverses or serves as
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Mekong River, the longest river in Southeast Asia, 7th longest in Asia, and 12th longest in the world, with a length of about 2,700 miles (4,350 km).
Yenisey River, river of centralRussia, one of the longest rivers inAsia. The world’s sixth largest river in terms of discharge, the Yenisey runs from south to north across the great expanse of centralSiberia. Ittraversesa vast region of strikingly varied landscapes where ancient peoples and cu...
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