List of Rivers By Length - List of Rivers Longer Than 1000 Km

List of Rivers Longer Than 1000 Km

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River Length (km) Length (miles) Drainage area (km²) Average discharge (m³/s) Outflow Countries in the drainage basin
1. Nile – Kagera 6,650
 4,132
 3,349,000 5,100 Mediterranean Sea Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
2. Amazon – Ucayali – Apurímac 6,400
 3,976
 6,915,000 219,000 Atlantic Ocean Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
3. Yangtze
 6,300
 3,917
 1,800,000 31,900 East China Sea China
4. Mississippi–Missouri–Jefferson 6,275
 3,902
 2,980,000 16,200 Gulf of Mexico United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
5. Yenisei–Angara–Selenge 5,539
 3,445
 2,580,000 19,600 Kara Sea Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
6. Yellow River
 5,464
 3,395
 745,000 2,110 Bohai Sea China
7. Ob–Irtysh 5,410 3,364 2,990,000 12,800 Gulf of Ob Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
8. Paraná – Río de la Plata

4,880
 3,030
 2,582,672 18,000 Río de la Plata Brazil (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%)
9. Congo–Chambeshi
 4,700
 2,922
 3,680,000 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
 4,444 2,763 1,855,000 11,400 Sea of Okhotsk Russia, China, Mongolia
11. Lena 4,400
 2,736
 2,490,000 17,100 Laptev Sea Russia
12. Mekong
 4,350 2,705 810,000 16,000 South China Sea China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
13. Mackenzie–Peace–Finlay 4,241
 2,637
 1,790,000 10,300 Beaufort Sea Canada
14. Niger 4,200
 2,611
 2,090,000 9,570 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. Murray–Darling 3,672
 2,282
 1,061,000 767 Southern Ocean Australia
16. Tocantins–Araguaia 3,650 2,270 950,000 13,598 Atlantic Ocean, Amazon Brazil
17. Volga 3,645 2,266 1,380,000 8,080 Caspian Sea Russia
18. Shatt al-Arab – Euphrates 3,596
 2,236
 884,000 856 Persian Gulf Iraq (60.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Syria (14.7%)
19. Madeira–Mamoré–Grande–Caine–Rocha 3,380 2,100 1,485,200 31,200 Amazon Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
20. Purus 3,211 1,995 63,166 8,400 Amazon Brazil, Peru
21. Yukon 3,185 1,980 850,000 6,210 Bering Sea United States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
22. Indus 3,180 1,976 960,000 7,160 Arabian Sea Pakistan (93%), India, China
23. São Francisco 3,180*
(2,900)		 1,976*
(1,802)		 610,000 3,300 Atlantic Ocean Brazil
24. Syr Darya – Naryn 3,078 1,913 219,000 703 Aral Sea Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
25. Salween
 3,060 1,901 324,000 3,153 Andaman Sea China (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand (3.7%)
26. Saint Lawrence – Niagara – Detroit – Saint Clair – Saint Marys – Saint Louis 3,058 1,900 1,030,000 10,100 Gulf of Saint Lawrence Canada (52.1%), United States (47.9%)
27. Rio Grande 3,057
(2,896)		 1,900
(1,799)		 570,000 82 Gulf of Mexico United States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%)
28. Lower Tunguska 2,989 1,857 473,000 3,600 Yenisei Russia
29. Brahmaputra–Tsangpo 2,948* 1,832* 1,730,000 19,200 Ganges India (58.0%), China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
30. Danube–Breg


2,888* 1,795* 817,000 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%),
31. Zambezi
 2,693* 1,673* 1,330,000 4,880 Mozambique Channel Zambia (41.6%), Angola (18.4%), Zimbabwe (15.6%), Mozambique (11.8%), Malawi (8.0%), Tanzania (2.0%), Namibia, Botswana
32. Vilyuy 2,650 1,647 454,000 1,480 Lena Russia
33. Araguaia 2,627 1,632 358,125 5,510 Tocantins Brazil
34. Ganges–Hooghly–Padma


2,620 1,628 907,000 12,037 Bay of Bengal India, Bangladesh
34. Amu Darya -- Panj 2,620 1,628 534,739 1,400 Aral Sea Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
36. Japurá
 2,615* 1,625* 242,259 6,000 Amazon Brazil, Colombia
37. Nelson–Saskatchewan 2,570 1,597 1,093,000 2,575 Hudson Bay Canada, United States
38. Paraguay
 2,549 1,584 900,000 4,300 Paraná Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
39. Kolyma 2,513 1,562 644,000 3,800 East Siberian Sea Russia
40. Pilcomayo 2,500 1,553 270,000 Paraguay Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
41. Upper Ob -- Katun 2,490 1,547 Ob Russia
42. Ishim 2,450 1,522 177,000 56 Irtysh Kazakhstan, Russia
43. Juruá 2,410 1,498 200,000 6,000 Amazon Peru, Brazil
44. Ural 2,428 1,509 237,000 475 Caspian Sea Russia, Kazakhstan
45. Arkansas 2,348 1,459 505,000
 1,066 Mississippi United States
46. Olenyok 2,292 1,424 219,000 1,210 Laptev Sea Russia
47. Dnieper 2,287 1,421 516,300 1,670 Black Sea Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
48. Aldan 2,273 1,412 729,000 5,060 Lena Russia
49. Ubangi–Uele 2,270 1,410 772,800 4,000 Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
50. Negro 2,250 1,450 720,114 26,700 Amazon Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia
51. Columbia 2,250 (1,953) 1,450 (1,214) 415,211 7,500 Pacific Ocean United States, Canada
52. Colorado (western U.S.) 2,333 1,450 390,000 1,200 Gulf of California United States, Mexico
53. Pearl – Zhu Jiang 2,200 1,376 437,000 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. Ayeyarwady
 2,170 1,348 411,000 13,000 Andaman Sea Myanmar
56. Kasai 2,153 1,338 880,200 10,000 Congo Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
57. Ohio–Allegheny 2,102 1,306 490,603 7,957 Mississippi United States
58. Orinoco 2,101 1,306 1,380,000 33,000 Atlantic Ocean Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana
59. Tarim 2,100 1,305 557,000 Lop Nur P. R. China
60. Xingu 2,100 1,305 Amazon Brazil
61. Orange 2,092 1,300 Atlantic Ocean South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
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
65. Songhua 1,927 1,197 Amur P. R. China
66. Tapajós 1,900 1,181 Amazon Brazil
67. Don 1,870 1,162 425,600 935 Sea of Azov Russia, Ukraine
68. Stony Tunguska 1,865 1,159 240,000 Yenisei Russia
69. Pechora 1,809 1,124 322,000 Barents Sea Russia
70. Kama 1,805 1,122 507,000 Volga Russia
71. Limpopo 1,800 1,118 413,000 Indian Ocean Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana
72. Guaporé 1,749 1,087 Mamoré Brazil, Bolivia
73. Indigirka 1,726 1,072 360,400 1,810 East Siberian Sea Russia
74. Snake 1,670 1,038 279,719 1,611 Columbia United States
75. Senegal 1,641 1,020 419,659 Atlantic Ocean Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania
76. Uruguay 1,610 1,000 370,000 Atlantic Ocean Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil
77. Murrumbidgee River 1,600 994 Murray River Australia
77. Blue Nile 1,600 994 326,400 Nile Ethiopia, Sudan
77. Churchill 1,600 994 Hudson Bay Canada
77. Khatanga 1,600 994 Laptev Sea Russia
77. Okavango 1,600 994 Okavango Delta Namibia, Angola, Botswana
77. Volta 1,600 994 Gulf of Guinea Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin
83. Beni 1,599 994 283,350 8,900 Madeira Bolivia
84. Platte 1,594 990 Missouri United States
85. Tobol 1,591 989 Irtysh Kazakhstan, Russia
86. Jubba–Shebelle 1,580* 982* Indian Ocean Ethiopia, Somalia
87. Içá 1,575 979 Amazon Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
88. Magdalena 1,550 963 263,858 9,000 Caribbean Sea Colombia
89. Han 1,532 952 Yangtze P. R. China
90. Oka 1,500 932 Volga Russia
91. Pecos 1,490 926 Rio Grande United States
92. Upper Yenisei -- Little Yenisei (Kaa-Hem) 1,480 920 Yenisei Russia, Mongolia
93. Godavari 1,465 910 Bay of Bengal India
94. Colorado (Texas) 1,438 894 Gulf of Mexico United States
95. Río Grande 1,438 894 102,600 264 Ichilo Bolivia
96. Belaya 1,420 882 Kama Russia
97. Cooper–Barcoo 1,420 880 Lake Eyre Australia
98. Marañón 1,415 879 Amazon Peru
99. Dniester 1,411 (1,352) 877 (840) Black Sea Ukraine, Moldova
100. Benue 1,400 870 Niger Cameroon, Nigeria
100. Ili
 1,400 870 Lake Balkhash P. R. China, Kazakhstan
100. Warburton–Georgina 1,400 870 Lake Eyre Australia
103. Sutlej 1,372 852 Chenab China, India, Pakistan
104. Yamuna 1,370 851 Ganges India
105. Vyatka 1,370 851 Kama Russia
106. Fraser 1,368 850 220,000 3,475 Pacific Ocean Canada
107. Mtkvari (Kura) 1,364 848 Caspian Sea Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Iran
108. Grande 1,360 845 Paraná Brazil
109. Brazos 1,352 840 Gulf of Mexico United States
110. Cauca 1,350 839 Magdalena Colombia
111. Liao 1,345 836 Bo Hai P. R. China
112. Yalong 1,323 822 Yangtze P. R. China
113. Iguaçu 1,320 820 Paraná Brazil, Argentina
113. Olyokma 1,320 820 Lena Russia
115. Northern Dvina – Sukhona 1,302 809 357,052 3,332 White Sea Russia
116. Krishna 1,300 808 Bay of Bengal India
116. Iriri 1,300 808 Xingu Brazil
117. Narmada 1,289 801 Arabian Sea India
118. Lomami 1,280 795 Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
119. Ottawa 1,271 790 Saint Lawrence Canada
120. Zeya 1,242 772 Amur Russia
121. Juruena 1,240 771 Tapajós Brazil
122. Upper Mississippi 1,236 768 Mississippi United States
123. Rhine 1,233 768 198,735 2,330 North Sea Germany, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy (minimal), Belgium, Luxembourg
124. Athabasca 1,231 765 95,300 Mackenzie Canada
124. Elbe–Vltava 1,252 778 148,268 711 North Sea Germany, Czech Republic
126. Canadian 1,223 760 Arkansas United States
127. North Saskatchewan 1,220 758 Saskatchewan Canada
128. Draa 1,218 994 Atlantic Ocean Morocco
129. Vaal 1,210 752 Orange South Africa
130. Shire 1,200 746 Zambezi Mozambique, Malawi
131. Nen
 1,190 739 Songhua P. R. China
132. Kızıl River 1,182 734 115,000 400 Black Sea Turkey
133. Green 1,175 730 Colorado (western U.S.) United States
134. Milk 1,173 729 Missouri United States, Canada
135. Chindwin 1,158 720 Ayeyarwady Myanmar
136. Sankuru 1,150 715 Kasai Democratic Republic of the Congo
137. Red (Asia) 1,149 714 143,700 2,640 Gulf of Tonkin China, Vietnam
138. James (Dakotas) 1,143 710 Missouri United States
139. Kapuas 1,143 710 South China Sea Indonesia
140. Desna 1,130 702 88,900 360 Dnieper Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
140. Helmand 1,130 702 Hamun-i-Helmand Afghanistan, Iran
140. Madre de Dios 1,130 702 125,000 4,915 Beni Peru, Bolivia
140. Tietê 1,130 702 Paraná Brazil
140. Vychegda 1,130 702 Northern Dvina Russia
145. Sepik 1,126 700 77,700 Pacific Ocean Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
146. Cimarron 1,123 698 Arkansas United States
147. Anadyr 1,120 696 Gulf of Anadyr Russia
147. Paraíba do Sul 1,120 696 Atlantic Ocean Brazil
149. Jialing River 1,119 695 Yangtze P. R. China
150. Liard 1,115 693 Mackenzie Canada
151. Cumberland 1,105 687 46,830 862 Mississippi United States
152. White 1,102 685 Mississippi United States
153. Huallaga 1,100 684 Marañón Peru
153. Kwango 1,100 684 263,500 2,700 Kasai Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
155. Gambia 1,094 680 Atlantic Ocean The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea
156. Chenab 1,086 675 Indus India, Pakistan
157. Yellowstone 1,080 671 114,260 Missouri United States
158. Huai River 1,078 670 270,000 1,110 none China
159. Aras 1,072 665 102,000 285 Kura Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran
160. Chu River 1,067 663 62,500 none Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
161. Seversky Donets 1,078 (1,053) 670 (654) Don Russia, Ukraine
162. Bermejo 1,050 652 Paraguay Argentina, Bolivia
162. Fly 1,050 652 Gulf of Papua Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
162. Guaviare 1,050 652 Orinoco Colombia
162. Kuskokwim 1,050 652 Bering Sea United States
166. Tennessee 1,049 652 Ohio United States
167. Vistula 1,047 630 194,424 1,080 Baltic Sea Poland
168. Aruwimi 1,030 640 Congo River Democratic Republic of the Congo
169. Daugava 1,020 634 87,900 678 Gulf of Riga Latvia, Belarus, Russia
170. Gila 1,015 631 Colorado (western U.S.) United States
171. Loire 1,012 629 115,271 840 Atlantic Ocean France
172. Essequibo 1,010 628 Atlantic Ocean Guyana
173. Khoper 1,010 628 Don Russia
174. Tagus
 1,006 625 80,100 Atlantic Ocean Spain, Portugal

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