List of minor planets named after rivers

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

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)
 * 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)