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Rivers With Colorful Names 🏞️

Based on the clues, name these rivers with a colorful name.
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First submittedJanuary 11, 2022
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River
5,464
Its basin was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization.
Yellow River
3,700
Flows north from Juba to Khartoum
White Nile
2,824
The Amur River's Chinese name, Heilong Jiang, means this
Black Dragon River
2,432
The longest river in South Africa
Orange River
2,330
North American river; Spanish for "colored red"
Colorado River
2,250
Major Amazon tributary; famous for dark waters
Rio Negro
2,190
A tributary of the Mississippi in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana
Red River
1,450
Flows from Lake Tana in Ethiopia to Khartoum
Blue Nile
1,149
Originates in China and then goes past Hanoi
Red River
890
Goes through Winnipeg and forms eastern border of North Dakota
Red River
105
Washington state river that a notorious serial killer was named after
Green River
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4 Comments
interopia
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Level 90
Jan 11, 2022
There are many more, but which important ones should be added?
CardinalSin
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Level 82
Jan 12, 2022
interopia, you might consider adding the Colorado and the Negro as it's somewhat Anglo centric at present.
interopia
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Level 90
Jan 12, 2022
OK, great ideas! Thanks CardinalSin, as always!
MaxStickies
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Level 80
Jun 7, 2025
You could perhaps include the Pearl River, since pearl is a colour, though that could be a stretch.

Edit: actually, looks like it is named that way for the pearl-coloured shells in its water.

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