Rivers With Colorful Names 🏞️

Based on the clues, name these rivers with a colorful name.

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Length	Hint	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

Level 88

Jan 11, 2022

There are many more, but which important ones should be added?

Level 80

Jan 12, 2022

interopia, you might consider adding the Colorado and the Negro as it's somewhat Anglo centric at present.

Level 88

Jan 12, 2022

OK, great ideas! Thanks CardinalSin, as always!

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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