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Amu Darya - Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan - Aral Sea. Amur - Northeastern China, Russia ( Siberia) - Sea of Okhotsk. Angara. Argun River (Asia) Aras -Iran. Badulu Oya - Sri Lanka. Bentara River - Sri Lanka. Bhima River ( maharastra )-India. Buriganga River - Bangladesh.
The coast of Turkey, original Asian shore seen from a beach on Rhodes. The three-continent system was an idea devised in Archaic Greece, a time of Greek colonial expansion and trade throughout the Mediterranean and the spread of writing again. Writing is a prerequisite of written geography.
This is a list of longest rivers of Asia. Included are all rivers over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia. River Countries Length km mi 1
It gradually bends to the south and descends into the Punjab plains at Kalabagh, Pakistan. The Indus passes gigantic gorges 4,500–5,200 metres (15,000–17,000 ft) deep near the Nanga Parbat massif. It flows swiftly across Hazara and is dammed at the Tarbela Reservoir. The Kabul River joins it near Attock.
The Euphrates is the fifteenth-longest riverin Asia and the longest in Western Asia, at about 2,780 km (1,730 mi), with a drainage area of 440,000 km2(170,000 sq mi) that covers six countries. Etymology. [edit] The term Euphratesderives from the GreekEuphrátēs(Εὐφρᾱ́της), adapted from Old Persian: 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 ...
The river is home to approximately 140 species of fish, 90 species of amphibians, and also reptiles and mammals, including critically endangered species such as the gharial and South Asian river dolphin. [ 15] The Ganges is the most sacred river to Hindus. [ 16] It is worshipped as the goddess Ganga in Hinduism.
The Tigris–Euphrates river system is a large river system in Western Asia that flows into the Persian Gulf. Its primary rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates, along with smaller tributaries . From their sources and upper courses in the Armenian Highlands of eastern Turkey, the rivers descend through valleys and gorges to the uplands of Syria ...
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia [ 1 ] with an estimated length of 4,909 km (3,050 mi) [ 1 ] and a drainage area of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km 3 (114 cu mi) of water annually. [ 2 ]