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4 days ago · The river reaches its widest point—3 miles (5 km)—at Haverstraw Bay (between Westchester and Rockland counties) before narrowing again to 0.75 mile (1.2 km) at its mouth. Together with the Mohawk River , its major tributary, it forms one of the nation’s most important waterways.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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2 days ago · The St. Johns River (officially Saint Johns River, but commonly spelled St. John's River) is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida, stretching 310 miles (500 km) from Indian River County to the Atlantic Ocean in Duval County.
4 days ago · River Thames, chief river of southern England. Rising in the Cotswold Hills, its basin covers an area of approximately 5,500 square miles (14,250 square km).
3 days ago · Dnieper River, river of Europe, the fourth longest after the Volga, Danube, and Ural. It is 1,367 miles (2,200 km) in length and drains an area of about 195,000 square miles (505,000 square km). The Dnieper rises at an elevation of about 720 feet (220 metres) in a small peat bog on the southern.
1 day ago · Straddling the widest stretch of the river is the city of Amboise, an inviting town with a fine old quarter below its hilltop château. A castle has overlooked the Loire from here since Roman times. Leonardo da Vinci retired here — just one more of his many brilliant ideas.
5 days ago · Yes, the Brahmaputra is the widest river in India. It originates under the name of Siang or Dihang, from the Chemayungdung glacier of the Kailash range near the Mansarovar lake. It enters India west of Sadiya town in Arunachal Pradesh.
Jun 26, 2024 · While it does not abut the waterfront, the West Street segment of the Greenway begins one of the widest and most well landscaped portions of the Greenway. The upper left photo shows the bike path...
