RIVERS, ORIGIN AND LANDMARK

Rivers questions are frequently asked in various exams, especially in SSC. These questions can be about various aspects of rivers, like where they come from, where they flow, etc. Here are some important rivers with their origin:

River Name Origin Notable Landmarks
Nile Lake Victoria, Africa The Pyramids of Giza, Aswan Dam
Amazon Andes Mountains, Peru  Iguazu Falls
Yangtze Tanggula Mountains, China Three Gorges Dam 
Mississippi Lake Itasca, USA New Orleans
Ganges Gangotri Glacier, India Varanasi, Sundarbans Delta
Danube Black Forest, Germany Vienna, Budapest
Brahmaputra Tibet Autonomous Region Brahmaputra Delta, Sundarbans
Indus Tibet Autonomous Region Mohenjo-Daro
Mekong Tibet Autonomous Region Angkor Wat
Rhine Swiss Alps, Switzerland Cologne, Rotterdam,
Volga Valdai Hills, Russia Caspian Sea Delta
Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam
Tigris Eastern Turkey Baghdad, Shatt al-Arab
Euphrates Eastern Turkey Ur, Euphrates-Tigris Delta
Yangtze Tanggula Mountains, China Three Gorges Dam
Murray-Darling Australian Alps Murray River Mouth, Lake Eyre
Niger Guinea Highlands, Guinea Timbuktu
Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam
Zambezi Mwinilunga, Zambia Victoria Falls, Zambezi Delta
Yukon Atlin Lake, Canada Alaska, Bering Sea

Nile River: Longest river in the world

Amazon River: Largest river by discharge volume

Yangtze River: The longest river in Asia.