The river is considered to be a habitual element of every landscape. There are a lot of them today. The Ob, the Oka, and the Volga river harbor a large number of secrets. Interesting facts about these and other rivers in the world are not familiar to everyone. Not all facts about rivers are told in geography at school. There are many more.
1. An interesting fact about the rivers is that the longest river is the Nile. Its length is approximately 6853 km.
2. The water is most contained in the Amazon River.
3. The cleanest river is the Woncha. Located in the Republic of Mari El.
4. The most mysterious river is located in Colombia and is called Caño Cristales. It consists of 5 colors.
5. The Congo is the deepest river in the world.
6. The most polluted river in the world - Citarum (Citarum) is located near the city of Jakra, the capital of Indonesia. Australia also has the most polluted river and its name is the Royal River. It receives pollution mainly from the chemical industry.
7. In Poland, the Wielna and Nelba rivers intersect at an angle of 90 degrees.
8.Finland is considered the most watery country. About 650 rivers flow on its territory.
9. There is a country where there is not a single river. This is Saudi Arabia.
10. Styx is considered a popular fictional river. This is a river that flows in the underworld of Hades.
11.The mystery of nature is the blue rivers. They flow through the territory of Greenland and look like small streams.
12. There are 6 rivers on the planet Earth with the same name Don.
13. The funniest river is the Los River, and there is also Lysaya Balda (a river in the village of Zaryanoe, Ukraine) Bolotnaya Rogavka (a village in the Novgorod region).
14. Once a year, the Mekong River spews fireballs from its bowels that glow.
15. The Nile is considered the most ancient river.
16. Waves on the Amazon River can reach a height of 4 meters.
17. Every spring the Kosi River, located in India, makes a new channel for itself.
18. Most of the rivers flow into the Atlantic Ocean.
19.One bank of the Ural River is in Asia, and the other in Europe.
20. The Volga River has a powerful hydroelectric resource.
21. La Plata is considered the widest river on Earth.
22. It happened when the river was sentenced to death. When King Cyrus, redirecting across the river, lost the life of his horse, he ordered to remove the river.
23. The Lena River is distinguished by powerful ice jams and ice conditions.
24. Once upon a time, diamonds were found at the bottom of rivers.
25. In the Willy Wonka movie, there was a chocolate river made of water and chocolate. Soon after, she had a rather unpleasant odor.
26. In 2010, the first bridge over the Amazon River was opened.
27. More than 26 thousand gravestones are located in the Delaware River.
28 The Rhine River photograph is considered the most expensive in the world. For 4 million it was sold at auction.
29. The "ghost" river flows under Manhattan.
30. About 20 hidden rivers flow under London Bridge.
31.The Ural River is considered to be the natural water border between Asia and Europe.
32. It is near the Amazon that the largest rainforest in the world is located.
33.The Congo is considered the deepest river in Africa and the only river that crosses the equator twice.
34. The world's first river police were established on the River Thames, which flows in London.
35. The Moskva River starts from the swamp.
36. The Amur River is also extraordinary. The facts confirm that this river has two sources: Zeya and Bureya, and its discoverer was Vasily Poyarkov.
37. The river in South Korea is nicknamed "the river of the dead." Many corpses are fished out of it.
38. The sacred river of India and its spiritual center is the river Ganges.
39.The Oka River is considered the largest tributary of the Volga.
40. About 12 reservoirs have been built in the Lena River Basin.
41. Of the 70 rivers in Asia and Europe, 50 rivers flow through the territory of the former Soviet Union.
42. The name of India comes precisely from the name of the Indus River, because the valleys where this river flows became the habitation of the first settlers of the state.
43. Not a single bridge crosses the Amazon River.
44. Piana is considered the most winding river in the world.
45. The Amazon is the king of all rivers.
46.The Dnieper River, located on the territory of Ukraine, was part of the legendary route "From the Varangians to the Greeks."
47 Rivers Day is celebrated in March.
48. The beginning of the well-known route "From the Varangians to the Greeks" was the Volkhov River, along which overseas merchants traveled.
49. The Yellow River is also called the Yellow River, because it is the most muddy of all existing sources in the world.
50. The largest river of those that ends in the desert is Tejen.
51. The El Rio Vinegre River, located on the territory of the Purase volcano in Colombia, is considered the most acidic.
52. A river with turquoise water flows through Argentina and Chile, and it is called Futaleufu.
53. Each year, approximately 2 million people visit the Zambezi River. It attracts the eye with its cascades.
54.Danube covers 10 European states. This is the main waterway of Central Europe.
55.The Gambia is the most winding river in Africa.
56. About 20 times a year, the Shuya River, located in Karelia, changes its direction.
57. The coldest river in the world is the Indigirka. With the arrival of winter, the river freezes through and through.
58. Mississippi means "Big River".
59 The Teesta River is considered a lifeline.
60 In the 9th and 11th centuries, the Nile River was covered with ice twice.
61. The shortest river in the world is the Reprua. It flows out of an underground cave near the Black Sea and immediately flows into it.
62. In the Voronezh region there are 2 rivers named Devitsa.
63. The river runoff of the Amazon is greater than that of the 10 next largest rivers.
64. The Amazon River has more than 500 tributaries.
65. “Rio” is translated from Portuguese and Spanish as “river”. That is why many cities in Latin America on the rivers begin with the word Rio.
66 There is a night river in Chile. During the day, the bed of this river dries up to such an extent that it is impossible to wet your feet.
67. A river called Gascoigne in Australia flows upside down.
68. The Kapuas River flows, creating a branched delta.
69. The Kuku River has the most fun name.
70. The Yellow River caused trouble 1,500 times.
71. By taking fish out of the Poirenga River on the North Island, it can be boiled immediately. The river is fed from hot and cold springs, and the water in it does not have time to mix.
72.No fish live in the Acid River, located in Colombia. It contains about 11 grams of sulfuric acid.
73. The ancient Egyptians always worshiped the Nile River and invented hymns in its honor.
74.The Amazon is considered the queen of all rivers. It is in it that the largest river dolphin lives.
75 The Amazon was named one of the wonders of the world in 2011.
76. The Nile is the cradle of human civilization.
77.The Pyramids of Giza, the temples of Karnak and Luxor and the Valley of the Kings are located on the banks of the Nile.
78 There are 2.8 million rivers in Russia. The total length is 12.4 million kilometers.
79. The water of the Ob River in summer and autumn has a striped structure.
80.The Hudson is a deep river, its depth can reach 65 meters.
81. The most picturesque waterway in Europe is the Rhine River. It was she who shaped the history of Europe more strongly than other sources.
82. Through the heart of old kingdoms such as Bohemia, Saxony and Bavaria, only the Spree River passes.
83. The Brahmaputra River flows the fastest.
84. Every second, the Amazon discharges 200,000 cubic meters of water into the Atlantic Ocean.
85.The Severn River is considered the longest in the UK.
86. The Congo River has another name - Zaire.
87 There are no living creatures in the Jamna River.
88.The Caño Cristales River is also called the "rainbow" river, and it is the most beautiful of all the existing in the world.
89. Lenin's pseudonym comes from the Lena River.
90.The Volga River is considered the symbol of Russia.
91.The Hudson River is the political and geographical border of the two states of America: New Jersey and New York.
92.Another river flows near the Missouri River - a natural "heart", which is shaped like a heart.
93. Only near the Mekong River can you still find river markets.
94. The name of the river Rhine from the Celtic translates as "current".
95. Every second, the Congo River carries 500 cubic meters of water.
96.The Dnieper is considered the most famous and largest river in Ukraine.
97. In Australia, only one river constantly flows, called the Marrumbidgee.
98. About 280 lightning per hour for 10 hours hits the mouth of the Katatumbo River.
99.The smallest river is only 18 meters long.
100. For a river to exist, it needs food.
