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Largest Rivers in the World














Top 10 Largest Rivers In The World

ivers has a long history and there are various rivers on earth which are too long by their length, most of the longest  river in Africa which are largest in the list of world ranking, here is a list of top ten largest rivers in the world.

10. Amur River
Amur River Top 10 Largest Rivers in the World
Amur River
The Amur or Heilong River  is the world’s tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East (Outer Manchuria) and Northeastern China (Inner Manchuria). Flowing across northeast Asia for over 4,444 km (2,761 mi), from the mountains of northeastern China to the Sea of Okhotsk (near Nikolayevsk-na-Amure), it drains a remarkable watershed that includes diverse landscapes of desert, steppe, tundra, and taiga, eventually emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary, where the mouth of the river faces the northern end of the island of Sakhalin.

9. Congo River
congo river Top 10 Largest Rivers in the World
congo river
The Congo River (also known as the Zaire River) is a river in Africa, and is the deepest riverin the world, with measured depths in excess of 230 m (750 ft). It is the second largest riverin the world by volume of water discharged, though it has only one-fifth the volume of the world’s largest river, the Amazon. Additionally, its overall length of 4,700 km (2,920 mi) makes it the ninth longest river. Its drainage basin covers 4,014,500 square kilometres (1,550,000 sq mi). The Congo’s discharge at its mouth ranges from 23,000 cubic metres per second (810,000 cu ft/s) to 75,000 cubic metres per second (2,600,000 cu ft/s), with an average of 41,000 cubic metres per second (1,400,000 cu ft/s).

8. Parana River
Parana River Top 10 Largest Rivers in the World
Parana River
The Paraná River is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina for some 4,880 kilometres (3,030 mi). It is second in length only tothe Amazon River among South American rivers. The name Paraná is an abbreviation of the phrase “para rehe onáva”, which comes from the Tupi language and means “like the sea” (that is, “as big as the sea”). It merges first with the Paraguay River and then farther downstream with the Uruguay River to form the Río de la Plata and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

7. Ob River
Ob river Top 10 Largest Rivers in the World
Ob river
The Ob River, also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world’s seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow intothe Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Lena River and the Yenisei River). The Gulf of Ob is the world’s longest estuary. The Ob forms 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Biysk in Altai Krai at the confluence of the Biya and Katun rivers. Both these streams have their origin in the Altay Mountains, the Biya issuing from Lake Teletskoye, the Katun, 700 kilometres (430 mi) long, bursting out of a glacier on Mount Byelukha.

6. Yellow River
 Top 10 Largest Rivers in the World
Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He / Hwang Ho is the second-longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of 5,464 kilometers (3,395 mi). Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into the Bohai Sea. TheYellow River basin has an east-west extent of 1900 km (1,180 mi) and a north-south extent of 1100 km (684 mi). Total basin area is 742,443 km² (290,520 mi²).

5. Yenisei
Yenisei River Top 10 Largest Rivers in the World
Yenisei River
Also written as Yenisey, is the greatest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean. It is the central of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Ob River and the Lena River). Rising in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course to the Yenisei Gulf in the Kara Sea, draining a large part of central Siberia, the longest stream following the Yenisei-Angara-Selenga-Ider river system. The maximum depth of the Yenisei River is 80 feet (24 m) and the average depth is 45 feet (14 m). The depth of river outflow is 106 feet (32 m) and inflow is 101 feet (31 m).

4. Missisipi River
Missisipi Top 10 Largest Rivers in the World
Missisipi
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for 2,320 miles (3,730 km) to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi’s watershed drains all or parts of 31 U.S. states between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains and even reaches into southern Canada. The Mississippi ranks fourth longest and tenth largest among the world’s rivers.

3. Yangtze
Yangtze River Top 10 Largest Rivers in the World
Yangtze River
The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for 6,418 kilometres (3,988 mi) from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the biggest rivers by discharge volume in the world. The Yangtze drains one-fifth of China’s land area and its river basin is home to one-third of China’s population.

2. Amazon
 Top 10 Largest Rivers in the World
Amazon
The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined (not including Madeira and Rio Negro, which are tributuaries of The Amazon). The Amazon, which has the largest drainage basin in the world, about 7,050,000 square kilometres (2,720,000 sq mi), accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world’s total river flow.

1. Nile
nile river Top 10 Largest Rivers in the World
nile river
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the largest riverin the world. It is 6,650 km (4,130 miles) long. It runs through the eleven countries of Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Uganda and Egypt.

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RiverLength (km)Length (miles)Drainage area(km²)Averagedischarge(m³/s)OutflowCountriesin the drainage basin
1.Nile – Kagera[n 1]6,650
(6,853)
4,132
(4,258)
3,254,5555,100MediterraneanEthiopia,Eritrea,Sudan,Uganda,Tanzania,Kenya,Rwanda,Burundi,Egypt,Democratic Republic of the Congo,South Sudan
2.Amazon – Ucayali – Apurímac[n 1]6,400
(6,992)
3,976
(4,345)
7,050,000219,000Atlantic OceanBrazil, Peru,Bolivia,Colombia,Ecuador,Venezuela,Guyana
3.Yangtze
(Chang Jiang)
6,300
(6,418)
3,917
(3,988)
1,800,00031,900East China SeaChina, Tibet
4.MississippiMissouriJefferson6,2753,9022,980,00016,200Gulf of MexicoUnited States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
5.YeniseiAngaraSelenge5,5393,4452,580,00019,600Kara SeaRussia (97%),Mongolia(2.9%)
6.Yellow River
(Huang He)
5,4643,395745,0002,110Bohai SeaChina
7.ObIrtysh5,4103,3642,990,00012,800Gulf of ObRussia,Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
8.Paraná – Río de la Plata
4,8803,0302,582,67218,000Río de la PlataBrazil (46.7%),Argentina(27.7%),Paraguay(13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%),Uruguay(3.8%)
9.CongoChambeshi
(Zaïre)
4,7002,9223,680,00041,800Atlantic OceanDemocratic Republic of the Congo,Central African Republic,Angola,Republic of the Congo,Tanzania,Cameroon,Zambia,Burundi,Rwanda
10.AmurArgun
(Heilong Jiang)
4,4442,7631,855,00011,400Sea of OkhotskRussia, China, Mongolia
11.Lena4,4002,7362,490,00017,100Laptev SeaRussia
12.Mekong
(Lancang Jiang)
4,3502,705810,00016,000South China SeaChina, Tibet,Myanmar,Laos,Thailand,Cambodia,Vietnam
13.MackenzieSlavePeaceFinlay4,2412,6371,790,00010,300Beaufort SeaCanada
14.Niger4,2002,6112,090,0009,570Gulf of GuineaNigeria(26.6%), Mali(25.6%), Niger(23.6%),Algeria(7.6%),Guinea(4.5%),Cameroon(4.2%),Burkina Faso(3.9%), Côte d'Ivoire,BeninChad
15.MurrayDarling3,672[9]2,2821,061,000767Southern OceanAustralia
16.TocantinsAraguaia3,6502,270950,00013,598Atlantic Ocean, AmazonBrazil
17.Volga3,6452,2661,380,0008,080Caspian SeaRussia
18.Shatt al-Arab – Euphrates3,5962,236884,000856Persian GulfIraq (60.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Syria(14.7%)
19.MadeiraMamoréGrandeCaineRocha3,3802,1001,485,20031,200AmazonBrazil, Bolivia, Peru
20.Purús3,2111,99563,1668,400AmazonBrazil, Peru
21.Yukon3,1851,980850,0006,210Bering SeaUnited States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
22.Indus3,1801,976960,0007,160Arabian SeaPakistan (93%), India, China
23.São Francisco3,180*
(2,900)
1,976*
(1,802)
610,0003,300Atlantic OceanBrazil
24.Syr Darya – Naryn3,0781,913219,000703Aral SeaKazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Uzbekistan,Tajikistan
25.Salween
(Nu Jiang)
3,0601,901324,0003,153[10]Andaman SeaChina (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand (3.7%)
26.Saint Lawrence – Niagara – Detroit –Saint Clair – Saint Marys – Saint Louis3,0581,9001,030,00010,100Gulf of Saint LawrenceCanada (52.1%), United States (47.9%)
27.Rio Grande3,057
(2,896)
1,900
(1,799)
570,00082Gulf of MexicoUnited States (52.1%),Mexico(47.9%)
28.Lower Tunguska2,9891,857473,0003,600YeniseiRussia
29.BrahmaputraTsangpo2,948*1,832*1,730,00019,200[11]GangesIndia (58.0%), China (19.7%), Tibet, Nepal(9.0%),Bangladesh(6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%),Bhutan (2.4%)
30.DanubeBreg

(Duna)
2,888*1,795*817,0007,130Black SeaRomania(28.9%), Hungary (11.7%), Austria (10.3%),Serbia(10.3%), Germany (7.5%),Slovakia(5.8%),Bulgaria(5.2%),Croatia(4.5%),
31.Zambezi
(Zambesi)
2,693*1,673*1,330,0004,880Mozambique ChannelZambia(41.6%),Angola(18.4%),Zimbabwe(15.6%),Mozambique(11.8%),Malawi(8.0%),Tanzania(2.0%),Namibia,Botswana
32.Vilyuy2,6501,647454,0001,480LenaRussia
33.Araguaia2,6271,632358,1255,510TocantinsBrazil
34.GangesHooghlyPadma

(Ganga)
2,620[12]1,628907,00012,037[13]Bay of BengalIndia, Bangladesh, Nepal, China
35.Amu Darya -- Panj2,6201,628534,7391,400Aral SeaUzbekistan,Turkmenistan,Tajikistan,Afghanistan
36.Japurá
(Rio Yapurá)
2,615*1,625*242,2596,000AmazonBrazil, Colombia
37.NelsonSaskatchewan2,5701,5971,093,0002,575Hudson BayCanada, United States
38.Paraguay
(Rio Paraguay)
2,5491,584900,0004,300ParanáBrazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
39.Kolyma2,5131,562644,0003,800East Siberian SeaRussia
40.Pilcomayo2,5001,553270,000ParaguayParaguay, Argentina, Bolivia
41.Upper Ob -- Katun2,4901,547ObRussia
42.Ishim2,4501,522177,00056IrtyshKazakhstan, Russia
43.Juruá2,4101,498200,0006,000AmazonPeru, Brazil
44.Ural2,4281,509237,000475Caspian SeaRussia, Kazakhstan
45.Arkansas2,3481,459505,000
(435,122)
1,066MississippiUnited States
46.Colorado (western U.S.)2,3331,450390,0001,200Gulf of CaliforniaUnited States, Mexico
47.Olenyok2,2921,424219,0001,210Laptev SeaRussia
48.Dnieper2,2871,421516,3001,670Black SeaRussia,Belarus,Ukraine
49.Aldan2,2731,412729,0005,060LenaRussia
50.UbangiUele[14]2,2701,410772,8004,000CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo,Central African Republic,Republic of Congo
51.Negro2,2501,450720,11426,700AmazonBrazil, Venezuela, Colombia
52.Columbia2,250 (1,953)1,450 (1,214)415,2117,500Pacific OceanUnited States, Canada
53.Pearl – Zhu Jiang2,2001,376437,00013,600South China SeaChina (98.5%),Vietnam(1.5%)
54.Red (USA)2,1881,36078,592875MississippiUnited States
55.Ayeyarwady
(Irrawaddy)
2,1701,348411,00013,000Andaman SeaMyanmar
56.Kasai2,1531,338880,20010,000CongoAngola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
57.OhioAllegheny2,1021,306490,6037,957MississippiUnited States
58.Orinoco2,1011,3061,380,00033,000Atlantic OceanVenezuela, Colombia, Guyana
59.Tarim2,1001,305557,000Lop NurP. R. China
60.Xingu2,1001,305AmazonBrazil
61.Orange2,0921,300Atlantic OceanSouth Africa,Namibia,Botswana,Lesotho
62.Northern Salado2,0101,249ParanáArgentina
63.Vitim1,9781,229LenaRussia
64.Tigris1,9501,212Shatt al-ArabTurkey, Iraq,Syria
65.Songhua1,9271,197AmurP. R. China
66.Tapajós1,9001,181AmazonBrazil
67.Don1,8701,162425,600935Sea of AzovRussia, Ukraine
68.Stony Tunguska1,8651,159240,000YeniseiRussia
69.Pechora1,8091,124322,000Barents SeaRussia
70.Kama1,8051,122507,000VolgaRussia
71.Limpopo1,8001,118413,000Indian OceanMozambique,Zimbabwe,South Africa,Botswana
72.Guaporé (Itenez)1,7491,087MamoréBrazil, Bolivia
73.Indigirka1,7261,072360,4001,810East Siberian SeaRussia
74.Snake1,6701,038279,7191,611ColumbiaUnited States
75.Senegal1,6411,020419,659Atlantic OceanGuinea,SenegalMali,Mauritania
76.Uruguay1,6101,000370,000Atlantic OceanUruguay, Argentina, Brazil
77.Murrumbidgee River1,600994Murray RiverAustralia
77.Blue Nile1,600994326,400NileEthiopia,Sudan
77.Churchill1,600994Hudson BayCanada
77.Khatanga1,600994Laptev SeaRussia
77.Okavango1,600994Okavango DeltaNamibia,Angola,Botswana
77.Volta1,600994Gulf of GuineaGhana,Burkina Faso,TogoCôte d'IvoireBenin
83.Beni1,599994283,3508,900MadeiraBolivia
84.Platte1,594990MissouriUnited States
85.Tobol1,591989IrtyshKazakhstan, Russia
86.JubbaShebelle1,580*982*Indian OceanEthiopia,Somalia
87.Içá (Putumayo)1,575979AmazonBrazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
88.Magdalena1,550963263,8589,000CaribbeanColombia
89.Han1,532952YangtzeP. R. China
90.Oka1,500932VolgaRussia
91.Pecos1,490926Rio GrandeUnited States
92.Upper Yenisei -- Little Yenisei (Kaa-Hem)1,480920YeniseiRussia, Mongolia
93.Godavari1,465910312,8123,061Bay of BengalIndia
94.Colorado (Texas)1,438894Gulf of MexicoUnited States
94.Río Grande (Guapay)1,438894102,600264IchiloBolivia
96.Belaya1,420882KamaRussia
96.CooperBarcoo1,420880Lake EyreAustralia
98.Marañón1,415879AmazonPeru
99.Dniester1,411 (1,352)877 (840)Black SeaUkraine,Moldova
100.Benue1,400870NigerCameroon,Nigeria
100.Ili
(Yili)
1,400870Lake BalkhashP. R. China, Kazakhstan
100.WarburtonGeorgina1,400870Lake EyreAustralia
103.Sutlej1,372852ChenabChina, India, Pakistan
104.Yamuna1,370851366,2232,950GangesIndia
105.Vyatka1,370851KamaRussia
106.Fraser1,368850220,0003,475Pacific OceanCanada
107.Mtkvari (Kura)1,364848Caspian SeaAzerbaijan,Georgia,Armenia, Turkey, Iran
108.Grande1,360845ParanáBrazil
109.Brazos1,352840Gulf of MexicoUnited States
110.Cauca1,350839MagdalenaColombia
111.Liao1,345836Bohai SeaP. R. China
112.Yalong1,323822YangtzeP. R. China
113.Iguaçu1,320820ParanáBrazil, Argentina
113.Olyokma1,320820LenaRussia
115.Northern Dvina – Sukhona1,302809357,0523,332White SeaRussia
116.Krishna1,300808Bay of BengalIndia
116.Iriri1,300808XinguBrazil
117.Narmada1,289801Arabian SeaIndia
118.Lomami[15]1,280795CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo
119.Ottawa1,271790146,3001,950Saint LawrenceCanada
120.Lerma - Rio Grande de Santiago1,270789119,543PacificMexico
121.ElbeVltava1,252778148,268711North SeaGermany,Czech Republic
122.Zeya1,242772AmurRussia
123.Juruena1,240771TapajósBrazil
124.Upper Mississippi1,236768MississippiUnited States
125.Rhine1,233768198,7352,330North SeaGermany, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria,Liechtenstein, Italy (minimal), Belgium,Luxembourg
126.Athabasca1,23176595,300MackenzieCanada
127.Canadian1,223760ArkansasUnited States
128.North Saskatchewan1,220758SaskatchewanCanada
129.Vaal1,210752OrangeSouth Africa
130.Shire1,200746ZambeziMozambique,Malawi
131.Nen
(Nonni)
1,190739SonghuaP. R. China
132.Kızıl River1,182734115,000400Black SeaTurkey
133.Green1,175730Colorado(western U.S.)United States
134.Milk1,173729MissouriUnited States, Canada
135.Chindwin1,158720AyeyarwadyMyanmar
136.Sankuru1,150715KasaiDemocratic Republic of the Congo
136.Wu1,15071580,3001,108Yangtze RiverChina
137.Red (Asia)1,149714143,7002,640Gulf of TonkinChina, Vietnam
138.James (Dakotas)1,143710MissouriUnited States
138.Kapuas1,143710South China SeaIndonesia
140.Desna1,13070288,900360DnieperRussia,Belarus,Ukraine
140.Helmand1,130702Hamun-i-HelmandAfghanistan,Iran
140.Madre de Dios1,130702125,0004,915BeniPeru, Bolivia
140.Tietê1,130702ParanáBrazil
140.Vychegda1,130702Northern DvinaRussia
145.Sepik1,12670077,700Pacific OceanPapua New Guinea,Indonesia
146.Cimarron1,123698ArkansasUnited States
147.Anadyr1,120696Gulf of AnadyrRussia
147.Paraíba do Sul1,120696Atlantic OceanBrazil
149.Jialing River1,119695YangtzeP. R. China
150.Liard1,115693MackenzieCanada
151.Cumberland1,10568746,830862MississippiUnited States
152.White1,102685MississippiUnited States
153.Huallaga1,100684MarañónPeru
153.Kwango1,100684263,5002,700KasaiAngola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
153.Draa1,100684AtlanticMorocco
156.Gambia1,094680AtlanticThe Gambia,Senegal,Guinea
157.Chenab1,086675IndusIndia, Pakistan
158.Yellowstone1,080671114,260MissouriUnited States
158.Ghaghara1,080671127,9502,990GangesIndia, Nepal, China
160.Huai River1,078670270,0001,110Yangtze RiverChina
161.Aras1,072665102,000285KuraTurkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran
162.Chu River1,06766362,500noneKyrgyzstan,Kazakhstan
163.Seversky Donets1,078 (1,053)670 (654)DonRussia, Ukraine
164.Bermejo1,050652ParaguayArgentina, Bolivia
164.Fly1,050652Gulf of PapuaPapua New Guinea,Indonesia
164.Guaviare1,050652OrinocoColombia
164.Kuskokwim1,050652Bering SeaUnited States
168.Tennessee1,049652OhioUnited States
169.Vistula1,047630194,4241,080Baltic SeaPoland
170.Aruwimi[15]1,030640Congo RiverDemocratic Republic of the Congo
171.Daugava1,02063487,900678Gulf of RigaLatvia,Belarus, Russia
172.Gila1,015631Colorado(western U.S.)United States
173.Loire1,012629115,271840Atlantic OceanFrance
174.Essequibo1,010628Atlantic OceanGuyana
174.Khoper1,010628DonRussia
176.Tagus
(Tajo/Tejo)
1,00662580,100Atlantic OceanSpain, Portugal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_by_length


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