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This is a List of rivers of Asia. It includes major, notable rivers in Asia. Alphabetical order. Amu Darya - Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan - Aral Sea;
On the journey back home from the Ganges, they carry small quantities of river water with them for use in rituals; Ganga Jal, literally "the water of the Ganges". [66] The Ganges is the embodiment of all sacred waters in Hindu mythology. [67] Local rivers are said to be like the Ganges and are sometimes called the local Ganges. [67]
The Amu Darya (/ ˌ ɑː m uː ˈ d ɑːr j ə / AH-moo DAR-yə), [a] (Persian: آمو دریا) also shortened to Amu and historically known as the Oxus (/ ˈ ɒ k s ə s / OK-səss), [2] [b] is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan.
This is a list of longest rivers of Asia. Included are all rivers with lengths over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia. River Countries Length km mi 1
Its drainage basin comprises one-fifth of the land area of China, and is home to nearly one-third of the country's population. [9] The Yangtze has played a major role in the history, culture, and economy of China. For thousands of years, the river has been used for water, irrigation, sanitation, transportation, industry, boundary-marking, and war.
The Kapuas River (Old Indonesian spelling: Kapoeas River) is a river in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, at the geographic center of Maritime Southeast Asia. At 1,143 km (710 mi) in length, it is the longest river in the island of Borneo and the longest river in Indonesia [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and one of the world's longest island rivers. [ 7 ]
Sengge Zangbo, [1] [2] Sengge Khabab [3] (Tibetan: སེང་གེ་ཁ་འབབ།, Wylie: seng ge kha 'bab) or Shiquan He (Chinese: 獅泉河; pinyin: Shīquán Hé) is a river in the Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China that is the source stream of the Indus River, one of the major trans-Himalayan rivers of Central and South Asia.
Arun River - Bum Chu valley, Nepal is left in photo, Tibet in North, Umbak Himal peaks in foreground, a view to Chomo Lonzo and Mount Everest East Face (middle) The Arun is the largest trans-Himalayan river passing through Nepal and also has the greatest snow and ice-covered area of any Nepalese river basin.