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Longest River in Asia

A 
Yangtze River (China) - 3900+ miles
Third longest River in the world
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Second Longest River in Asia

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Yellow River (China)
Second longest river in the world
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Longest River in North America

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Missouri River (USA) - 2,350 miles runs from Montana to Kansas
Mississippi is second longest at 2,300 miles running from Minnesota to Louisiana
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Longest River in Africa

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Nile River (4132 miles) - dispute whether it or Amazon is longest in world
Congo River is second largest in Africa and deepest river in the world
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Longest River in South America

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Amazon River (4,000+ miles), disputed longest in world with Nile
Highest volume river in the world
Parana River is South America’s second longest (3000 miles) and part of the Panatal, the world’s largest wetland
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Longest River in Australia

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Murray River (1,500+ miles)

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Longest River in Europe

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Volga River (Russia) - 2300 miles from St. Petersburg to Caspian Sea
Danube is second longest
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Antarctica’s Longest River

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Onyx River (20 miles long)

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Biggest Lake in Africa

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Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania, DRC, Burundi, Zambia)
World’s second deepest lake
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Biggest Lake in Antarctica

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Lake Vostok

It’s subglacial under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

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Largest Lake in Australia

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Lake Eyre

Also Australia’s lowest point

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Europe’s Largest Lake

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Lake Ladoga (Russia)
Neva River drains it into Gulf of Finland
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South America’s Largest Lake

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Lake Titicaca (Peru/Bolivia)
World’s highest navigable lake
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North America’s Largest Lake

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Lake Superior (USA/Canada)

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Asia’s Largest Lake

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Disputed
Caspian Sea (largest inland body of water)
Lake Baikal (Russia/Siberia) - world’s deepest lake and undisputedly a lake
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Philippine Sea

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Pacific Ocean
East of the Philippines
#1 Largest

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Coral Sea

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(South) Pacific Ocean
NE of Australia
#2 Largest

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Arabian Sea

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Indian Ocean

Between Persian Gulf and India

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Sargasso Sea

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Atlantic Ocean

East of the USA, North of South America

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South China Sea

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Pacific Ocean

East of SE Asia, West of Taiwan and Philippines, North of Indonesia

21
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Weddell Sea

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Southern Ocean

North of Antarctica (isn’t everything lol)

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Caribbean Sea

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Atlantic Ocean

Abuts USA, Mexico, South America

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Mediterranean Sea

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Atlantic Ocean (connected)
Between Europe and Africa
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Gulf of Guinea

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Atlantic Ocean
West of Africa (off Nigeria, Ghana, etc)
Contains intersection of Equator and Prime Meridian

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Tasman Sea

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(South) Pacific Ocean

Between Australia and New Zealand

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Bay of Bengal

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Indian Ocean

Abuts India and west coast of SE Asia

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Bering Sea

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(North) Pacific Ocean

Between Eurasia and North America

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Sea of Okhotsk

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Pacific Ocean

East of Russia, North of Japan

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Gulf of Mexico

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Atlantic Ocean

South of USA, East of Mexico

30
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Gulf of Alaska

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Pacific Ocean

South of the Alaska/Canada border

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Barents Sea

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Arctic Ocean

North of Scandinavia/Russia

32
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Norwegian Sea

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Atlantic Ocean

NW of Scandinavia, East of Iceland

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East China Sea

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Pacific Ocean

East of China, South of Korea and Japan

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Hudson Bay

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Arctic Ocean (technically)
Abuts Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec
35
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Greenland Sea

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Atlantic or Arctic Ocean

Between Greenland and Iceland

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Andaman Sea

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Indian Ocean

West of Myanmar and Thailand

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Baffin Bay

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Arctic Ocean

Between Baffin Island and Greenland (north of Canada)

38
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Ross Sea

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Southern Ocean

Off Antarctica

39
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North Sea

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Atlantic Ocean

Between UK, Northern Europe and Scandinavia

40
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Beaufort Sea

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Arctic Ocean

North of Alaska and NW Canada

41
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Red Sea

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Indian Ocean (inlet)
Between Sinai Peninsula, NE Africa and Western Asia
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Black Sea

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Atlantic Ocean (Turkish Straits)
Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe
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Baltic Sea

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Atlantic Ocean

Between Scandinavia, Northern and Eastern Europe

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Caspian Sea

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No Ocean (really a lake)
Between Europe and Asia
45
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Aegean Sea

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Part of Mediterranean Sea

Between Greece and Turkey, north of Sea of Crete

46
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Adriatic Sea

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Part of Mediterranean Sea

Between Italy and former Yugoslav republics

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Balsamic Sea

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Part of Mediterranean

North of Balearic Isles, South of Spain

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