World's Major Bodies of Water
Important and/or Significant Bodies of Water
Including bays, canals, channels, falls, gulfs, lakes, oceans, rivers, seas and straits
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
- Adige River
- Adriatic Sea
- Aegean Sea
- Afafura Sea
- Albaek Bay
- Akagera River
- Alazani River
- Alboran Sea
- Aliakmon River
- Allegheny River
- Altamaha River
- Amazon River
- Amu Darya River
- Amur River
- Amvraki Gulf
- Andaman Sea
- Aniva Bay
- Arabatskiy Bay
- Arabian Sea
- Arafura Sea
- Aral Sea
- Aras River (Armenia)
- Aras River (Azerbaijan)
- Arctic Ocean
- Argolic Gulf
- Arhus Bay
- Arkansas River
- Arno River
- Atchafalaya Bay
- Atlantic Ocean
B
- Bab el Mandeb
- Baffin Bay
- Balaeric Sea
- Bali Sea
- Baltic Sea
- Banda Sea
- Bandama River
- Banja Lika River
- Bann River
- Barents Sea
- Barnstaple Bay
- Bass Strait
- Baydaratskaya Bay
- Bay of Bengal
- Bay of Biscay
- Bay of Fundy
- Bay of Tinah
- Beaufort Sea
- Benue River
- Berezina River
- Bering Sea
- Bering Strait
- Big Black River
- Big Sandy River
- Black Sea
- Blackwater River
- Block Island Sound
- Bloomenstein Lake
- Bosna River
- Bosporus Strait
- Brahmaputra River
- Bridgewater Bay
- Brazos River
- Bregalnica River
- Bristol Channel
- Brunei Bay
- Bug River
- Byk River
C
- Caemarfon Bay
- Caledon River
- Canadian River
- Canal Du Midi
- Cape of Good Hope
- Caqueta River
- Cardigan Bay
- Caribbean Sea
- Carmarthen Bay
- Caspian Sea
- Cavalla River
- Cedar Lake
- Cedar River
- Cellebes Sea
- Celtic Sea
- Ceram Sea
- Cestos River
- Chang River (Yangtze)
- Chari River
- Chattahoochee River
- Chesapeake Bay
- Chukchi Sea
- Churchill River
- Clyde River
- Coeroeni River
- Colorado River
- Connecticut River
- Connecticut River (Mass.)
- Connecticut River (NH)
- Connecticut River (VT)
- Cook Strait
- Corantijn River
- Colombia River
- Congo River
- Congo River (Congo)
- Congo River (Source)
- Connecticut River
- Coral Sea
- Corinth Canal
- Corinthian Gulf
- Crater Lake
- Crna River
- Cuango River
- Cubango River
- Cumberland River
D
- Dall River
- Danube River (overall)
- Danube River (Austria)
- Danube River (Bulgaria)
- Danube River (Croatia)
- Danube River (Germany)
- Danube River (Hungary)
- Danube River (Mouths)
- Danube River (Romania)
- Danube River (Serbia)
- Darling River
- Dead Sea
- Debet River
- Dee River
- Delaware Bay
- Delaware Canal
- Delaware River (Delaware)
- Delaware River (New Jersey)
- Denmark Strait
- Des Moines River
- Dja River
- Dnieper River
- Dnieper River (Belarus)
- Dnipro River
- Dnistra River
- Dordogne River
- Douglas Bay
- Douro River (Portugal)
- Douro River (Spain)
- Don River
- Doubs River
- Drake Passage
- Drava River (Crotia)
- Drava River (Hungary)
- Drava River (Slovenia)
- Drin River
- Dvina Bay
- Dvina River
- Dvinar River
E
- East Sea
- East Siberian Sea
- Ebro River
- Elbe River
- Emajogi River
- Ems River
- English Channel
- Ertis River
- Essequibo River
- Euphrates River (details)
- Euphrates River (Iraq)
- Euphrates River (Syria)
- Euphrates River (Turkey)
- Evoikos Gulf
- Evros River
F
- Fakse Bay
- Faleme River
- Feodosiyskiy Bay
- Finger Lakes
- Firth of Clyde
- Fish River
- Flores Sea
- Fraser River
G
- Gambia River
- Ganges River (Bangladesh)
- Ganges River (India)
- Ganges River (Mouths)
- Garonne River
- Gauja River
- Gila River
- Glama River
- Grand Lake of the Cherokees
- Green River
- Greenland Sea
- Great Australian Bight
- Great Bear Lake
- Great Belt
- Great Etter Lake
- Great Lakes
- Great Slave Lake
- Guadalquivir River
- Guadalupe River
- Guadiana River (Portugal)
- Guadiana River (Spain)
- Guapore River
- Gulf of Aden
- Gulf of Alaska
- Gulf of Aqaba
- Gulf of Argolis
- Gulf of Bahrain
- Gulf of Bothnia
- Gulf of California
- Gulf of Carpentaria
- Gulf of Cadiz
- Gulf of Corinth
- Gulf of Finland
- Gulf of Fonseca
- Gulf of Gabes
- Gulf of Genoa
- Gulf of Guayaquil
- Gulf of Guinea
- Gulf of Honduras
- Gulf of Laconia
- Gulf of Lion
- Gulf of Maine
- Gulf of Manfredonia
- Gulf of Mannar
- Gulf of Messinia
- Gulf of Mexico
- Gulf of Mosquitos
- Gulf of Ob
- Gulf of Oman
- Gulf of Panama
- Gulf of Paria
- Gulf of Penas
- Gulf of Rega
- Gulf of St. Lawrence
- Gulf of St. Milo
- Gulf of San Jorge
- Gulf of San Matias
- Gulf of Sidra
- Gulf of Suez
- Gulf of Taranto
- Gulf of Thailand
- Gulf of Tonkin
- Gulf of Taranto
- Gulf of Valencia
- Gulf of Venice
H
- Hannay Bay
- Haho River
- Havel River
- Hornad River
- Housatonic River
- Huang He River (Yellow)
- Hudson Bay
- Hudson River
- Hudson Strait
- Humboldt River
I
- Iguazu Falls
- Illinois River
- Indal River
- Indian Ocean
- Indus River (details)
- Indus River
- Ionian Sea
- Irish Sea
- Irtysh River
- Iskur River
- Ivindo River
J
- James Bay
- James River (ND)
- James River (VA)
- Jammerbugten
- Jamuna River
- Java Sea
- Jubba River
- Jucar River
K
- Kaduna River
- Kandalaksha Bay
- Kansas River
- Kanyaru River
- Kara Sea
- Kara Strait
- Kasai River
- Kattegat Bay
- Kemi River
- Kennebec River
- Kentucky Lake
- Kentucky River
- Khatanga Gulf
- Kiel Bay
- Koge Bay
- Kokemaer
- Komoe River
- Korea Strait
- Koro Sea
- Kuban River
- Kura River (Azerbaijan)
- Kura River (Georgia)
- Kwango River
- Kyparissia Gulf
L
- La Perouse Strait
- Labe River
- Labrador Sea
- Laccadive Sea
- Lac de Guiers
- Lake Abaya
- Lake Abhe
- Lake Albert
- Lake Assal
- Lake Athabasca
- Lake Baykal (Baikal)
- Lake Balkhash
- Lake Bangweulu
- Lake Bodensee
- Lake Barkley
- Lake Chad
- Lake Champlain
- Lake Chew
- Lake Chilwa
- Lake Cohaha
- Lake Constance
- Lake Como
- Lake Dorian
- Lake Ebire
- Lake Edward
- Lake Erie
- Lake (Laugh) Erne
- Lake Eyre
- Lake Garda
- Lake Gatun
- Lake Geneva
- Lake George
- Lake Huron
- Lake Ihema
- Lake Inari
- Lake Izabal
- Lake Ladoga
- Lake Lugano
- Lake Lucerne
- Lake Kariba
- Lake Kossou
- Lake Kwania
- Lake Kyoga
- Lake Maggiore
- Lake Malawi
- Lake Managua
- Lake Manitoba
- Lake Manzala
- Lake Maracaibo
- Lake Mead
- Lake Michigan
- Lake Malombe
- LAke Muritz
- Lake Mweru
- Lake Nasijarv
- Lake Nassar
- Lake (Laugh) Neagh
- Lake Neuchatel
- Lake Nicaragua
- Lake Nipigon
- Lake Nyasa
- Lake of the Woods
- Lake Ohrid
- Lake Okeechobee
- Lake Onega
- Lake Ontario
- Lake Ozero Sivash
- Lake Oulujarvi
- Lake Paijanne
- Lake Peipus
- Lake Pielinen
- Lake Pontchartrain
- Lake Poopo
- Lake Powell
- Lake Prespa
- Lake Pskov
- Lake Rudolf
- Lake Rweru
- Lake St. Clair
- Lake Saimaa
- Lake Shkodra
- Lake Superior
- Lake Tahoe
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Tanganyika (Burundi)
- Lake Texoma
- Lake Tiberias
- Lake Titicaca
- Lake Titicaca (Bolivia)
- Lake Titicaca (Peru)
- Lake Turkana
- Lake Tuz
- Lake Van
- Lake Vanern
- Lake Vattern
- Lake Vegoritis
- Lake Victoria
- Lake Victoria (Uganda)
- Lake Volta
- Lake Volvi
- Lake Vorts-Jarv
- Lake Vygozero
- Lake Winnipeg
- Lake Winnipesaukee
- Lake Zurich
- Lake Zurichee
- Lakonikos Gulf
M
- Mackenzie River
- Madriu River
- Magdalena River
- Malta Channel
- Mana River
- Mangachevir Reservoir
- Marano River
- Mariager Fjord
- Maritsa River
- Maroni River
- Marowijne River
- Matochkin Strait
- Mbuluzi River
- Mecklenburger Bay
- Mediterranean Sea
- Medjerda River
- Mekong River (Cambodia)
- Mekong River (China)
- Mekong River (Laos)
- Mekong River (Thailand)
- Mekong River (Mouth)
- Menai Strait
- Merrimack River (Mass.)
- Merrimack River (NH)
- Messina Strait
- Messinia Gulf
- Meuse River (Belgium)
- Meuse River (France)
- Meuse River (Netherlands)
- Mezen Bay
- Mezen River
- Miami River
- Milo River
- Minnesota River
- Mino River
- Mississippi River
- Mississippi River (mouth)
- Mississippi River (source)
- Missouri River
- Moa River
- Mobile Bay
- Mohawk River
- Molucca Sea
- Mono River
- Monongahela River
- Morava River (Czech Rep)
- Morava River (Serbia)
- Morecambe Bay
- Moselle River
- Mozambique Channel
- Muonio River
- Murray River
- Muskingham River
N
- Napo River
- Narragansett Bay
- Neches River
- Neder River
- Neisse River
- Neman River
- Neris River
- Ngounie River
- Ngwavuma River
- Niarbyl Bay
- Niger River
- Niger River (Nigeria)
- Nile River
- Nile River (Egypt)
- Nile River (Sudan)
- Nile River (Albert)
- Nile River (Blue)
- Nile River (Mountain)
- Nile River (Victoria)
- Nile River (White)
- Niobrara River
- Nistru River
- North Sea
- North Channel
- North Sea Canal
- Norwegian Sea
- Notec River
- Nueces River
O
- Ob' River
- Ocmulgee River
- Oder River (Czech Rep)
- Oder River (Germany)
- Oder River (Poland)
- Ogooue River
- Ohio River
- Olenekskiy Bay
- Olt River
- Onega Bay
- Onega River
- Orange River
- Orange River Lesotho
- Orange River Namibia
- Orinoco River
- Oti River
- Oueme River
- Oulu River
- Ounas River
- Ouse River
- Oresund Sound
- Oyapuck River
P
- Pacific Ocean
- Pagasitikos Gulf
- Palk Bay
- Panama Canal
- Paraguay River
- Parana River (Argentina)
- Parana River (Brazil)
- Parana River Paraguay
- Parnu River
- Patra Gulf
- Pawcatuck River
- Patuxent River
- Peace River
- Pearl River (Mississippi)
- Pecos River
- Pee Dee River
- Penobscot River
- Penzhin Bay
- Persian Gulf
- Philippine Sea
- Pinios River
- Pivdennyy Bug
- Platte River
- Po River
- Potomac River
- Pribyat River
- Prut River (Moldova)
- Prut River (Romania)
- Pyramid Lake
R
- Ramsey Bay
- Randers Fjord
- Raut River
- Razdan River
- Red River
- Red River (North Dakota)
- Red Sea
- Republican River
- Rhine River
- Rhine River (France)
- Rhine River (Germany)
- Rhine River (Liechtenstein)
- Rhine River (Netherlands)
- Rhone River
- Ringkobing Fjord
- Rio Cachew
- Rio Geba
- Rio Grande River
- Rio de la Plata
- Rio Negro
- Rio Uruguay
- Rioni River
- Roanoke River
- Rokel River
- Ross Sea
- Rufiji River
- Rupert Bay
- Rusizi River
S
- St. Bride's Bay
- St. George's Channel
- St. Johns River (Florida)
- St. John's River (Maine)
- Saale River
- Sabibe Lake
- Sabine River
- Sacramento River
- Saimaa Canal
- Saint Lawrence River
- Saint Lawrence Seaway
- Sakhalin Gulf
- Saline River
- Salt Lake
- Salway Firth
- Sanaga River
- San Antonio River
- Sangha River
- Sambre River
- Samso Belt
- San Joaquin River
- San Marino River
- Sannikov Strait
- Saone River
- Saronic Gulf
- Sassandra River
- Sava River(Bosnia)
- Sava River(Croatia)
- Sava River(Serbia)
- Sava River(Slovenia)
- Savannah River
- Savu Sea
- Schelde River
- Scotia Sea
- Scioto River
- Scituate Res.
- Sea of Azov
- Sea of Crete
- Sea of the Hebrides
- Sea of Japan
- Sea of Marmara
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Seine River
- Senegal River
- Sevana Lake
- Seven Seas
- Severn River
- Severn River(mouth)
- Sewa River
- Shabele River
- Shannon River
- Shark Bay
- Shelikhov Gulf
- Shenandoah River
- Sil River
- Sirba River
- Smoky Hill River
- Snake River
- Snake River (Idaho)
- South China Sea
- South Platte River
- Southern Ocean
- Spree River
- Spencer Gulf
- Sron River
- St. John River
- St. Paul River
- Strait of Bonifacio
- Strait of Dover
- Strait of Georgia
- Strait of Gibraltar
- Strait of Hormuz
- Strait of Kerch
- Strait of Otranto
- Strait of Malacca
- Strait of Magellan
- Strait of Otranto
- Strait of Sicily
- Sula Sea
- Suez Canal
- Susquehanna River
- Susquehanna River (Pennsylvania)
- Swansea Bay
T
- Taganrog Gulf
- Tagus River (description)
- Tagus River (Portugal)
- Tagus River (Spain)
- Taia River
- Taiwan Strait
- Tana River
- Tana River
- Tannis Bay
- Tasman Sea
- Tatar Strait
- Tennessee River
- Teno River
- Terpeniya Bay
- Thames River
- Thermaic Gulf
U
V
- Vah River
- Valira River
- Vardar River
- Venta River
- Victoria Falls
- Vilkitshogo Strait
- Vistula River
- Vijose River
- Vitava River
- Vistula River
- Volga River (overall)
- Volga River
- Volta (Black) Burkina
- Volta(Black) Ghana
- Volta (Red)
- Volta (White) Burkina
- Volta (White) Ghana
W
- Wabash River
- Wabash River (Indiana)
- Waddenzeer
- Weddell Sea
- Weser River
- Western Dvina River
- White River
- White River (Dakotas)
- White Sea
- White Sea-Baltic Canal
- Wye River (England)
- Wye River (Wales)
Y
- Yadkin River
- Yangtze River (Chang)
- Yanskiy Bay
- Yazoo River
- Yellow River (Haung He)
- Yellow Sea
- Yellowstone River
- Yenisey River
- Yukon River
Z
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