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|[[Mackenzie River|Mackenzie]] | |[[Mackenzie River|Mackenzie]] | ||
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|[[Niger]] | |[[Niger]] | ||
|4,030 | |||
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|[[Saint Lawrence]] | |[[Saint Lawrence]] | ||
|3,100 | |||
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|[[Volga River|Volga]] | |[[Volga River|Volga]] | ||
|3,690 | |||
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|[[Murray River|Murray]] - [[Darling River|Darling]] | |[[Murray River|Murray]] - [[Darling River|Darling]] | ||
|3,370 | |||
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|[[Yukon River|Yukon]] | |[[Yukon River|Yukon]] | ||
|3,185 | |||
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|[[Zambezi River|Zambezi]] | |[[Zambezi River|Zambezi]] | ||
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|[[Orinoco River|Orinoco]] | |[[Orinoco River|Orinoco]] | ||
|2,500 | |||
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|[[São Francisco River|São Francisco]] | |[[São Francisco River|São Francisco]] | ||
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|[[Rio Grande]] | |[[Rio Grande]] | ||
| | |2,870 | ||
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|[[Danube River|Danube]] | |[[Danube River|Danube]] | ||
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|[[Ganges River|Ganges]] | |[[Ganges River|Ganges]] | ||
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|[[Ural River|Ural]] | |[[Ural River|Ural]] | ||
|2,534 | |||
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Revision as of 17:15, 17 January 2008
This is a list of the longest rivers on the Earth. The data should be considered as approximate and informative, since it is difficult to precisely measure rivers' lengths and drainage areas, while the discharges vary considerably in time.
| River | Length (km) | Drainage area (km²) | Average discharge at mouth (m³/s) | Source | Outflow | Continent | Countries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Amazon | 6,520 | 7,180,000 | 180,000 | inter-Andean plateau | Atlantic Ocean | South America | Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela |
| 2. | Nile | 6,480 | 2,880,000 | 1,600 | Great Lakes region of central Africa (White Nile); Lake Tana, Ethiopia (Blue Nile) | Mediterranean Sea | Africa | Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Egypt |
| 3. | Yangtze | 6,300 | 1,970,000 | 35,000 | Qinghai Province, China | East China Sea | Asia | China |
| 4. | Mississippi - Missouri | 6,020 | 3,220,000 | 17,545 | Lake Itasca, Minnesota (Mississippi); Brower's Spring, Montana, United States (Missouri) | Gulf of Mexico | North America | United States |
| 5. | Ob - Irtysh | 5,570 | 2,975,000 | 12,600 | Gulf of Ob | Asia | Russia | |
| 6. | Yenisei | 5,550 | 2,605,000 | 19,600 | Kara Sea | Asia | ||
| 7. | Yellow River | 4,850 | 745,000 | 1,365 | Gyaring Lake and Ngoring Lake, Qinghai Province, China | Bohai Sea | Asia | China |
| 8. | Congo | 4,700 | 3,822,000 | 42,000 | Lake Tanganyika, Lake Mweru | Atlantic Ocean | Africa | |
| 9. | Amur | 4,510 | 1,855,000 | 12,500 | Sea of Okhotsk | Asia | Mongolia, Russia, China | |
| 10. | Río de la Plata | 4,700 | 2,650,000 | 19,500 | Atlantic ocean | South America | Argentina, Uruguay | |
| 11. | Lena | 4,270 | 2,490 | 16,400 | Baikal Mountains | Laptev Sea | Asia | Russia |
| 12. | Mackenzie | 4,250 | North America | |||||
| 13. | Niger | 4,030 | Africa | |||||
| 14. | Mekong | Asia | ||||||
| 15. | Saint Lawrence | 3,100 | North America | Canada, United States | ||||
| 16. | Volga | 3,690 | Europe | Russia | ||||
| 17. | Murray - Darling | 3,370 | Australia | Australia | ||||
| 18. | Yukon | 3,185 | North America | |||||
| 19. | Zambezi | 2,660 | ||||||
| 20. | Orinoco | 2,500 | Sout America | |||||
| 21. | São Francisco | 2,900 | South America | |||||
| 22. | Rio Grande | 2,870 | North America | |||||
| 23. | Indus | Asia | ||||||
| 24. | Euphrates - Tigris | Asia | ||||||
| 25. | Danube | 2,860 | Europe | |||||
| 26. | Salween | Asia | ||||||
| 27. | Brahmaputra | Asia | ||||||
| 28. | Nelson | North America | ||||||
| 29. | Ganges | 2,510 | Asia | |||||
| 30. | Amu Darya | Asia | ||||||
| 31. | Ural | 2,534 | 220,000 | 350 | Caspian Sea | Asia | Russia, Kazakhstan | |
| 32. | Kolyma | Asia | ||||||
| 33. | Colorado | North America | ||||||
| 34. | Dnieper | Europe | ||||||
| 35. | Olenek | Asia | ||||||
| 36. | Orange | |||||||
| 37. | Tarim - Khotan | Asia | ||||||
| 38. | Columbia | North America |