Longest Rivers in The World

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Longest Rivers in The World

About 70% of Earth surface is covered with water and is found in rivers, lakes, streams and oceans. Here, we are giving, the list of Major Rivers of the World which is very useful for the competitive examinations like UPSC-prelims, SSC, State Services, NDA, CDS, and Railways etc.

Do you know which is the longest river in the world? The River Nile is the longest river that is 7088 kilometres in length. It empties into the Mediterranean Sea and crosses both the Equator and Tropic Of Cancer.

Longest Rivers of the World
S.No.River NamesLength (km)OutflowCountries Sharing Drainage Basin
1. Nile– White-Nile –Kagera –Nyabarongo –Mwogo –Rukarara 7,088 Mediterranean Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
2. Amazon–Ucayali–Tambo–Ene–Mantaro 6,992 Atlantic Ocean Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
3. Yangtze

(Chang Jiang; Long River)

6,418 East China Sea China
4. Mississippi–Missouri–Jefferson–Beaverhead–Red Rock–Hell Roaring 6,275 Gulf of Mexico United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
5. Yenisei–Angara–Selenge–Ider 5,539 Kara Sea Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
6. Yellow River

(Huang He)

5,464 Bohai Sea China
7. Ob–Irtysh 5,410 Gulf of Ob Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
8. Río de la Plata–Paraná–Rio Grande 4,880 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 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 Sea of Okhotsk Russia, China, Mongolia
11. Lena 4,400 Laptev Sea Russia
12. Mekong

(Lancang Jiang)

4,350 South China Sea China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
13. Mackenzie–Slave–Peace–Finlay 4,241 Beaufort Sea Canada
14. Niger 4,200 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–Tsangpo 3,848 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 Southern Ocean Australia
17. Tocantins–Araguaia 3,650 Atlantic Ocean, Amazon Brazil
18. Volga 3,645 Caspian Sea Russia
19. Indus–Sênggê Zangbo 3,610 Arabian Sea Pakistan (93%), India and China
20. Shatt al-Arab–Euphrates–Murat 3,596 Persian Gulf Iraq (60.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Syria (14.7%)
21. Madeira–Mamoré–Grande–Caine–Rocha 3,380 Amazon Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
22. Purús 3,211 Amazon Brazil, Peru
23. Yukon 3,185 Bering Sea United States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
24. São Francisco 3,180 Atlantic Ocean Brazil
25. Syr Darya–Naryn 3,078 Aral Sea Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
26. Salween

(Nu Jiang)

3,060 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 Gulf of Saint Lawrence Canada (52.1%), United States (47.9%)
28. Rio Grande 3,057 Gulf of Mexico United States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%)
29. Lower Tunguska 2,989 Yenisei Russia
30. Danube–Breg (Donau, Dunăre, Duna, Dunav, Dunaj) 2,888 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 2,727 Andaman Sea China, Myanmar
32. Zambezi

(Zambesi)

2,693 Mozambique Channel Zambia (41.6%), Angola (18.4%), Zimbabwe (15.6%), Mozambique (11.8%), Malawi (8.0%), Tanzania (2.0%), Namibia, Botswana
33. Vilyuy 2,650 Lena Russia
34. Araguaia 2,627 Tocantins Brazil
35. Ganges–Hooghly–Padma (Ganga) 2,620 Bay of Bengal India, Bangladesh, Nepal
36. Amu Darya–Panj 2,620 Aral Sea Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
37. Japurá (Rio Yapurá) 2,615 Amazon Brazil, Colombia
38. Nelson–Saskatchewan 2,570 Hudson Bay Canada, United States
39. Paraguay (Río-Paraguay) 2,549 Paraná Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
40. Kolyma 2,513 East Siberian Sea Russia
41. Pilcomayo 2,500 Paraguay Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
42. Upper Ob–Katun 2,490 Ob Russia
43. Ishim 2,450 Irtysh Kazakhstan, Russia
44. Juruá 2,410 Amazon Peru, Brazil
45. Ural 2,428 Caspian Sea Russia, Kazakhstan
46. Arkansas 2,348 Mississippi United States
47. Colorado (western U.S.) 2,333 Gulf of California United States, Mexico
48. Olenyok 2,292 Laptev Sea Russia
49. Dnieper 2,287 Black Sea Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
50. Aldan 2,273 Lena Russia

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