swap_horiz Mun River Alternatives

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Nile River

The Nile River is a major waterway originating in East Africa and extending over 6,650 kilometers. It’s notable for its...

Historic Africa Irrigation Major

9.8 Brilliant

2

Ganges River

The Ganges River is a major waterway in Asia originating in the Himalayas and flowing through India and Bangladesh. It’s...

India Asia Sacred Irrigation

9.4 Excellent

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Zambezi River

The Zambezi River is a major waterway in southern Africa, flowing over 2,574 kilometers. It’s notable for containing Vic...

Africa Hydropower Major Southern Africa

9.2 Excellent

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Blue Nile

Ethiopian river originating at Lake Tana and flowing roughly 1,450 km to Khartoum, Sudan, where it contributes approxima...

Nile Africa Ethiopia Major

8.9 Great

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White Nile

Longer but lower-volume Nile tributary originating in the African Great Lakes region, joining the Blue Nile at Khartoum,...

Nile Africa Major Sudan

8.5 Great

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Irtysh River

One of Asia's longest rivers at approximately 4,248 km, flowing through China, Kazakhstan, and Russia before joining the...

Russia Kazakhstan Siberia Major

7.9 Good

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Tapajós River

Major Amazon tributary in northern Brazil known for its clear, greenish waters and as the focus of significant hydroelec...

Amazon South America Brazil Major

7.8 Good

8

Luangwa River

Major eastern Zambian river roughly 800 km long flowing through the Luangwa Valley to join the Zambezi, supporting a ren...

Wildlife Africa Zambia Major

7.8 Good

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Jhelum River

Punjab river roughly 774 km long rising in Kashmir and joining the Chenab in Pakistan; site of Alexander the Great's Bat...

South Asia Pakistan Indus Major

7.7 Good

10

Karnali River

The Karnali originates on the Tibetan Plateau, flows ~507 km as Nepal's longest river, and joins the Ganges system in no...

Himalayan South Asia Nepal Major

7.7 Good

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Chindwin River

The Chindwin is Myanmar's largest Irrawaddy tributary, rising in the Naga Hills and flowing ~1,158 km southward through...

Navigation Southeast Asia Myanmar Major

7.4 Good

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Kabul River

Afghan-Pakistani river roughly 700 km long rising near Kabul and flowing east through the Khyber region to join the Indu...

Asia Afghanistan Indus Major

7.3 Good

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Chambal River

The Chambal flows ~960 km through Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in India, notable for its deep ravines and as a right-ban...

India South Asia Major Tributary

7.2 Good

14

Dong Nai River

The Dong Nai flows ~586 km through southeastern Vietnam, supplying water to Ho Chi Minh City and forming the largest riv...

Southeast Asia Vietnam Hydropower Ho Chi Minh

7.1 Good

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Lomami River

The Lomami River is a roughly 1,400 km tributary of the Congo River flowing entirely through the Democratic Republic of...

Tropical Africa Major Tributary

7.0 Good

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Son River

The Son is a major right-bank tributary of the Ganges, rising in India's Maikal Hills and flowing ~784 km through Madhya...

India South Asia Major Ganges

6.9 Fair

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Ping River

The Ping flows ~590 km from northern Thailand's mountains through Chiang Mai, merging with three other rivers to form th...

Southeast Asia Thailand Major Tributary

6.9 Fair

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Pecos River

The Pecos flows ~1,490 km from New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo Mountains through Texas to the Rio Grande, crossing some of...

USA Desert Southwest Major

6.9 Fair

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Tobol River

The Tobol flows ~1,591 km from northern Kazakhstan through the Russian Urals region to join the Irtysh at Tobolsk, a his...

Russia Kazakhstan Siberia Major

6.8 Fair

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Chi River

The Chi flows ~765 km across Thailand's Khorat Plateau in the northeast, draining into the Mun River before that river r...

Southeast Asia Thailand Mekong Major

6.5 Fair