List of Longest Rivers in the World

A river is a characteristic streaming conduit, streaming towards a sea, ocean, lake, or another waterway. Rivers have been a significant piece of human and creature life forever ago.

Despite the fact that it very well may be difficult to see the significance of waterways in your everyday life, especially in the event that you live in a city, you may be astounded at what they do.

Not exclusively would it be able to be hard to tell where a river really starts and finishes, since A waterway is a characteristic streaming conduit, streaming towards a sea, ocean, lake, or another river.

Rivers are erosive to the scene, they really change length constantly. Russia is the biggest country on the planet, so it appears to be able that it likewise has the most rivers more than 600 miles long.

The primary human developments were all close to a waterway as these furnished people with water. With the coming of innovation, water transport frameworks have been created and we at this point don’t have to choose the river banks.

Rivers have now become significantly something other than wellsprings of water. They give a wellspring of drinking water, for getting food, treating terrains, and an approach to move products from one spot to another. Rivers likewise give significant natural surroundings to untamed life.

Rank	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	6,650 (7,088)	4,130 (4,404)	32,54,555	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	6,400 (6,992)	3,976 (4,345)	70,00,000	2,09,000	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
3	Yangtze–Jinsha–Tongtian–Dangqu(Chang Jiang)	6,300 (6,418)	3,917 (3,988)	18,00,000	30,166	East China Sea	China
4	Mississippi–Missouri–Jefferson–Beaverhead–Red Rock–Hell Roaring	6,275	3,902	29,80,000	16,792	Gulf of Mexico	United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
5	Yenisei–Angara–Selenge–Ider	5,539	3,445	25,80,000	18,050	Kara Sea	Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
6	Yellow River(Huang He)	5,464	3,395	7,45,000	2,571	Bohai Sea	China
7	Ob–Irtysh	5,410	3,364	29,90,000	12,475	Gulf of Ob	Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
8	Río de la Plata–Paraná–Rio Grande	4,880	3,030	25,82,672	22,000	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	36,80,000	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	18,55,000	11,400	Sea of Okhotsk	Russia, China, Mongolia
11	Lena	4,400	2,736	24,90,000	15,500	Laptev Sea	Russia
12	Mekong(Lancang Jiang)	4,350	2,705	8,10,000	16,000	South China Sea	China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
13	Mackenzie–Slave–Peace–Finlay	4,241	2,637	17,90,000	10,300	Beaufort Sea	Canada
14	Niger	4,200	2,611	20,90,000	5,589	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–Yarlung Tsangpo	3,969	2,466	7,12,035	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	10,61,000	767	Southern Ocean	Australia
17	Tocantins–Araguaia	3,650	2,270	9,50,000	13,598	Atlantic Ocean, Amazon	Brazil
18	Volga	3,645	2,266	13,80,000	8,080	Caspian Sea	Russia
19	Indus–Sênggê Zangbo	3,610	2,250	9,60,000	7,160	Arabian Sea	Pakistan (93%), India and China
20	Shatt al-Arab–Euphrates–Murat	3,596	2,236	8,84,000	856	Persian Gulf	Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran
21	Madeira–Mamoré–Grande–Caine–Rocha	3,380	2,100	14,85,200	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	8,50,000	6,210	Bering Sea	United States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
24	São Francisco	3,180*(2,900)	1,976*(1,802)	6,10,000	3,300	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil
25	Syr Darya–Naryn	3,078	1,913	2,19,000	703	Aral Sea	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
26	Salween(Nu Jiang)	3,060	1,901	3,24,000	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	10,30,000	10,100	Gulf of Saint Lawrence	Canada (52.1%), United States (47.9%)
28	Rio Grande	3,057	1,900	5,70,000	82	Gulf of Mexico	United States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%)
29	Lower Tunguska	2,989	1,857	4,73,000	3,600	Yenisei	Russia
30	Danube–Breg (Donau, Dunăre, Duna, Dunav, Dunaj)	2,888*	1,795*	8,17,000	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	2,809*	1,745.8*	404,200*	13,000*	Andaman Sea	China, Myanmar
32	Zambezi(Zambesi)	2,740*	1,703*	13,30,000	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	2,720	1,700	4,54,000	1,480	Lena	Russia
34	Ganges–Hooghly–Padma (Ganga)	2,704	1,690	10,24,000	12,037	Bay of Bengal	India, Bangladesh, Nepal
35	Amu Darya–Panj	2,620	1,628	5,34,739	1,400	Aral Sea	Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
36	Japurá (Rio Yapurá)	2,615*	1,625*	2,42,259	6,000	Amazon	Brazil, Colombia
37	Nelson–Saskatchewan	2,570	1,597	10,93,000	2,575	Hudson Bay	Canada, United States
38	Paraguay (Rio Paraguay)	2,549	1,584	9,00,000	4,300	Paraná	Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
39	Kolyma	2,513	1,562	6,44,000	3,800	East Siberian Sea	Russia
40	Pilcomayo	2,500	1,553	2,70,000	–	Paraguay	Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
41	Upper Ob–Katun	2,490	1,547	–	–	Ob	Russia
42	Ishim	2,450	1,522	1,77,000	56	Irtysh	Kazakhstan, Russia
43	Ural	2,428	1,509	2,37,000	475	Caspian Sea	Russia, Kazakhstan
44	Juruá	2,410	1,498	2,00,000	6,000	Amazon	Peru, Brazil
45	Arkansas	2,348	1,459	505,000(435,122)	1,066	Mississippi	United States
46	Colorado (western U.S.)	2,333	1,450	3,90,000	1,200	Gulf of California	United States, Mexico
47	Olenyok	2,292	1,424	2,19,000	1,210	Laptev Sea	Russia
48	Dnieper	2,287	1,421	5,16,300	1,670	Black Sea	Ukraine, Belarus, Russia
49	Aldan	2,273	1,412	7,29,000	5,060	Lena	Russia
50	Ubangi–Uele[19]	2,270	1,410	7,72,800	4,000	Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
51	Negro	2,250	1,398	7,20,114	26,700	Amazon	Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia
52	Columbia	2,250 (1,953)	1,398 (1,214)	4,15,211	7,500	Pacific Ocean	United States, Canada
53	Pearl–Xi-Xun-Qian-Hongshui-Nanpan	2,200	1,376	4,37,000	13,600	South China Sea	China (98.5%), Vietnam (1.5%)
54	Red (USA)	2,188	1,360	78,592	875	Mississippi	United States
55	Kasai	2,153	1,338	8,80,200	10,000	Congo	Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
56	Ohio–Allegheny	2,102	1,306	4,90,603	7,957	Mississippi	United States
57	Orinoco	2,101	1,306	13,80,000	33,000	Atlantic Ocean	Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana
58	Tarim	2,100	1,305	5,57,000	–	Lop Nur	China
59	Xingu	2,100	1,305	–	–	Amazon	Brazil
60	Orange	2,092	1,300	–	–	Atlantic Ocean	South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
61	Brazos-Double Mountain Fork-North Fork-Blackwater Draw	2,060	1,280	–	–	Gulf of Mexico	United States
62	Northern Salado	2,010	1,249	–	–	Paraná	Argentina
63	Vitim	1,978	1,229	–	–	Lena	Russia
64	Tigris	1,950	1,212	–	–	Shatt al-Arab	Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran
65	Songhua	1,927	1,197	–	–	Amur	China
66	Tapajós	1,900	1,181	–	–	Amazon	Brazil
67	Don	1,870	1,162	4,25,600	935	Sea of Azov	Russia, Ukraine
68	Stony Tunguska	1,865	1,159	2,40,000		Yenisei	Russia
69	Pechora	1,809	1,124	3,22,000	4,100	Barents Sea	Russia
70	Kama	1,805	1,122	5,07,000	4,100	Volga	Russia
71	Limpopo	1,800	1,118	4,13,000	–	Indian Ocean	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana
72	Chulym	1,799	1,118	1,34,000	–	Ob	Russia
73	Guaporé (Itenez)	1,749	1,087	–	–	Mamoré	Brazil, Bolivia
74	Indigirka	1,726	1,072	3,60,400	1,810	East Siberian Sea	Russia
75	Snake	1,670	1,038	2,79,719	1,611	Columbia	United States
76	Senegal	1,641	1,020	4,19,659	–	Atlantic Ocean	Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania
77	Uruguay	1,610	1,000	3,70,000	–	Atlantic Ocean	Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil
78	Blue Nile	1,600	994	3,26,400	–	Nile	Ethiopia, Sudan
78	Churchill	1,600	994	–	–	Hudson Bay	Canada
78	Khatanga–Kotuy	1,600	994	–	–	Laptev Sea	Russia
78	Okavango	1,600	994	–	–	Okavango Delta	Namibia, Angola, Botswana
78	Volta	1,600	994	–	–	Gulf of Guinea	Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin
83	Beni	1,599	994	2,83,350	8,900	Madeira	Bolivia
84	Platte	1,594	990	–	–	Missouri	United States
85	Tobol	1,591	989	–	–	Irtysh	Kazakhstan, Russia
86	Alazeya	1,590	988	64,700		East Siberian Sea	Russia
87	Jubba–Shebelle	1,580*	982*	–	–	Indian Ocean	Ethiopia, Somalia
88	Içá (Putumayo)	1,575	979	–	–	Amazon	Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
89	Magdalena	1,550	963	2,63,858	9,000	Caribbean	Colombia
90	Han	1,532	952	–	–	Yangtze	China
91	Kura/Mt’k’vari	1,515	941	1,88,400	575	Caspian Sea	Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan
92	Oka	1,500	932	2,45,000	1,258	Volga	Russia
93	Upper Murray	1,500	932	–	–	Lower Murray	Australia
94	Guaviare	1,497	930	–	–	Orinoco	Colombia
95	Pecos	1,490	926	–	–	Rio Grande	United States
96	Murrumbidgee River	1,485	923	84,917	120	Murray River	Australia
97	Upper Yenisei–Little Yenisei (Kaa-Hem)	1,480	920	–	–	Yenisei	Russia, Mongolia
98	Godavari	1,465	910	3,12,812	3,061	Bay of Bengal	India
99	Colorado (Texas)	1,438	894	–	–	Gulf of Mexico	United States
100	Upper Tocantins	1,427	887	–	–	Tocantins	Brazil
101	Belaya	1,420	882	1,42,000	858	Kama	Russia
101	Cooper–Barcoo	1,420	880	–	–	Lake Eyre	Australia
103	Marañón	1,415	879	–	–	Amazon	Peru
104	Dniester	1,411 (1,352)	877 (840)	72,100	310	Black Sea	Ukraine, Moldova
105	Benue	1,400	870	–	–	Niger	Cameroon, Nigeria
105	Ili (Yili)	1,400	870	–	–	Lake Balkhash	China, Kazakhstan
105	Warburton–Georgina	1,400	870	3,65,000		Lake Eyre	Australia
108	Sutlej	1,372	852	–	–	Chenab	China, India, Pakistan
109	Yamuna	1,370	851	3,66,223	2,950	Ganges	India
109	Vyatka	1,370	851	1,29,000	890	Kama	Russia
111	Fraser	1,368	850	2,20,000	3,475	Pacific Ocean	Canada, United States[22]
112	Grande	1,360	845	–	–	Paraná	Brazil
113	Liao-Xiliao-Laoha	1,345	836	–	–	Bohai Sea	China
114	Lachlan River	1,339 [15]	832	84,700	49	Murrumbidgee River	Australia
115	Yalong	1,323	822	–	–	Yangtze	China
116	Iguaçu	1,320	820	–	–	Paraná	Brazil, Argentina
116	Olyokma	1,320	820	–	–	Lena	Russia
118	Northern Dvina–Sukhona	1,302	809	3,57,052	3,332	White Sea	Russia
119	Krishna	1,300	808	–	–	Bay of Bengal	India
119	Iriri	1,300	808	–	–	Xingu	Brazil
121	Narmada	1,289	801	–	–	Arabian Sea	India
122	Lomami[23]	1,280	795	–	–	Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo
123	Ottawa	1,271	790	1,46,300	1,950	Saint Lawrence	Canada
124	Rio Grande de Santiago-Lerma	1,270	789	1,19,543		Pacific Ocean	Mexico
125	Elbe–Vltava	1,252	778	1,48,268	711	North Sea	Germany, Czech Republic
126	Zeya	1,242	772	–	–	Amur	Russia
127	Juruena	1,240	771	–	–	Tapajós	Brazil
128	Upper Mississippi	1,236	768	–	–	Mississippi	United States
129	Rhine	1,233	768	1,85,000	2,330	North Sea	Germany (57.3%), Switzerland (15.1%), Netherlands (12.3%), France (12.2%), Luxembourg (1.4%), Austria (1.3%), Belgium (0.4%), Liechtenstein (0.1%), Italy (0.03%)
130	Athabasca	1,231	765	95,300		Mackenzie	Canada
131	Canadian	1,223	760	–	–	Arkansas	United States
132	North Saskatchewan	1,220	758	–	–	Saskatchewan	Canada
133	Vistula–Narew-Bug	1,213	754	1,94,424	1,080	Baltic Sea	Poland, Belarus, Ukraine
134	Vaal	1,210	752	–	–	Orange	South Africa
135	Shire	1,200	746	–	–	Zambezi	Mozambique, Malawi
135	Ogooué (or Ogowe)	1,200	746	2,23,856	4,706	Atlantic Ocean	Gabon, Republic of the Congo
137	Nen(Nonni)	1,190	739	–	–	Songhua	China
138	Kızıl River	1,182	734	1,15,000	400	Black Sea	Turkey
139	Markha River	1,181	734	99,000	405	Vilyuy River	Russia
140	Green	1,175	730	–	–	Colorado (western U.S.)	United States
141	Milk	1,173	729	–	–	Missouri	United States, Canada
142	Mun – Chi	1,162	722	–	–	Mekong River	Thailand
142	White	1,162	722	–	–	Mississippi	United States
144	Chindwin	1,158	720	–	–	Ayeyarwady	Myanmar
145	Sankuru	1,150	715	–	–	Kasai	Democratic Republic of the Congo
145	Wu	1,150	715	80,300	1,108	Yangtze	China
147	Red (Asia)	1,149	714	1,43,700	2,640	Gulf of Tonkin	China, Vietnam
148	James (Dakotas)	1,143	710	–	–	Missouri	United States
148	Kapuas	1,143	710	–	–	South China Sea	Indonesia
150	Desna	1,130	702	88,900	360	Dnieper	Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
150	Helmand	1,130	702	–	–	Hamun-i-Helmand	Afghanistan, Iran
150	Madre de Dios	1,130	702	1,25,000	4,915	Beni	Peru, Bolivia
150	Tietê	1,130	702	–	–	Paraná	Brazil
150	Vychegda	1,130	702	1,21,000	1160	Northern Dvina	Russia
155	Sepik	1,126	700	77,700		Pacific Ocean	Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
156	Cimarron	1,123	698	–	–	Arkansas	United States
157	Anadyr	1,120	696	–	–	Gulf of Anadyr	Russia
157	Paraíba do Sul	1,120	696	–	–	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil
159	Jialing River	1,119	695	–	–	Yangtze	China
160	Liard	1,115	693	–	–	Mackenzie	Canada
161	Cumberland	1,105	687	46,830	862	Mississippi	United States
162	Huallaga	1,100	684	–	–	Marañón	Peru
162	Kwango	1,100	684	2,63,500	2,700	Kasai	Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
162	Draa	1,100	684	–	–	Atlantic Ocean	Morocco
165	Gambia	1,094	680	–	–	Atlantic Ocean	The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea
166	Tyung	1,092	679	49,800		Vilyuy River	Russia
167	Chenab	1,086	675	–	–	Indus	India, Pakistan
168	Yellowstone	1,080	671	1,14,260	–	Missouri	United States
168	Ghaghara	1,080	671	1,27,950	2,990	Ganges	India, Nepal, China
170	Huai River	1,078	670	2,70,000	1,110	Yangtze	China
171	Aras	1,072	665	1,02,000	285	Kura	Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran
172	Chu River	1,067	663	62,500	–	none	Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
173	Seversky Donets	1,053 (1,078)	654 (670)	98,900	159	Don	Russia, Ukraine
174	Bermejo	1,050	652	–	–	Paraguay	Argentina, Bolivia
174	Fly	1,050	652	–	–	Gulf of Papua	Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
174	Kuskokwim	1,050	652	–	–	Bering Sea	United States
177	Tennessee	1,049	652	–	–	Ohio	United States
178	Oder–Warta	1,045	649	1,18,861	550	Baltic Sea	Poland, Germany, Czech Republic
179	Aruwimi[23]	1,030	640	–	–	Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo
180	Chambal	1,024	636	–	–	Yamuna	India
181	Daugava	1,020	634	87,900	678	Gulf of Riga	Latvia, Belarus, Russia
182	Gila	1,015	631	–	–	Colorado (western U.S.)	United States
183	Loire	1,012	629	1,15,271	840	Atlantic Ocean	France
184	Essequibo	1,010	628	–	–	Atlantic Ocean	Guyana
184	Khoper	1,010	628	61,100	150	Don	Russia
186	Tagus(Tajo/Tejo)	1,006	625	80,100	444	Atlantic Ocean	Spain, Portugal
187	Flinders River	1,004	624	1,09,000	122	Gulf of Carpentaria	Australia