Why is it called the River Thames and not the Thames river?
Why is it called the River Thames and not the Thames river? In British English, “river” almost always precedes the proper name: the River Thames and the River Severn. In North American English, “river” usually comes last: the Mississippi River, the Saint Lawrence River.
Is it the Thames or the Thames?
Rivers are referred to as “the Thames”, “the Severn”, “the Trent” etc. The word “the” is only dropped in place names: such as Newark-on-Trent, with the whole word hyphenated. So it's “London is on the Thames”.
What is the deepest river in the world?
The Congo is the deepest river in the world. Its headwaters are in the north-east of Zambia, between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa (Malawi), 1760 metres above sea level; it flows into the Atlantic Ocean.