Rivers of the World A-Z

A

Major river in Central Asia which flows into the remnants of the Aral Sea

B

Tributary which flows through eastern Nigeria and northern Cameroon

C

Second longest river in Africa and second largest by discharge in the world

D

Tributary of the Murray river which flows through the state of New South Wales, Australia

E

River in northern Spain which flows mainly east-southeast

F

Third longest river on New Guinea and the namesake of a turtle with a nose resembling a pig's snout

G

Longest river on the Deccan Peninsula (not the Ganges, it is not on the peninsula)

H

Flows into the Yangtze at Wuhan, namesake of a major Chinese dynasty

I

Major river in Myanmar, flowing north-to-south from the Andaman Sea

J

Six-letter tributary of the Amazon, home to super-heavy 6' catfish

K

Tributary which shares the name of some of its own tributaries with many provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including sharing its own name with three of them

L

Forms the northern border of South Africa and flows into the Indian Ocean near Xai-Xai, Mozambique

M

Longest river system in Canada, longest river to empty into the Arctic Ocean from North America, and drains about 20% of Canada

N

Third longest in Africa, with B as a major tributary

O

Major river in North Siberia, west of the Lena river delta in the Sakha Republic

P

First major tributary of the Amazon which joins west of Manaus

Q

Tributary of the Yangtze which flows through central Nanjing

R

World's shortest river according to the Guinness Book of World Records

S

Named after a West African country in which it flows in the north

T

Endorheic river in Xinjiang, China, near the Kunlun Mountains

U

Ranked fiftieth in length by Wikipedia, it is an anagram of a major city it passes through

V

Main river of Ghana, with its basin in parts of five other countries; change one letter and you get the longest river in Europe

W

Named for a "doubled" city in Washington state, also starts with the same two letters as Washington

X

Only "river" starting with X with a length over 1000 km

Y

Northernmost of the two "top ten" longest rivers that start with a Y, also a color

Z

River that touches the "slightly off" corner of Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe