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The Chao Phraya is a major river in Thailand. The river begins at the confluence of the Ping and Nan rivers then flows to Bangkok and out into the Gulf of Thailand.
The name of the river translates as “River of Kings”.
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The Colorado River in southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, is approximately 1,450 miles long and drains a part of the arid regions of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. Heavy use of the Colorado River as an irrigation source means it no longer flows to its natural course to the Gulf of California.
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado was first seen by Spanish explorers in the Francisco Coronado expedition of 1539-40.
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The Columbia, the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, eventually flowing through the U.S. state of Washington and then forming most of the border between Washington and the state of Oregon to the south before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. The river was named after the Columbia Rediviva, the first ship to enter the river in 1792.
The Columbia is notable for it steep gradient and has many hydroelectric dams on the main stream and tributaries, producing more hydroelectric power than any other North American river.
Notable explorers of the Columbia include David Thompson who travelled from British Columbia in 1811, and the American Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1803–05.
The Columbia's watershed has seen human habitation for more than 15,000 years, with salmon fishing starting about 3,500 years ago.
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Congo River, also known as the Zaire, has the distinction of being the deepest river (750 feet), the 2nd largest in discharge (after the Amazon), its length is the 9th longest. Because the Congo straddles the Equator there is always a rainy season somewhere in its large watershed.
The Congo flows from the highlands and mountains of the East African Rift, through the African rainforest and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The series of canyons and falls (the Livingstone Falls) block navigation from the Atlantic coast, thwarting easy exploration of the interior of Africa. This section of the river was bypassed in the late 19th century by constructing a railroad.
Near a geological feature called Pool Malebo, a lake-like widening of the Congo River, the cities of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, is located on the north side of the river, across from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the south side.
The name Congo comes from the Kingdom of Kongo which inhabited the lands at the mouth of the river from 1400-1914.
FYI - The Congo is generally accepted as the setting for Joseph Conrad's 1902 novel Heart of Darkness , which revealed the brutality of European exploration and colonization of the Congo.
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