TOP 20 LONGEST RIVERS IN THE WORLD

20. Shatt al-Arab River
Iraq (60.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Syria (14.7%)
Shatt al-Arab River is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia.
length -3,596

19. Indus River
Pakistan (93%), India and China
It flows through the Ngari Prefecture in Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The capital city of Ngari, Shiquanhe, is also called Sênggêzangbo after the river.
Length - 3,610

18. Volga River
Russia
The river flows through Central Russia and into the Caspian Sea, and is widely regarded as the national river of Russia.
Length - 3,645

17. Tocantins River
Brazil
The Tocantins River is a river in Brazil, the central fluvial artery of the country.
Length-3,650

16. Murray River
Australia
The Condamine River, part of the Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia.
Length- 3,672




15. Brahmaputra River
India (58.0%), China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
The Brahmaputra, called Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, Siang/Dihang River in Arunachal Pradesh and Luit, Dilao in Assam, is a trans-boundary river which flows through China, India and Bangladesh.
Length - 3,848

14. Niger River
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
The Niger River is the principal river of West Africa.
Length- 4,200

13. Mackenzie River
Canada
It is the longest river system in Canada, and includes the second largest drainage basin of any North American river after the Mississippi.
Length- 4,241

12. Mekong River
China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
The Mekong, or Mekong River, is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
Length-4,350

11.Lena River
Russia
The Lena is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean.
Length-4,400
10. Amur River
Russia, China, Mongolia
The Argun marks the border (established by the Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689) between Russia and China for about 944 kilometres (587 mi), until it meets the Amur.
Length- 4,444

9. Congo River
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
The Congo River, formerly known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile,

8. Río de la Plata River
Brazil (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%)
It is second in length only to the Amazon River among South American rivers.
Length- 4,880

7. Ob River
Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
It forms at the confluence of the rivers Biya and Katun which have their origins in the Altay Mountains.
Length-5,410


6.Yellow River
China
The Yellow River or Huang He is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River
Length- 5,464

5. Yenisei River

Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
Rising in Mungaragiyn-gol in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course before draining into the Yenisey Gulf in the Kara Sea.
Length- 5,539

4. Mississippi River
United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
The creek flows from Brower's Spring, which is considered the ultimate source of the Missouri River.
Length- 6,275

3. Yangtze River
China
It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains and flows 6,300 km in a generally easterly direction to the East China Sea.
Length- 6,418

2. Amazon River
Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and by most accepted definitions it is the second longest river in the world, after the Nile River.
Length- 6,992



1. Nile River
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is the longest river in Africa and the disputed longest river in the world, as the Brazilian government says that the Amazon River is longer than the Nile.

Length -7,088

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