The Volga river in Russia is the highest-rated river in Google Maps, with over six thousand reviews. The Volga scored 4.7, defeating other major rivers such as Don (Russia) and Sao Francisco (Brazil). Isn’t it funny that the application lets you review a natural location on Earth as if it was a cafe or a product? Google said that it allows its users review these places so that it can be a basis of informed decisions, as Quartz detailed:
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The idea of rating rivers, as if they were coffee shop or dry cleaners, may strike some as peculiar. Why does Google allow it? “Generally speaking, we allow ratings and reviews on places that have an address or are open to the public, and that includes places like castles, beaches, rivers and even mountains,” a Google spokesperson told Quartz.
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