Q: St. Johns River flows north. What are the names of other rivers that flow north? Thank you -- James

A: Several rivers have a more northerly flow. Perhaps the most famous river that flows north is the Nile in Egypt.

In Florida, some rivers that flow in a northerly direction include tributaries of the St. Johns: the Ocklawaha River, which begins in a marsh north of Leesburg in Lake County, and the Wekiva River, which begins where the runs from Wekiwa Springs and Rock Springs meet north of Apopka (which is north of Orlando). The Withlacoochee River flows north from central Florida's Green Swamp to the Gulf of Mexico west of Ocala. (There is another river in Florida named Withlacoochee that flows south from Georgia and joins the Suwannee at Suwannee River State Park west of Live Oak.)

Check the world atlas for other north-flowing rivers of the world.

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