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 Names | Length (km) | Outflow | Countries 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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