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1
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“the father of waters”

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Mississippi

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2
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Begins Lake Itasca

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Mississippi

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3
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Begins Rocky Mountain NP

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Colorado

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4
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Flows into Gulf of California

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Colorado

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5
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Grand Canyon

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Colorado

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6
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Hoover Dam: Lake, river

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Lake Mead, Colorado

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7
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Lake Mead: Dam, river

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Hoover Dam, Colorado

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8
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Glen Canyon Dam: Lake, river

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Lake Powell, Colorado

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Lake Powell: Dam, river

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Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado

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10
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Historic border between northern and southern US

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Ohio

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11
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Formed by Allegheny, Monongahela

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Ohio

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12
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Ohio is formed by…

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Allegheny and Monongahela

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13
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Empties into Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois

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Ohio

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14
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Lake Revelstoke

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Columbia

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15
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Grand Coulee Dam: Lake, river

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Lake Roosevelt, Columbia

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16
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Lake Roosevelt: Dam, river

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Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia

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17
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Largest electric power plant in US: Dam, river

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Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia

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18
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Drains Great Lakes

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St Lawrence

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19
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Explored and named by Jacques Cartier

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St Lawrence

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20
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Emerges in Thousand Islands archipelago

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St Lawrence

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21
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Inspired Washington Irving

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Hudson

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22
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Namesake river school

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Hudson

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23
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Fort Peck Dam

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Missouri

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24
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Oahe Dam

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Missouri

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25
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Longest US river

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Missouri

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26
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Most of Oklahoma-Texas border

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Red River of the South

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27
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Formed part of US-Mexico border following Adams-Onis treaty

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Red River of the South

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28
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Enters Mississippi South of Natchez, Mississippi

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Red River of the South

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29
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Longest Canadian river

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Mackenzie

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30
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Flows out of Great Slave Lake

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Mackenzie

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31
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Fort Providence, Fort Simpson

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Mackenzie

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32
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Empties into delta on Beaufort Sea

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Mackenzie

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33
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Rises in Yellowstone NP

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Snake

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34
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Hells Canyon

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Snake

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35
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Source in Catskills

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Delaware

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36
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Crossed by Washington to surprise Hessians at Battle of Trenton

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Delaware

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37
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Rises at Fairfax Stone

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Potomac

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38
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Confluence with Anacostia in DC

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Potomac

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39
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Mount Vernon

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Potomac

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40
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Texas-Mexico border

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Rio Grande

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41
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Big Bend NP

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Rio Grande

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42
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Sierra Madre Oriental

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Rio Grande

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43
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Great Flood of 1927

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Mississippi

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44
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Hernando de Soto - First European to cross

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Mississippi

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45
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Cahokia

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Mississippi

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46
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Neighbors Atchafalaya river

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Mississippi

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47
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Kentucky Bend

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Mississippi

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48
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Overflowed to create Salton Sea

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Colorado

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49
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Horseshoe Bend

50
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All-American Canal

51
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Treaty of Fort Stanwix

52
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Called “River Jordan” by slaves

53
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McAlpine Locks and Dam

54
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Tributary: Kanawha River

55
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Tributary: Big Sandy

56
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Fort Astoria

57
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Tributary: Snake River

58
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Tributary: Willamette River

59
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Celilo Falls destroyed by Dalles Dam

60
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Lake Umatilla: Dam, river

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John Day Dam, Columbia

61
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John Day Dam: Lake, river

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Lake Umatilla, Columbia

62
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Travelled by Lewis and Clark

63
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Fort Mandan

64
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Formed at Three Forks

65
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Garrison Dam: Lake, river

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Lake Sakakawea, Missouri

66
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Lake Sakakawea: Dam, river

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Garrison Dam, Missouri

67
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Formed by Gallatin, Madison, Jefferson rivers

68
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Evel Knievel failed jump

69
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Twin Falls

70
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Shoshone Falls

71
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Tributary: Henry’s Fork

72
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Tributary: Schuylkill

73
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Tock’s island, failed dam plan

74
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Tributary: Christina

75
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Other river suggested as US-Mexico border (not Rio Grande)

76
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Begins in San Juan Mountains

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Rio Grande

77
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Amistad Dam

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Rio Grande

78
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Elephant Butte Dam

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Rio Grande

79
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City: Truth or Consequences

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Rio Grande

80
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Longest in Asia

81
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Rises in Kunlun Mountains

82
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Tibetan Plateau

83
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Three Gorges Dam

84
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Indian state of Assam

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Brahmaputra

85
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Merges with Ganges to form world’s largest delta

A

Brahmaputra

86
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Rises in Qinghai province

87
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Flows into Bohai Gulf

88
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Extraordinary amount of loess salt

89
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Holiest river of Hinduism

90
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Worlds largest delta

91
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Bay of Bengal

92
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Originates Eastern Tibet

93
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Forms much of Laos-Thailand border

94
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Two Mesopotamian rivers

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Tigris, Euphrates

95
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Rise in Zagros Mountains

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Tigris, Euphrates

96
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Chief river of Myanmar

97
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Gulf of Martaban

98
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Comes from Sanskrit word for “elephant”

99
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Chief river of Pakistan

100
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_____ Valley Civilization

101
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Rises in Syria near Mt Hermon

102
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Lake Merom

103
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Sea of Galilee

104
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Site of baptism of Jesus

105
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Splits into Jamuna and Padma

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Brahamputra

106
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Linked to Yangtze by Grand Canal

107
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Ordos Loop

108
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Forcefully flooded to stop a rebellion by Li Zicheng

109
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Civilization used turtle shells and oracle bones

110
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Source in Bayan Har Mountains

111
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“China’s Sorrow”

112
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Splits into Padma and Hooghly

113
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City: Pataliputra

114
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City: Farakka

115
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City: Varanasi

116
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Khone Falls

117
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Region “4000 islands”

118
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City: Vientiane

119
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City: Phnom Penh

120
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City: Ho Chi Minh City

121
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Mapped by Ernest Doudart de Lagree

122
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Giant catfish

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