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Which River in South America?

Name these South American rivers based on their starting letter and a description.
First letter corresponds to the first letter other than words meaning river unless the river always has that word in its name e.g. Rio Grande
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Description
Letter
River
1
The longest river of the continent
A
Amazon
2
Flows through Venezuela, has a large delta
O
Orinoco
3
This river separates Montevideo from Buenos Aires
R
Rio de la Plata
4
Rivers forming #3
P
Parana
5
U
Uruguay
6
Longest tributary of #1
N
Negro
7
Porto Velho, Brazil's river
M
Madeira
8
Rivers forming #7
M
Madre de Dios
9
M
Mamore
10
Tributary flowing into #1, has a namesake Brazillian state
T
Tocantins
11
Guyana's longest river
E
Essequibo
12
The two rivers forming #1
M
Maranon
13
U
Ucayali
14
Tributary of #1, one of the longest beginning with its letter
X
Xingu
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3 Comments
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Level 82
Dec 13, 2019
Why do you think that the River (Rio) Plate (Plata) begins with an "R"? If because River/Rio starts with an R, then all rivers would start with R!
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Level 78
Dec 14, 2019
Added a caveat
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Level 56
Jan 29, 2020
oof missed madre de dios