464:, but only a Start and very remote like the Siberian rivers. When I put the list together I tried to avoid Starts, that's why I didn't originally propose Niger, Tigris, Mackenzie and others. It would be nice to see if we can get all of these up to B-Class minimum before Version 1.0 comes out.
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125:B (#12) Important in SE Asia
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60:List of rivers by length
37:List of rivers by length
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275:V0.5N talk
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404:Euphrates
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269:Comments
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282:Rivers:
90:Yenisei
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398:, and
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364:Tigris
327:RickJP
307:Tigris
263:London
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168:Danube
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368:other
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