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 |