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 | |
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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
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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
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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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