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How the Bow river got its name?
The Bow River - 365 miles long - is in the Canadian province of Alberta and is a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River.
Its name derives from the reeds that grew along its banks and which...
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How the snake river got its name?
Originally, the land had been possessed by poisonous snakes who lived there. The snakes eventually died out during the dinosaurs last years leaving a ton of fossils.
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How the Amazon River got its name?
Amazon River from the Indian ~ Amassona 'boat destroyer'
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How the River Thames got its name?
The River is named after Thames Head which is believed to be the source although there is some doubt about whether this is the "true" source of the river several others having a claim. It is located...
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When river Thames got it name?
it derives freom the Celtic name Tamesas. The Celts inhabited Britain during the first half of the first millennium
