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The World Political Geography

The Main focus of UPSC in world Geography is Map
Water Bodies
Asia
Sea
Lakes
Russia
River

  1. Volga River
  2. Don River
  3. Ob River
    • Russia
    • Origin - Altai Mountain
    • Drain - Gulf of Ob, Kara Sea, Barents sea, Arctic Ocean
  4. Leena River
    • Russia (Siberia Region)
    • Origin - Baikal lake (Deepest lake)
    • Drain - Laptev sea
  5. Amur River
    • Hills of China - Russia border
    • Drain - Sea of Okhotsk
  1. Huang He River (Yellow => Yellow gobi desert)
    • Origin - Bayan Har Mountain in western China
    • Drain - Yellow Sea
  2. Yangtze River - Longest River of Asia
    • Sorrow of China
    • China
    • Drain - East China sea
  3. Su Kiang River
    •  China
    •  Drain - South China Sea
  4.  Mekong River
    • China + Myanmar + Laos + Thailand + Cambodia + Vietnam
  5. Chaophraya River
    • Thailand 
  6. Syrdarya River
    • Tajikistani => Kyrgyzstan => Kazakhstan => Uzbekistan
    • Drain - Aral Sea
  7. Amudarya River
    • Tajikistan => Turkmenistan => Afghanistan => Uzbekistan
    • Drain - Aral Sea
  8. Tigris and Euphrates River
    • Turkey => Syria => Iraq => Persian Gulf
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