Longest Rivers

December 19, 2019September 27, 2021 admin

#	River	Length (km)	Length (miles)	Drainage area (km2)	Average discharge (m3/s)	Outflow	Countries in the drainage basin
1	Nile–White Nile–Kagera–Nyabarongo–Mwogo–Rukarara[n 1]	6,650	4,132	3,254,555	2,800	Mediterranean	Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
2	Amazon–Ucayali–Tambo–Ene–Mantaro[n 1]	6,400	3,976	7,050,000	209,000	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
3	Yangtze (Chang Jiang; Long River)	6,300	3,917	1,800,000	31,900	East China Sea	China
4	Mississippi–Missouri–Jefferson–Beaverhead–Red Rock–Hell Roaring	6,275	3,902	2,980,000	16,200	Gulf of Mexico	United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
5	Yenisei–Angara–Selenge–Ider	5,539	3,445	2,580,000	19,600	Kara Sea	Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
6	Yellow River (Huang He)	5,464	3,395	745,000	2,110	Bohai Sea	China
7	Ob–Irtysh	5,410	3,364	2,990,000	12,800	Gulf of Ob	Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
8	Río de la Plata–Paraná–Rio Grande[11]	4,880	3,030	2,582,672	18,000	Río de la Plata	Brazil (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%)
9	Congo–Chambeshi (Zaïre)	4,700	2,922	3,680,000	41,800	Atlantic Ocean	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
10	Amur–Argun–Kherlen (Heilong Jiang)	4,444	2,763	1,855,000	11,400	Sea of Okhotsk	Russia, China, Mongolia
11	Lena	4,400	2,736	2,490,000	17,100	Laptev Sea	Russia
12	Mekong (Lancang Jiang)	4,350	2,705	810,000	16,000	South China Sea	China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
13	Mackenzie–Slave–Peace–Finlay	4,241	2,637	1,790,000	10,300	Beaufort Sea	Canada
14	Niger	4,200	2,611	2,090,000	9,570	Gulf of Guinea	Nigeria (26.6%), Mali (25.6%), Niger (23.6%), Algeria (7.6%), Guinea (4.5%), Cameroon (4.2%), Burkina Faso (3.9%), Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Chad
15	Brahmaputra–Tsangpo	3,848	2,391	712,035	19,800	Ganges	India (58.0%), China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
16	Murray–Darling–Culgoa–Balonne–Condamine	3,672	2,282	1,061,000	767	Southern Ocean	Australia
17	Tocantins–Araguaia	3,650	2,270	950,000	13,598	Atlantic Ocean, Amazon	Brazil
18	Volga	3,645	2,266	1,380,000	8,080	Caspian Sea	Russia
19	Indus–Sênggê Zangbo	3,610	2,250	960,000	7,160	Arabian Sea	Pakistan (93%), India and China
20	Shatt al-Arab–Euphrates–Murat	3,596	2,236	884,000	856	Persian Gulf	Iraq (60.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Syria (14.7%)
21	Madeira–Mamoré–Grande–Caine–Rocha	3,380	2,100	1,485,200	31,200	Amazon	Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
22	Purús	3,211	1,995	63,166	8,400	Amazon	Brazil, Peru
23	Yukon	3,185	1,980[9]	850,000	6,210	Bering Sea	United States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
24	São Francisco	3,180	1,976	610,000	3,300	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil
25	Syr Darya–Naryn	3,078	1,913	219,000	703	Aral Sea	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
26	Salween (Nu Jiang)	3,060	1,901	324,000	3,153	Andaman Sea	China (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand (3.7%)
27	Saint Lawrence–Niagara–Detroit–Saint Clair–Saint Marys–Saint Louis–North (Great Lakes)	3,058	1,900	1,030,000	10,100	Gulf of Saint Lawrence	Canada (52.1%), United States (47.9%)
28	Rio Grande	3,057	1,900	570,000	82	Gulf of Mexico	United States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%)
29	Lower Tunguska	2,989	1,857	473,000	3,600	Yenisei	Russia
30	Danube–Breg (Donau, Dunăre, Duna, Dunav, Dunaj)	2,888	1,795	817,000	7,130	Black Sea	Romania (28.9%), Hungary (11.7%), Austria (10.3%), Serbia (10.3%), Germany (7.5%), Slovakia (5.8%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Croatia (4.5%), Ukraine (3.8%)
31	Irrawaddy River–N'Mai River–Dulong River–Kelaoluo–Gada Qu	2,727	1,694	404,200	13,000	Andaman Sea	China, Myanmar
32	Zambezi (Zambesi)	2,693	1,673	1,330,000	4,880	Mozambique Channel	Zambia (41.6%), Angola (18.4%), Zimbabwe (15.6%), Mozambique (11.8%), Malawi (8.0%), Tanzania (2.0%), Namibia, Botswana
33	Vilyuy	2,650	1,647	454,000	1,480	Lena	Russia
34	Araguaia	2,627	1,632	358,125	5,510	Tocantins	Brazil
35	Ganges–Hooghly–Padma (Ganga)	2,620	1,628	907,000	12,037	Bay of Bengal	India, Bangladesh, Nepal
36	Amu Darya–Panj	2,620	1,628	534,739	1,400	Aral Sea	Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
37	Japurá (Rio Yapurá)	2,615	1,625	242,259	6,000	Amazon	Brazil, Colombia
38	Nelson–Saskatchewan	2,570	1,597	1,093,000	2,575	Hudson Bay	Canada, United States
39	Paraguay (Rio Paraguay)	2,549	1,584	900,000	4,300	Paraná	Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
40	Kolyma	2,513	1,562	644,000	3,800	East Siberian Sea	Russia
41	Pilcomayo	2,500	1,553	270,000		Paraguay	Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
42	Upper Ob–Katun	2,490	1,547			Ob	Russia
43	Ishim	2,450	1,522	177,000	56	Irtysh	Kazakhstan, Russia
44	Juruá	2,410	1,498	200,000	6,000	Amazon	Peru, Brazil
45	Ural	2,428	1,509	237,000	475	Caspian Sea	Russia, Kazakhstan
46	Arkansas	2,348	1,459	505,000	1,066	Mississippi	United States
47	Colorado (western U.S.)	2,333	1,450	390,000	1,200	Gulf of California	United States, Mexico
48	Olenyok	2,292	1,424	219,000	1,210	Laptev Sea	Russia
49	Dnieper	2,287	1,421	516,300	1,670	Black Sea	Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
50	Aldan	2,273	1,412	729,000	5,060	Lena	Russia
51	Ubangi–Uele	2,270	1,410	772,800	4,000	Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
52	Negro	2,250	1,398	720,114	26,700	Amazon	Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia
53	Columbia	2,250	1,398	415,211	7,500	Pacific Ocean	United States, Canada
54	Pearl–Zhu Jiang	2,200	1,376	437,000	13,600	South China Sea	China (98.5%), Vietnam (1.5%)
55	Red (USA)	2,188	1,360	78,592	875	Mississippi	United States
56	Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy)	2,170	1,348	411,000	13,000	Andaman Sea	Myanmar, China
57	Kasai	2,153	1,338	880,200	10,000	Congo	Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
58	Ohio–Allegheny	2,102	1,306	490,603	7,957	Mississippi	United States
59	Orinoco	2,101	1,306	1,380,000	33,000	Atlantic Ocean	Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana
60	Tarim	2,100	1,305	557,000		Lop Nur	China
61	Xingu	2,100	1,305			Amazon	Brazil
62	Orange	2,092	1,300			Atlantic Ocean	South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
63	Northern Salado	2,010	1,249			Paraná	Argentina
64	Vitim	1,978	1,229			Lena	Russia
65	Tigris	1,950	1,212			Shatt al-Arab	Turkey, Iraq, Syria
66	Songhua	1,927	1,197			Amur	China
67	Tapajós	1,900	1,181			Amazon	Brazil
68	Don	1,870	1,162	425,600	935	Sea of Azov	Russia, Ukraine
69	Stony Tunguska	1,865	1,159	240,000		Yenisei	Russia
70	Pechora	1,809	1,124	322,000	4,100	Barents Sea	Russia
71	Kama	1,805	1,122	507,000	4,100	Volga	Russia
72	Limpopo	1,800	1,118	413,000		Indian Ocean	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana
73	Chulym	1,799	1,118	134,000		Ob	Russia
74	Guaporé (Itenez)	1,749	1,087			Mamoré	Brazil, Bolivia
75	Indigirka	1,726	1,072	360,400	1,810	East Siberian Sea	Russia
76	Snake	1,670	1,038	279,719	1,611	Columbia	United States
77	Senegal	1,641	1,020	419,659		Atlantic Ocean	Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania
78	Uruguay	1,610	1,000	370,000		Atlantic Ocean	Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil
79	Blue Nile	1,600	994	326,400		Nile	Ethiopia, Sudan
79	Churchill	1,600	994			Hudson Bay	Canada
79	Khatanga	1,600	994			Laptev Sea	Russia
79	Okavango	1,600	994			Okavango Delta	Namibia, Angola, Botswana
79	Volta	1,600	994			Gulf of Guinea	Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin
80	Beni	1,599	994	283,350	8,900	Madeira	Bolivia
81	Platte	1,594	990			Missouri	United States
82	Tobol	1,591	989			Irtysh	Kazakhstan, Russia
83	Alazeya	1,590	988	64,700		East Siberian Sea	Russia
84	Jubba–Shebelle	1,580	982			Indian Ocean	Ethiopia, Somalia
85	Içá (Putumayo)	1,575	979			Amazon	Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
86	Magdalena	1,550	963	263,858	9,000	Caribbean	Colombia
87	Han	1,532	952			Yangtze	China
88	Kura/Mt'k'vari	1,515	941	188,400	575	Caspian Sea	Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan
89	Oka	1,500	932	245,000	1,258	Volga	Russia
90	Upper Murray	1,500	932			Lower Murray	Australia
91	Guaviare	1,497	930			Orinoco	Colombia
92	Pecos	1,490	926			Rio Grande	United States
93	Murrumbidgee River	1,485	923	84,917	120	Murray River	Australia
94	Upper Yenisei–Little Yenisei (Kaa-Hem)	1,480	920			Yenisei	Russia, Mongolia
95	Godavari	1,465	910	312,812	3,061	Bay of Bengal	India
96	Colorado (Texas)	1,438	894			Gulf of Mexico	United States
97	Río Grande (Guapay)	1,438	894	102,600	264	Ichilo	Bolivia
98	Belaya	1,420	882	142,000	858	Kama	Russia
98	Cooper–Barcoo	1,420	880			Lake Eyre	Australia
99	Marañón	1,415	879			Amazon	Peru
100	Dniester	1,411	877	72,100	310	Black Sea	Ukraine, Moldova

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