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Clue
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River
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1) This river begins in Minnesota and empties into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana
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Mississippi
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2) This river bisects the Grand Canyon through carved gorges
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Colorado
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3) The longest river in the world
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Nile
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4) The largest river by volume in the world
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Amazon
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5) The longest river in Europe
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Volga
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6) This river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
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St Lawrence
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7) Forms the natural boundary between the US and Mexico across Texas
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Rio Grande
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8) 2nd longest river in Africa, and the worlds deepest
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Congo
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9) This famous river runs through London
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Thames
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10) The longest river in Australia, over 2500 km
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Murray
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11) The most sacred river in India
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Ganges
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12) Longest river in Asia and the 3rd longest in the world
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Yangtze
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13) Longest river in SE Asia and an important fishing hub for major cities
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Mekong
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14) This river connects Lake Tana in Ethiopia to the Nile itself
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Blue Nile
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15) Longest river in Canada flowing through the Yukon and NW Territories
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Mackenzie
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16) This river bisects Paris and played a role in the 2024 Olympic games
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Seine
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17) The longest river in Italy at over 650 km
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Po
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18) The Eastern river that defined Mesopotamia
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Tigris
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19) The Western river that defined Mesopotamia
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Euphrates
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20) 2nd longest river in China, also known as the Huanghe
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Yellow
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21) General Washington crossed this icy river into New Jersey in Dec 1776 for a surprise attack
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Delaware
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22) This major central European river runs through 4 capital cities
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Danube
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23) The largest river in the US Pacific Northwest
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Columbia
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24) This river bisects Washington DC and played an important role in its war history
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Potomac
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25) Major river that runs through much of Venezuela and part of Colombia
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Orinoco
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26) The longest river in Great Britain, running 220 miles
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Severn
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27) This river expands into a vast, swampy delta of the same name in northern Botswana
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Okavango
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28) The longest river in Japan stretching 367km long
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Shinano
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29) Important transboundary river stretching through Pakistan and India
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Indus
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30) This river flows thru Lake Erie into Ontario, emptying into the famous waterfall of the same name on the Canadian border
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Niagara
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31) Famous European river popular with boat tours, flowing thru Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and Germany
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Rhine
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32) Major boundary river running thru Russia and most of Ukraine
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Dnieper
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33) This 3,000 mile long river runs thru Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil
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Parana
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34) This river spans much of Borneo in Indonesia, the longest in the country
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Kapuas
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35) This major river cuts through western PA and forms the borders of Indiana, Kentucky, and southern Illinois
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Ohio
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36) This major river is technically the longest, with its mouth at the Mississippi river
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Missouri
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37) This Nile tributary flows from Lake Victoria north thru Sudan
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White Nile
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38) This river spans New England from CT to the Vermont-Canada border
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Connecticut
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39) This river forms the boundary of Eurasia in Russia with a mountain range of the same name
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Ural
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40) The 3rd longest river in Africa, spanning 2600 miles across West Africa
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Niger
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