List of minor planets named after rivers

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This is a list of minor planets named after rivers, organized by continent.

## Contents

* 1 Africa
* 2 Asia
* 3 Europe
* 4 North America
* 5 South and Central America
* 6 See also
* 7 References

## Africa

* 1032 Pafuri (Pafuri Triangle, South Africa)
* 1264 Letaba (Letaba River, South Africa)
* 1305 Pongola (Pongola River, South Africa)
* 1323 Tugela (Tugela River, South Africa)
* 1490 Limpopo (Limpopo River, South Africa)
* 35295 Omo (Omo River, aka Omo-Bottego, Ethiopia)

## Asia

* 732 Tjilaki (Cilaki River, West Java, Indonesia)
* 1089 Tama (Tama River in Tokyo)
* 1090 Sumida (Sumida River in Tokyo)
* 1266 Tone (Tone River; in the Kantō region of Japan)
* 4941 Yahagi (Yahagi River, Aichi, Japan)
* 6247 Amanogawa (Amanogawa River on Hokkaidō, Japan)
* 10143 Kamogawa (Kamo-gawa or Kamo River in Kyoto Prefecture)
* 12757 Yangtze (Yangtze River)
* 13096 Tigris (Tigris, Turkey, Syria, Iraq)
* 15804 Yenisei (Yenisei, Siberia, Russia)
* 16563 Ob (river in central Asia)
* 21182 Teshiogawa (Teshio River on Hokkaidō, Japan)
* 23478 Chikumagawa (Chikumagawa River, Japan)
* 24701 Elyu-Ene (Evenk name of the Lena River, Siberia)
* 79152 Abukumagawa (Abukuma River (Abukuma-gawa), Japan)
* 100936 Mekong (in China and Indochina)
* 110297 Yellowriver (Yellow River)
* 32858 Kitakamigawa (Kitakamigawa River, Japan)
* 190057 Nakagawa (Nakagawa River, Tokushima prefecture, Japan)

## Europe

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

## North America

* 1345 Potomac (Potomac River)

## South and Central America

* 1042 Amazone (Amazon River)
* 1779 Paraná (Paraná River, a river in south Central South America)

## See also

* List of minor planets
* List of minor planets named after people
* List of minor planets named after places
* List of named minor planets (numerical) and (alphabetical)
* Meanings of minor planet names

## References

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

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