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Which major Asian rivers flow into the Pacific Ocean?

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A map of the continent of Asia, including its countries, boundaries, and capital cities, as well as parts of Europe, Africa, and surrounding oceans. — Asia Map showing the countries and national capitals of Asia.

Major Asian rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean include the following:

Amur River12
Anadyr River2
Chao Phraya River2
Huang He (Yellow River)12
Mekong River12
Pearl (Zhu) River1
Red River2
Xi River12
Yangtze River12

It is important to note that many of these great rivers of eastern Asia do not flow directly into the open Pacific Ocean; rather, they enter the ocean indirectly by way of various marginal seas, such as the South China Sea, the East China Sea, and the Bohai Sea.13