Longest Rivers of The World

Longest Rivers of The World

No.River NamesLength (km)OutflowCountries Sharing Drainage Basin
1.Nile– White-Nile –Kagera –Nyabarongo –Mwogo –Rukarara7,088MediterraneanEthiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
2.Amazon–Ucayali–Tambo–Ene–Mantaro6,992Atlantic OceanBrazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
3.Yangtze(Chang Jiang; Long River)6,418East China SeaChina
4.Mississippi–Missouri–Jefferson–Beaverhead–Red Rock–Hell Roaring6,275Gulf of MexicoUnited States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
5.Yenisei–Angara–Selenge–Ider5,539Kara SeaRussia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
6.Yellow River(Huang He)5,464Bohai SeaChina
7.Ob–Irtysh5,410Gulf of ObRussia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
8.Río de la Plata–Paraná–Rio Grande4,880Río de la PlataBrazil (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%)
9.Congo–Chambeshi(Zaïre)4,700Atlantic OceanDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
10.Amur–Argun–Kherlen(Heilong Jiang)4,444Sea of OkhotskRussia, China, Mongolia
11.Lena4,400Laptev SeaRussia
12.Mekong(Lancang Jiang)4,350South China SeaChina, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
13.Mackenzie–Slave–Peace–Finlay4,241Beaufort SeaCanada
14.Niger4,200Gulf 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, Benin, Chad
15.Brahmaputra–Tsangpo3,848GangesIndia (58.0%), China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
16.Murray–Darling–Culgoa–Balonne–Condamine3,672Southern OceanAustralia
17.Tocantins–Araguaia3,650Atlantic Ocean, AmazonBrazil
18.Volga3,645Caspian SeaRussia
19.Indus–Sênggê Zangbo3,610Arabian SeaPakistan (93%), India and China
20.Shatt al-Arab–Euphrates–Murat3,596Persian GulfIraq (60.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Syria (14.7%)
21.Madeira–Mamoré–Grande–Caine–Rocha3,380AmazonBrazil, Bolivia, Peru
22.Purús3,211AmazonBrazil, Peru
23.Yukon3,185Bering SeaUnited States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
24.São Francisco3,180Atlantic OceanBrazil
25.Syr Darya–Naryn3,078Aral SeaKazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
26.Salween(Nu Jiang)3,060Andaman SeaChina (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand (3.7%)
27.Saint Lawrence–Niagara–Detroit–Saint Clair–Saint Marys–Saint Louis–North (Great Lakes)3,058Gulf of Saint LawrenceCanada (52.1%), United States (47.9%)
28.Rio Grande3,057Gulf of MexicoUnited States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%)
29.Lower Tunguska2,989YeniseiRussia
30.Danube–Breg (Donau, Dunăre, Duna, Dunav, Dunaj)2,888Black SeaRomania (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 Qu2,727Andaman SeaChina, Myanmar
32.Zambezi(Zambesi)2,693Mozambique ChannelZambia (41.6%), Angola (18.4%), Zimbabwe (15.6%), Mozambique (11.8%), Malawi (8.0%), Tanzania (2.0%), Namibia, Botswana
33.Vilyuy2,650LenaRussia
34.Araguaia2,627TocantinsBrazil
35.Ganges–Hooghly–Padma (Ganga)2,620Bay of BengalIndia, Bangladesh, Nepal
36.Amu Darya–Panj2,620Aral SeaUzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
37.Japurá (Rio Yapurá)2,615AmazonBrazil, Colombia
38.Nelson–Saskatchewan2,570Hudson BayCanada, United States
39.Paraguay (Río-Paraguay)2,549ParanáBrazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
40.Kolyma2,513East Siberian SeaRussia
41.Pilcomayo2,500ParaguayParaguay, Argentina, Bolivia
42.Upper Ob–Katun2,490ObRussia
43.Ishim2,450IrtyshKazakhstan, Russia
44.Juruá2,410AmazonPeru, Brazil
45.Ural2,428Caspian SeaRussia, Kazakhstan
46.Arkansas2,348MississippiUnited States
47.Colorado (western U.S.)2,333Gulf of CaliforniaUnited States, Mexico
48.Olenyok2,292Laptev SeaRussia
49.Dnieper2,287Black SeaRussia, Belarus, Ukraine
50.Aldan2,273LenaRussia

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