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The Brahmaputra River is known as the red sea because of the red silk.
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∙ 11y agoThe modern descendant of the name is found in Italian as Reno derived from Latin Rhenus. The Old English name was Rin, The Dutch Rijn and the Old German Rinaz. Other old names such as Reynos which connect the words for River and Run
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∙ 15y agoNile is from the Greek Neilos - meaning "river valley"
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∙ 15y agoBecause 'source' means where a thing begins or starts.
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∙ 12y agoThe reason is because the Indian tribes named it the great Ohio River so when the us discovered it they named it the Ohio.
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∙ 13y agoThe Ancient Egyptian word 'neilos' meaning valley so maybe they named the river after the valley it brought life to.
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∙ 15y agoGravity, water pressure etc
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∙ 14y agoThe source.
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What river is the closes river to Ohio river?
Ohio is the closest state to the Ohio River that's why it is called the Ohio River.
What us river is called the gateway to west?
The Ohio River.
Why was Ohio named Ohio?
Ohio means beautiful river in native American and when the native Americans saw the Ohio river they called the area Ohio.
What us river is called ''The Gateway to the West''?
the ohio river
Is the Miami River a river in Ohio?
The Great Miami River starts in Logan County, Ohio. It then flows southward through Dayton, Middletown, Hamilton, joining with the Whitewater River in southwestern Hamilton County. It empties into the Ohio River at the Ohio/ Indiana state line. There is also a river called the Little Miami River which starts in Clark county, Ohio and empties into the Ohio River in eastern Hamilton County, Ohio.
What river forms the western border of Kentucky?
The Ohio River
What the name is the Ohio river?
Some guy from Kentucky who didn't want water on his land.
What river borderd Ohio?
The Ohio River
What river is crossed by the Purple People bridge?
The Ohio River between Newport Kentucky and Cincinnati Ohio. It is correctly called the Newport Southbank Bridge.
What river forms that boundary for Ohio Kentucky and Indiana?
The Ohio River forms Ohio's southern border.
What are Ohio's 3 major rivers?
Ohio River is a very important river in ohio
What body of water serves as Ohio's southern border?
The Ohio River and Ohio River Valley boarder the southern part of Ohio.
