Is the Brisbane River the only river in the world without a distinctive name.?

Question

All other rivers seem to be called something other than just the name of the town they run through.

Any suggestions for a name for this splendid waterway?

Answer 1

theres the river blyth which goes through blyth in NE England.

Answer 2

i, personaly would would like to see it called Maud, after my old and long deceased aunty. i think The River Maud has a nice ring to it, don't you?......and the family would be SO pleased.....we've never been famous  for ANYTHING....( well, admittedly there was that time uncle harry got caught down at the valley by the vice squad....but, i suppose that was more the IN-famous than the famous, but it was in ALL the papers, you know.....).....oh, well, i suppose every family has it's black-sheep............

Answer 3

The Parramatta River flows through Parramatta.

Answer 4

What about the River Avon. Avon is the Welsh word for river, so it means River River.

Answer 5

How bout the Hunter Valley River than runs through the Hunter Valley?? hehe

It could be renamed the Brizzy River haha

Answer 6

It was one of the most polluted rivers in oz, its been cleaned up now, it is called the yarra if my memory serves me

Answer 7

it was named after the governor of New South Wales  

Thomas Brisbane by the explorer John Oxley in  1823  it's length is 344 km  it begins in the Conondale Range east of Kingaroy and it's mouth is at Moreton Bay  it is dammed by the Wivenhoe Dam which is one of the water supplies for Brisbane and the Lockyer  Valley