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This is an incomplete list of rivers that are at least partially in
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Rivers of Spain
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Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Rivers in the mainland Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula ( ), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, comprisin ...
can be divided into those belonging to the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...
watershed, those flowing into the Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...
and those emptying into the Cantabrian sea (a marginal sea of the Atlantic off the northern coast of the Iberian peninsula).
Tributaries are listed down the page in an downstream direction. The main stem river of a catchment is labelled as , left-bank tributaries are indicated by , right-bank tributaries by . Where a named river derives from the confluence of two differently named rivers these are labelled as and for the left and right forks (the rivers on the left and right, relative to an observer facing downstream). The transboundary rivers partially running through Portugal or France and/or along the borders of Spain with those countries are labelled as .
The list begins with the northernmost item of the Mediterranean watershed (close to the French border) and moves clockwise around the Iberian Peninsula.
Outside from the Iberian peninsula mainland, streams in the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are seasonal watercourses. The Santa Eul脿lia river in Ibiza was traditionally considered as the single proper 'river' in the Balearic Islands, but it lost its constant flow by the late 20th-century.
Mediterranean watershed
Catalan basins
This includes the basins emptying in theMediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ...
located in the coastline north from the Ebro
The Ebro (Spanish and Basque ; , , ) is a river of the north and northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain. It rises in Cantabria and flows , almost entirely in an east-southeast direction. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea, forming a de ...
. This leaves out the Garonne
The Garonne ( , ; Catalan language, Catalan, Basque language, Basque and , ;
or ) is a river that flows in southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux 鈥 ...
and the Ebro, both draining parts of Inner Catalonia, as well as small streams in Catalonia emptying in the Mediterranean south from the Ebro.
* Muga ( 路 )
** Manol ( 路 )
* Fluvi脿 ( 路 )
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* Ter ( 路 )
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*** N煤ria
*** Rigard
** Gurri ()
*** M猫der ()
** Riera Major ()
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** G眉ell ()
** Onyar/''O帽ar'' ( 路 )
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* Tordera ( 路 )
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* Bes貌s ( 路 )
** Congost ( 路 )
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** Ripoll ( 路 )
* Llobregat ( 路 )
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** Merl猫s ( 路 )
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** Cardener ( 路 )
** Anoia ( 路 )
*Foix
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* Gai脿/''Gay谩'' ()
* Francol铆 ( 路 )
Ebro
* Ebro
The Ebro (Spanish and Basque ; , , ) is a river of the north and northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain. It rises in Cantabria and flows , almost entirely in an east-southeast direction. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea, forming a de ...
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Reinosa is a municipality in Cantabria, Spain. , it has 10,307 inhabitants. The municipality, one of the smallest by land area in Cantabria, is notable for being one of the nearest towns to the headwaters of the Ebro River. It is surrounded by th ...
, the upstream traditional source of the very same Ebro in Fontibre has been recently redescribed as a water spring of the H铆jar)
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** Oca ( 路 )
** Nela ( 路 )
** Bayas ( 路 )
** Zadorra ( 路 )
** Tir贸n ( 路 )
** Najerilla/''Neila'' ( 路 )
** Ega ( 路 )
**Cidacos
The Cidacos River is a tributary of the Spanish Ebro River. Its source is Los Campos, in Soria, and it flows for until it reaches the Ebro at Calahorra, La Rioja.
It flows through or past various towns like Villar del R铆o, Yanguas, En ...
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** Arag贸n ( 路 )
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*** Irati ( 路 )
*** Arga ( 路 )
** Alhama ( 路 )
** Queiles ( 路 )
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** Jal贸n ( 路 )
*** Piedra ( 路 )
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*** Jiloca ( 路 )
**Huerva
The Huerva River is a river in Aragon, Spain. It is a tributary of the Ebro. Its mean annual discharge is only .
Course
This long river rises in the Sierra de Cucal贸n, near Fonfr铆a, Teruel, Fonfr铆a in the Jiloca Comarca. Flowing northwestward ...
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** G谩llego ( 路 )
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*** Sot贸n ( 路 )
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** Guadalope ( 路 )
*** Bergantes ( 路 )
** Segre ( 路 路 )
*** Valira/''Gran Valira'' ( 路 )
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*** Noguera Pallaresa ( 路 )
*** Si贸 ()
*** Corb ()
*** Noguera Ribagor莽ana/''Noguera Ribagorzana'' ( 路 )
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**** 脡sera ( 路 )
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**** Alcanadre ( 路 )
** Matarranya/''Matarra帽a'' ( 路 )
Levante
This roughly includes the basins emptying in the Mediterranean Sea ranging from those emptying south from the Ebro to the intermittent seasonal watercourses characteristic of the areas near the border between Murcia and the Andalusian province of Almer铆a. * Cenia/''S茅nia'' () * Mijares/''Millars'' ( 路 ) ** ( 路 ) ** () ** () ** ( 路 ) ***/''Montlle贸'' ( 路 ) *** () *** ( 路 ) * () * Turia/''Guadalaviar'' () ** ( 路 ) ** () ** Ebr贸n () ** /''Vallanca'' () ** () *J煤car
The J煤car () or X煤quer () is a river in Spain, on the Iberian Peninsula. The river runs for approximately 509 km.
Its source is located at Ojuelos de Valdeminguete, in the municipality of Tragacete, province of Cuenca, on the eastern fla ...
/''X煤quer'' ( 路 )
** Hu茅car ( 路 )
** Valdemembra ( 路 )
** Cabriel ( 路 )
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** Magro/''Magre'' ( 路 )
***/''C谩帽oles'' ( 路 )
* Serpis ( 路 )
*Vinalop贸
The Vinalop贸 is a small river flowing through the Province of Alicante, Alicante province, of Spain. It flows from north to south and, with a length of 81 km., it is the longest of the rivers which flows for its entire length within the l ...
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* Segura ( 路 )
** Mundo ( 路 )
** Alh谩rabe/''Moratalla'' ()
** Mula ( 路 )
** Guadalent铆n/''Sangonera'' ( 路 )
Andalusian Mediterranean basins
* Almanzora ( 路 ) * Andarax ( 路 ) * ( 路 ) *Guadalfeo
The Guadalfeo is a small river in the province of Granada, Spain, between the Sierra Nevada mountain range and the coastal ranges of Sierra de la Contraviesa and L煤jar.
Geography
It stands on the southwestern side of the Sierra Nevada.
Th ...
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** Trev茅lez ( 路 )
*** Poqueira ()
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* Guadalmedina ( 路 )
* Guadalhorce ( 路 )
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* Guadiaro ( 路 )
**Guadalev铆n
The Guadalev铆n is a tributary of the river Guadiaro (river), Guadiaro in M谩laga, Andalusia, Spain. Its gorge divides the city of Ronda where it is spanned by three bridges, ''Puente Nuevo'', ''Puente Viejo'' and ''Puente Romano (Ronda), Puente R ...
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Atlantic watershed
This section features the rivers flowing into theAtlantic Ocean
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, ranging from the Punta de Tarifa (the meeting point of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic) to the Punta de Estaca de Bares (the conventional boundary between the Atlantic of the Cantabrian Sea, one of the former's marginal seas).
Gulf of C谩diz
* Guadalete ( 路 ) ** Majaceite * San Pedro *Guadalquivir
The Guadalquivir (, also , , ) is the fifth-longest river in the Iberian Peninsula and the second-longest river with its entire length in Spain. The Guadalquivir is the only major navigable river in Spain. Currently it is navigable from Seville ...
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** Guadiana Menor ( 路 )
** Guadalimar ( 路 )
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** Guadalmellato ( 路 )
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**Genil
The Genil River is the main (left) tributary of the river Guadalquivir in Andalusia, Spain. Known as ''Singilis'' in Latin, it bears a modern name derives from the Moorish rendering of the Roman name: ''Sinyil, Sannil'', and ''Sinnil''.
Route
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** Guada铆ra ( 路 )
** Guadiamar ( 路 )
*Tinto
Tinto is an isolated hill in the south of the Central Lowlands just to the north of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It comprises little more than one top, which stands on the west bank of the River Clyde, some west of Biggar. The peak is a ...
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*Odiel
The Odiel () is a river in the Atlantic basin in southern Spain, more precisely in the province of Huelva, Andalusia. It originates at Marimateos in the Sierra de Aracena at an elevation of above sea level. At the Punta del Sebo, it joins th ...
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*Guadiana
The Guadiana River ( , , , ) is an international river defining a long stretch of the Portugal-Spain border, separating Extremadura and Andalusia (Spain) from Alentejo and Algarve (Portugal). The river's basin extends from la Mancha and the e ...
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** Cig眉ela ()
*** Z谩ncara ()
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** Guadalupe ()
** Z煤jar ()
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** G茅vora/''X茅vora'' ( 路 )
** Ardila ( 路 )
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** Chanza ( 路 )
Tagus
*Tagus
The Tagus ( ; ; ) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales between Cuenca and Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally westward, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Lisbon.
Name
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/''Tajo''/''Tejo'' ( 路 路 ; of which run through Spain and through the Portugal鈥揝pain border)
** Gallo ( 路 )
** Guadiela ( 路 )
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** Jarama ( 路 )
*** Lozoya ( 路 )
*** Guadalix ( 路 )
*** Henares ( 路 )
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**** Sorbe ( 路 )
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**** Torote ( 路 )
*** Manzanares ( 路 )
*** Taju帽a ( 路 )
**** Ungr铆a ()
** Algodor ( 路 )
** Guadarrama ( 路 )
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** Alberche ( 路 )
*** Gaznata ()
*** Cofio ( 路 )
*** Perales ( 路 )
** Ti茅tar ( 路 )
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*** Guadyerbas ( 路 )
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** Almonte ( 路 )
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**** Gibranzos ( 路 )
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** Alag贸n ( 路 )
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Douro
*Douro
The Douro (, , , ; ; ) is the largest river of the Iberian Peninsula by discharge. It rises near Duruelo de la Sierra in the Spanish Soria Province, province of Soria, meanders briefly south, then flows generally west through the northern par ...
/''Duero'' ( 路 路 of which run through Spain and through the Portugal鈥揝pain border)
** Durat贸n ( 路 )
** Cega ( 路 )
*** Cerquilla River ()
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**Pisuerga
The Pisuerga is a river in northern Spain, the Duero's second largest tributary. It rises in the Cantabrian Mountains in the province of Palencia, autonomous region of Castile and Le贸n.
Its traditional source is called Fuente Cobre, but it has ...
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*** Odra ( 路 )
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*** Arlanz贸n ( 路 )
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**** Arlanza ( 路 )
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*** Carri贸n ( 路 )
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*** Esgueva ( 路 )
**Adaja
The Adaja is a river of Spain located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, a major left-bank tributary of the Douro. Featuring a total length of 163 km, its river basin drains an area of 5,328 km2.
It has its source in the so-called Fuent ...
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*** Arevalillo ( 路 )
*** Eresma ( 路 )
**** Voltoya ()
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*** Valtodano ( 路 )
** Trabancos ( 路 )
*** Regam贸n ( 路 )
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** Valderaduey ( 路 )
*** Navajos/''Ahogaborricos''/''Bustillo'' ( 路 )
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*** Salado ( 路 )
** Esla ( 路 )
*** Bernesga ( 路 )
**** Rodiezmo de la Tercia ()
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*** Cea ( 路 )
***脫rbigo
The 脫rbigo River is a river in the provinces of Le贸n and Zamora, Spain. It begins at the convergence of the Luna River and the Oma帽a River in the village of Secarejo, in the Cimanes del Tejar municipality. Decades ago, that confluence was ...
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**** Oma帽a River ( 路 )
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*** Tera ( 路 )
****Negro
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****Mena
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** Tormes ( 路 )
** 脕gueda
脕gueda () is a city and a municipality in Portugal. According to the Portuguese 2011 census, the municipality of 脕gueda had 47,729 inhabitants, in an area of . The city proper had a population of 14,504 (2001 data), while the remainder is distri ...
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** Huebra ( 路 )
** T芒mega/''T谩mega'' ( 路 路 of which run through Spain)
Lima
*Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chill贸n River, Chill贸n, R铆mac River, R铆mac and Lur铆n Rive ...
/''Limia'' ( 路 路 of which run through Spain)
Minho-Sil
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Jamaica
* Rio Minho, a river
Portugal
* Minho Province
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/''Mi帽o'' ( 路 路 of which the last form the Portugal鈥揝pain border)
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** Sil ( 路 )
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**** Noceda ()
*** C煤a ( 路 )
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*** Lor ( 路 )
*** Mao ( 路 )
*** Cabe ( 路 )
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** Avia ( 路 )
** Arnoia ( 路 )
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** Barxas/''Troncoso''/''Trancoso'' ( 路 )
Rias Baixas and Rias Altas
* Verdugo () * L茅rez () * () *Ulla
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** Sar ()
* Tambre ()
**Samo
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** Leng眉elle ()
* Xallas ()
* Anll贸ns ()
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Cantabrian watershed
This includes the rivers flowing into the Cantabrian Sea (as well as in the case of theGaronne
The Garonne ( , ; Catalan language, Catalan, Basque language, Basque and , ;
or ) is a river that flows in southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux 鈥 ...
the wider Bay of Biscay
The Bay of Biscay ( ) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast of France from Point Penmarc'h to the Spanish border, and along the northern coast of Spain, extending westward ...
) east of the Punta de Estaca de Bares. They are chiefly short streams streaming down the Cantabrian Mountains and the southern slopes of the Pyrenees
The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. They extend nearly from their union with the Cantabrian Mountains to Cap de Creus on the Mediterranean coast, reaching a maximum elevation of at the peak of Aneto. ...
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* Eo ( 路 )
* Nal贸n ( 路 )
** Narcea ( 路 )
* Navia ( 路 )
* Sella ( 路 )
** Dobra ()
*Deva
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** Cares ( 路 )
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* Saja ( 路 )
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* Pas ( 路 )
** Pisue帽a ( 路 )
* Miera ( 路 )
* As贸n ( 路 )
** G谩ndara ()
*Nervi贸n
Nervi贸n (; ) is a river that runs through the town of Bilbao, Spain into the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay). Its lowermost course, downstream of its confluence with the Ibaizabal River, is known as the Estuary of Bilbao.
Geography
The riv ...
/''Nerbioi'' ( 路 )
** Cadagua
** Ibaizabal
* Oria ( 路 )
** Leitzaran/''Leizar谩n'' ( 路 )
* Urola ( 路 )
* Urumea ( 路 )
* Bidasoa ( 路 路 of which the last ones form the France鈥揝pain border)
** Bazt谩n ( 路 )
** Ezkurra ( 路 )
* Garonne
The Garonne ( , ; Catalan language, Catalan, Basque language, Basque and , ;
or ) is a river that flows in southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux 鈥 ...
/''Garona'' ( 路 路 of which roughly run through Spain)
See also
* List of rivers of CataloniaReferences
;Informational notes ;CitationsExternal links
Rivers of Spain
in
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Rivers
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