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This is a list of
minor planets named after rivers, organized by
continent.
Africa
Asia
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732 Tjilaki (Cilaki River,
West Java,
Indonesia)
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1089 Tama (
Tama River in Tokyo)
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1090 Sumida (
Sumida River in Tokyo)
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1266 Tone (
Tone River; in the Kantō region of Japan)
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4941 Yahagi (
Yahagi River, Aichi, Japan)
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6247 Amanogawa (
Amanogawa River on Hokkaidō, Japan)
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10143 Kamogawa (Kamo-gawa or
Kamo River in
Kyoto Prefecture)
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12757 Yangtze (
Yangtze River)
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13096 Tigris (
Tigris, Turkey, Syria, Iraq)
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15804 Yenisei (
Yenisei, Siberia, Russia)
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16563 Ob (river in central Asia)
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21182 Teshiogawa (
Teshio River on Hokkaidō, Japan)
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24701 Elyu-Ene (Evenk name of the
Lena River, Siberia)
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79152 Abukumagawa (
Abukuma River (Abukuma-gawa), Japan)
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100936 Mekong (in China and Indochina)
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110297 Yellowriver (
Yellow River)
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32858 Kitakamigawa (Kitakamigawa River, Japan)
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190057 Nakagawa (Nakagawa River, Tokushima prefecture, Japan)
Europe
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364 Isara (
Isère River)
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1149 Volga (
Volga River)
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1223 Neckar (
Neckar River in Germany)
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1302 Werra (
Werra River in Germany)
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1381 Danubia (
River Danube)
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1488 Aura (
Aura river)
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1508 Kemi (Finnish town and river)
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1929 Kollaa (
Kollaa River, Russia)
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2081 Sázava (
Sázava River)
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2123 Vltava (
Vltava River)
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2321 Lužnice (
Lužnice River)
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2390 Nežárka (
Nežárka River)
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3016 Meuse (
Meuse River, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands)
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4405 Otava (
Otava River)
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4698 Jizera (
Jizera River)
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4702 Berounka (
Berounka River)
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4801 Ohře (
Ohře River)
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6501 Isonzo (Isonzo/
Soča River, Italy/Slovenia)
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6522 Aci (
Jaci River near
Acireale, Italy)
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7174 Semois (Semois)
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7669 Malše (
Malše River)
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9578 Klyazma (
Klyazma River)
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10038 Tanaro (
Tanaro River, the longest river of
Piedmont, Italy)
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10735 Seine (
Seine River, France)
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11194 Mirna (
Mirna River, Croatia)
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11302 Rubicon (
Rubicon River, Italy, famously crossed by Julius Caesar)
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11400 Raša (
Raša River, Croatia)
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11875 Rhône (
Rhône, Swiss/French river)
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13031 Durance (
Durance River, France)
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13032 Tarn (
Tarn (river), France)
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13033 Gardon (
Gardon River,
Gard, France)
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13121 Tisza (
Tisza River)
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13122 Drava (
Drava River)
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16481 Thames (
Thames River)
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16689 Vistula (Latin name of
Vistula River)
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21290 Vydra (
Vydra River)
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40092 Memel (the other name of
Neman River)
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151430 Nemunas (
Nemunas River, the largest river in Lithuania)
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216451 Irsha (Irsha River, Ukraine)
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237845 Neris (
Neris River, Belarus)
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251001 Sluch (
Sluch River, Ukraine)
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363582 Folpotat (Folpotat, a small river in an isolated
Jura valley, Switzerland).
North America
South and Central America
See also
References