Longest River in the World

Longest River in the World



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List of Longest Rivers in the World

RankRiverLength in kmLength in MilesDrainage Area in km2Average Discharge in m3/sOutflow
1Nile6,6504,1303,254,5552,800Mediterranean
2Amazon6,4003,9767,000,000209,000Atlantic Ocean
3Yangtze6,3003,9171,800,00030,166East China Sea
4Mississippi6,2753,9022,980,00016,792Gulf of Mexico
5Yenisei5,5393,4452,580,00018,050Kara Sea
6Yellow River5,4643,395745,0002,571Bohai Sea
7Ob-Irtysh5,4103,3642,990,00012,475Gulf of Ob
8Paraná4,8803,0302,582,67222,000Río de la Plata
9Congo4,7002,9223,680,00041,800Atlantic Ocean
10Amur4,4442,7631,855,00011,400Sea of Okhotsk
11Lena4,4002,7362,490,00015,500Laptev Sea
12Mekong4,3502,705810,00016,000South China Sea
13Mackenzie4,2412,6371,790,00010,300Beaufort Sea
14Niger4,2002,6112,090,0005,589Gulf of Guinea
15Brahmaputra3,9692,466712,03519,800Ganges
16Murray3,6722,2821,061,000767Southern Ocean
17Tocantins3,6502,270950,00013,598Atlantic Ocean (Marajó Bay), Amazon Delta
18Volga3,6452,2661,380,0008,080Caspian Sea
19Indus3,6102,250960,0007,160Arabian Sea
20Shatt al-Arab3,5962,236884,000856Persian Gulf
21Madeira3,3802,1001,485,20031,200Amazon
22Purús3,2111,99563,1668,400Amazon
23Yukon3,1851,980850,0006,210Bering Sea
24São Francisco3,1801,976610,0003,300Atlantic Ocean
25Syr Darya3,0781,913219,000703Aral Sea
26Salween3,0601,901324,0003,153Andaman Sea
27Saint Lawrence3,0581,9001,030,00010,100Gulf of Saint Lawrence
28Rio Grande3,0571,900570,00082Gulf of Mexico
29Lower Tunguska2,9891,857473,0003,600Yenisei
30Danube-Breg2,8881,795817,0007,130Black Sea
31Irrawaddy River2,8091,745.80404,20013,000Andaman Sea
32Zambezi2,7401,7031,330,0004,880Mozambique Channel
33Vilyuy2,7201,700454,0001,480Lena
34Ganges2,7041,6901,024,00012,037Bay of Bengal
35Amu2,6201,628534,7391,400Aral Sea
36Japurá2,6151,625242,2596,000Amazon
37Nelson2,5701,5971,093,0002,575Hudson Bay
38Paraguay2,5491,584900,0004,300Paraná
39Kolyma2,5131,562644,0003,800East Siberian Sea
40Pilcomayo2,5001,553270,000 Paraguay
41Upper Ob-Katun2,4901,547  Ob
42Ishim2,4501,522177,00056Irtysh
43Ural2,4281,509237,000475Caspian Sea
44Juruá2,4101,498200,0006,000Amazon
45Arkansas2,3481,459505,0001,066Mississippi
46Colorado2,3331,450390,0001,200Gulf of California
47Olenyok2,2921,424219,0001,210Laptev Sea
48Dnieper2,2871,421516,3001,670Black Sea
49Aldan2,2731,412729,0005,060Lena
50Ubangi-Uele2,2701,410772,8004,000Congo
51Negro2,2501,398720,11426,700Amazon
52Columbia2,2501,398415,2117,500Pacific Ocean
53Pearl2,2001,376437,00013,600South China Sea
54Red2,1881,36078,592875Mississippi
55Kasai2,1531,338880,20010,000Congo
56Ohio2,1021,306490,6037,957Mississippi
57Orinoco2,1011,3061,380,00033,000Atlantic Ocean
58Tarim2,1001,305557,000 Lop Nur
59Xingu2,1001,305  Amazon
60Orange2,0921,300  Atlantic Ocean
61Brazos-Double2,0601,280  Gulf of Mexico
62Northern Salado2,0101,249  Paraná
63Vitim1,9781,229  Lena
64Tigris1,9501,212  Shatt al-Arab
65Songhua1,9271,197  Amur
66Tapajós1,9001,181  Amazon
67Don1,8701,162425,600935Sea of Azov
68Stony Tunguska1,8651,159240,000 Yenisey
69Pechora1,8091,124322,0004,100Barents Sea
70Kama1,8051,122507,0004,100Volga
71Limpopo1,8001,118413,000 Indian Ocean
72Chulym1,7991,118134,000 Ob
73Guaporé1,7491,087  Mamoré
74Indigirka1,7261,072360,4001,810East Siberian Sea
75Snake1,6701,038279,7191,611Columbia
76Senegal1,6411,020419,659 Atlantic Ocean
77Uruguay1,6101,000370,000 Atlantic Ocean
78Blue Nile1,600994326,400 Nile
78Churchill1,600994  Hudson Bay
78Khatanga-Kotuy1,600994  Laptev Sea
78Okavango1,600994  Okavango Delta
78Volta1,600994  Gulf of Guinea
83Beni1,599994283,3508,900Madeira
84Platte1,594990  Missouri
85Tobol1,591989  Irtysh
86Alazeya1,59098864,700 East Siberian Sea
87Jubba-Shebelle1,580982  Indian Ocean
88Içá1,575979  Amazon
89Magdalena1,550963263,8589,000Caribbean
90Han1,532952  Yangtze
91Kura/Mt'k'vari1,515941188,400575Caspian Sea
92Oka1,500932245,0001,258Volga
93Upper Murray1,500932  Lower Murray
94Guaviare1,497930  Orinoco
95Pecos1,490926  Rio Grande
96Murrumbidgee River1,48592384,917120Murray River
97Upper Yenisey1,480920  Yenisey
98Godavari1,465910312,8123,061Bay of Bengal
99Colorado1,438894  Gulf of Mexico
100Upper Tocantins1,427887  Tocantins
101Belaya1,420882142,000858Kama
101Cooper-Barcoo1,420880  Lake Eyre
103Marañón1,415879  Amazon
104Dniester1,41187772,100310Black Sea
105Benue1,400870  Niger
105Ili (Yili)1,400870  Lake Balkhash
105Warburton-Georgina1,400870365,000 Lake Eyre
108Sutlej1,372852  Chenab
109Yamuna1,370851366,2232,950Ganges
109Vyatka1,370851129,000890Kama
111Fraser1,368850220,0003,475Pacific Ocean
112Grande1,360845  Paraná
113Liao-Xiliao-Laoha1,345836  Bohai Sea
114Lachlan River1,33983284,70049Murrumbidgee River
115Narmada1,33381598,7961,447Arabian Sea
116Yalong1,323822  Yangtze
117Iguaçu1,320820  Paraná
117Olyokma1,320820  Lena
119Northern Dvina-Sukhona1,302809357,0523,332White Sea
120Krishna1,300808  Bay of Bengal
120Iriri1,300808  Xingu
122Lomami1,280795  Congo
123Ottawa1,271790146,3001,950Saint Lawrence
124Rio Grande de Santiago-Lerma1,270789119,543 Pacific Ocean
125Elbe-Vltava1,252778148,268711North Sea
126Zeya1,242772  Amur
127Juruena1,240771  Tapajós
128Upper Mississippi1,236768  Mississippi
129Rhine1,233768185,0002,330North Sea
130Athabasca1,23176595,300 Mackenzie
131Canadian1,223760  Arkansas
132North Saskatchewan1,220758  Saskatchewan
133Vistula-Narew-Bug1,213754194,4241,080Baltic Sea
134Vaal1,210752  Orange
135Shire1,200746  Zambezi
135Ogooué (or Ogowe)1,200746223,8564,706Atlantic Ocean
137Nen1,190739  Songhua
138Kızıl River1,182734115,000400Black Sea
139Markha1,18173499,000405Vilyuy
140Green1,175730  Colorado (western U.S.)
141Milk1,173729  Missouri
142Mun - Chi1,162722  Mekong River
142White1,162722  Mississippi
144Chindwin1,158720  Ayeyarwady
145Sankuru1,150715  Kasai
145Wu1,15071580,3001,108Yangtze
147Red (Asia)1,149714143,7002,640Gulf of Tonkin
148James (Dakotas)1,143710  Missouri
148Kapuas1,143710  Natuna Sea
150Desna1,13070288,900360Dnieper
150Helmand1,130702  Hamun-i-Helmand
150Madre de Dios1,130702125,0004,915Beni
150Tietê1,130702  Paraná
150Vychegda1,130702121,0001160Northern Dvina
155Sepik1,12670077,700 Pacific Ocean
156Cimarron1,123698  Arkansas
157Anadyr1,120696  Gulf of Anadyr
157Paraíba do Sul1,120696  Atlantic Ocean
159Jialing River1,119695  Yangtze
160Liard1,115693  Mackenzie
161Cumberland1,10568746,830862Mississippi
162Huallaga1,100684  Marañón
162Kwango1,100684263,5002,700Kasai
162Draa1,100684  Atlantic Ocean
165Gambia1,094680  Atlantic Ocean
166Tyung1,09267949,800 Vilyuy
167Chenab1,086675  Indus
168Yellowstone1,080671114,260 Missouri
168Ghaghara1,080671127,9502,990Ganges
170Huai River1,078670270,0001,110Yangtze
171Aras1,072665102,000285Kura
172Chu1,06766362,500 none
173Seversky Donets1,05365498,900159Don
174Bermejo1,050652  Paraguay
174Fly1,050652  Gulf of Papua
174Kuskokwim1,050652  Bering Sea
177Tennessee1,049652  Ohio
178Oder-Warta1,045649118,861550Baltic Sea
179Aruwimi1,030640  Congo
180Chambal1,024636  Yamuna
181Daugava1,02063487,900678Gulf of Riga
182Gila1,015631  Colorado (western U.S.)
183Loire1,012629115,271840Atlantic Ocean
184Essequibo1,010628  Atlantic Ocean
184Khopyor1,01062861,100150Don
186Tagus (Tajo/Tejo)1,00662580,100444Atlantic Ocean
187Flinders River1,004624109,000122Gulf of Carpentaria