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This is a list of [[Astronomy:List of named minor planets (alphabetical)|minor planets named]] '''after rivers''', organized by [[Earth:Continent|continent]].

== Africa ==
* [[Astronomy:1032 Pafuri|1032 Pafuri]] (Pafuri Triangle, South Africa)
* [[Astronomy:1264 Letaba|1264 Letaba]] (Letaba River, South Africa)
* [[Astronomy:1305 Pongola|1305 Pongola]] (Pongola River, South Africa)
* [[Astronomy:1323 Tugela|1323 Tugela]] (Tugela River, South Africa)
* [[Astronomy:1490 Limpopo|1490 Limpopo]] (Limpopo River, South Africa)
* [[Astronomy:35295 Omo|35295 Omo]] (Omo River, aka ''Omo-Bottego'', Ethiopia)

== Asia ==
* [[Astronomy:732 Tjilaki|732 Tjilaki]] (Cilaki River, West Java, Indonesia)
* [[Astronomy:1089 Tama|1089 Tama]] (Tama River in Tokyo)
* [[Astronomy:1090 Sumida|1090 Sumida]] (Sumida River in Tokyo)
* [[Astronomy:1266 Tone|1266 Tone]] (Tone River; in the Kantō region of Japan)
* [[Astronomy:4941 Yahagi|4941 Yahagi]] (Yahagi River, Aichi, Japan)
* [[Astronomy:6247 Amanogawa|6247 Amanogawa]] (Amanogawa River on Hokkaidō, Japan)
* [[Astronomy:10143 Kamogawa|10143 Kamogawa]] (Kamo-gawa or Kamo River in Kyoto Prefecture)
* [[Astronomy:12757 Yangtze|12757 Yangtze]] (Yangtze River)
* [[Astronomy:13096 Tigris|13096 Tigris]] ([[Place:Tigris|Tigris]], Turkey, Syria, Iraq)
* [[Astronomy:15804 Yenisei|15804 Yenisei]] (Yenisei, Siberia, Russia)
* [[Astronomy:16563 Ob|16563 Ob]] (river in central Asia)
* [[Astronomy:21182 Teshiogawa|21182 Teshiogawa]] (Teshio River on Hokkaidō, Japan)
* [[Astronomy:24701 Elyu-Ene|24701 Elyu-Ene]] (Evenk name of the Lena River, Siberia)
* [[Astronomy:79152 Abukumagawa|79152 Abukumagawa]] (Abukuma River (''Abukuma-gawa''), Japan)
* [[Astronomy:100936 Mekong|100936 Mekong]] (in China and Indochina)
* [[Astronomy:110297 Yellowriver|110297 Yellowriver]] (Yellow River)
* [[Astronomy:32858 Kitakamigawa|32858 Kitakamigawa]] (Kitakamigawa River, Japan)
* [[Astronomy:190057 Nakagawa|190057 Nakagawa]] (Nakagawa River, Tokushima prefecture, Japan)

== Europe ==
* [[Astronomy:364 Isara|364 Isara]] (Isère River)
* [[Astronomy:1149 Volga|1149 Volga]] (Volga River)
* [[Astronomy:1223 Neckar|1223 Neckar]] (Neckar River in Germany)
* [[Astronomy:1302 Werra|1302 Werra]] (Werra River in Germany)
* [[Astronomy:1381 Danubia|1381 Danubia]] ([[Place:Danube|River Danube]])
* [[Astronomy:1488 Aura|1488 Aura]] (Aura river)
* [[Astronomy:1508 Kemi|1508 Kemi]] (Finnish town and river)
* [[Astronomy:1929 Kollaa|1929 Kollaa]] (Kollaa River, Russia)
* [[Astronomy:2081 Sázava|2081 Sázava]] (Sázava River)
* [[Astronomy:2123 Vltava|2123 Vltava]] (Vltava River)
* [[Astronomy:2321 Lužnice|2321 Lužnice]] (Lužnice River)
* [[Astronomy:2390 Nežárka|2390 Nežárka]] (Nežárka River)
* [[Astronomy:3016 Meuse|3016 Meuse]] (Meuse River, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands)
* [[Astronomy:4405 Otava|4405 Otava]] (Otava River)
* [[Astronomy:4698 Jizera|4698 Jizera]] (Jizera River)
* [[Astronomy:4702 Berounka|4702 Berounka]] (Berounka River)
* [[Astronomy:4801 Ohře|4801 Ohře]] (Ohře River)
* [[Astronomy:6501 Isonzo|6501 Isonzo]] (Isonzo/Soča River, Italy/Slovenia)
* [[Astronomy:6522 Aci|6522 Aci]] (Jaci River near Acireale, Italy)
* [[Astronomy:7174 Semois|7174 Semois]] (Semois)
* [[Astronomy:7669 Malše|7669 Malše]] (Malše River)
* [[Astronomy:9578 Klyazma|9578 Klyazma]] (Klyazma River)
* [[Astronomy:10038 Tanaro|10038 Tanaro]] (Tanaro River, the longest river of Piedmont, Italy)
* [[Astronomy:10735 Seine|10735 Seine]] (Seine River, France)
* [[Astronomy:11194 Mirna|11194 Mirna]] (Mirna River, Croatia)
* [[Astronomy:11302 Rubicon|11302 Rubicon]] (Rubicon River, Italy, famously crossed by Julius Caesar)
* [[Astronomy:11400 Raša|11400 Raša]] (Raša River, Croatia)
* [[Astronomy:11875 Rhône|11875 Rhône]] (Rhône, Swiss/French river)
* [[Astronomy:13031 Durance|13031 Durance]] (Durance River, France)
* [[Astronomy:13032 Tarn|13032 Tarn]] (Tarn (river), France)
* [[Astronomy:13033 Gardon|13033 Gardon]] (Gardon River, Gard, France)
* [[Astronomy:13121 Tisza|13121 Tisza]] (Tisza River)
* [[Astronomy:13122 Drava|13122 Drava]] (Drava River)
* [[Astronomy:16481 Thames|16481 Thames]] (Thames River)
* [[Astronomy:16689 Vistula|16689 Vistula]] (Latin name of Vistula River)
* [[Astronomy:21290 Vydra|21290 Vydra]] (Vydra River)
* [[Astronomy:40092 Memel|40092 Memel]] (the other name of Neman River)
* [[Astronomy:151430 Nemunas|151430 Nemunas]] (Nemunas River, the largest river in Lithuania)
* [[Astronomy:216451 Irsha|216451 Irsha]] (Irsha River, Ukraine)
* [[Astronomy:237845 Neris|237845 Neris]] (Neris River, Belarus)
* [[Astronomy:251001 Sluch|251001 Sluch]] (Sluch River, Ukraine)
* [[Astronomy:363582 Folpotat|363582 Folpotat]] (Folpotat, a small river in an isolated [[Earth:Jura Mountains|Jura valley]], Switzerland).

== North America ==
* [[Astronomy:1345 Potomac|1345 Potomac]] (Potomac River)

==South and Central America==
*[[Astronomy:1042 Amazone|1042 Amazone]] (Amazon River)
*[[Astronomy:1779 Paraná|1779 Paraná]] (Paraná River, a river in south Central South America)

== See also ==
* [[Astronomy:List of minor planets|List of minor planets]]
* [[Astronomy:List of minor planets named after people|List of minor planets named after people]]
* [[Astronomy:List of minor planets named after places|List of minor planets named after places]]
* [[Astronomy:List of named minor planets (numerical)|List of named minor planets (numerical)]] and [[Astronomy:List of named minor planets (alphabetical)|(alphabetical)]]
* [[Astronomy:Meanings of minor planet names|Meanings of minor planet names]]

== References ==
* [[Organization:Jet Propulsion Laboratory|Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser" http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi (retrieved 6 April 2012).

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