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Rivers

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Miles in length.

2,578, the Nile, the longest river in Africa.

2,762, the Volga, the longest river in Europe.

3,314, the Yang-tze-Kiang, the longest river in Asia.

3,716, the Mississippi, the longest river in America.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ripaille
Riphean or Rhiphæan Rocks
Ripon
Riquet with a Tuft
Rise
Rising in the Air
Rivals
River Demon or River Horse
River of Paradise
River Flowing from the Ocean Inland
Rivers
Roach
Road
Road or Roadstead
Road-agent
Roads
Roan
Roan Barbary
Roarer
Roaring Boys or Roarers
Roaring Forties (The)