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Top Ten The Longest Rivers in the World

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Here is the worlds longest rivers based on length



1 Nile River

The Nile passes through Cairo, Egypt's capital city
The Nile passes through Cairo, Egypt's capital city

Nile River

Length 6,693 km

  • The Nile is the longest river in the world and  major river in Africa.
  • The Nile river flows almost entirely through desert,from into Egypt.
  • The Nile river has two major tributaries,the White Nile and Blue Nile.



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2 Amazon River

Meeting of Waters is the confluence of the Rio Negro (black) and the Rio Solimões (sandy) near Manaus, Brazil.
Meeting of Waters is the confluence of the Rio Negro (black) and the Rio Solimões (sandy) near Manaus, Brazil.

Length 6,436 km

  • The Amazon river is the second longest river in the world.
  • the Amazon river of South America is the largest river in the world by volume, with total Amazon river flow greater than the next eight largest rivers combined.
  • The Amazon river,which has the largest drainage basin in the world, acounts for apporximately on fifith of the worlds total river flow.


3 Yangtze River

The first turn of the Yangtze at Shigu , Yunnan Province, where the river turns 180 degrees from south- to north-bound.
The first turn of the Yangtze at Shigu , Yunnan Province, where the river turns 180 degrees from south- to north-bound.

Length 5,463 km

  • The Yangtze River is also called Chang Jiang River.Yangtze river is the longest riverin in Asia.It is located in China and also third longest river in the world.
  • The Yangtze River flows from its source in Qinghai Province,eastwards into the East China Sea at Shanghai.


4 Huang He River

The Yellow River, near Xunhua, in Eastern Qinghai. Note the yellowish water, caused by loess.
The Yellow River, near Xunhua, in Eastern Qinghai. Note the yellowish water, caused by loess.

Length 5,463 km

  • The Huang He also called Yellow river and Hwang Ho river is the fourth longest river in the world and second longest river in China.
  • Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine province of China and empties into the Bohai Sea.


5 Ob-Irtysh River

Irtysh at Cherlak, between the Kazakh-Russian border and Omsk
Irtysh at Cherlak, between the Kazakh-Russian border and Omsk

Length 5,410 km

  • The Ob-Irtysh river from a major basin in Asia,encompassing most of Western Siberia and the Altay Mountains.
  • Origin Altay Mountains
  • Mouth Ob River
  • Basin countries Russia,Kazakhstan,China,Mongolia


6 Amur River

Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur used to be the longest in Imperial Russia and Eurasia.
Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur used to be the longest in Imperial Russia and Eurasia.

Length 4,415 km

  • The Amur River or Heilong river is the worlds sixth longest river in the world,the border betwen the Russian Far East and Northeastern China.
  • Countries Russia, China
  • Mouth Pacific Ocean

7 Lena River

The Lena River in the winter
The Lena River in the winter

Length 4,399 km

  • The Lena river is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic ocean.
  • It is the seventh longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed.
  • Country Russia
  • Source Baikal Mountains,Irkutsk Oblast,Russia


8 Congo River

The Congo river at Matadi
The Congo river at Matadi

Length 4,241 km

  • The Congo River it the largest river in Western Central Africa and second longest river  in Africa
  • Mouth Atlantic Ocean
  • Basin countries Democratic Republic of the Congo,Central African Republic,Republic of Congo,Angola,Zambia,Tanzania,Burundi,Rwanda.


9 Mackenzie River


Length 4,241 km

The Mackenzie River originates in Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories, and flows north into the Arctic Ocean.it is longest river in Canada and 9th longest river in the world.

countries Canada,Northwest Territiries

Siurce Grat Slave Lake, Northwest Territories,Canada

Mouth Mackenzie Delta

10 Mekong River

View of the Mekong before sunset.
View of the Mekong before sunset.

Length 4,183 km

  • The Mekong River is one of the world's major rivers.it is the 10th longest river in the world and seventh longest river in Asia.
  • Countries China,Burma,Thailand,Laos,Cambodia,Vietnam
  • Mouth Mekong Delta




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ftgfmom  says:
3 months ago

These pictures are absolutely beautiful.

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Gypsy Willow  says:
3 months ago

That is so enlightening! I hadn't heard of most of them. Thank you for the education!

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gwennies pen  says:
3 months ago

Great pictures, beautiful nature! Thanks for sharing them with us.:)

freeworking  says:
2 months ago

good pics

diamond  says:
2 months ago

those pictures are pretty..i would love 2 go see all of these rivers one day..thank you for helping me find the top ten rivers..and for educating me..

Lenny  says:
2 months ago

Thanks I had a homework about it and thanks to this I did it!!!

thx for the help   says:
2 months ago

this is going to get me an a i hope

Hamza Ghurki  says:
6 weeks ago

awesome pic and beautiful knowledge.

jeff hardy123  says:
6 weeks ago

Super nice pics :)

unit  says:
4 weeks ago

very nice and good view, it look relax

chain lyer  says:
3 weeks ago

this here my friend is a good tip for some rivers even if i didnt know the others

jesskkaaa(:  says:
3 weeks ago

pics are awesome. ive seen the Nile wish i could see the others. thanx for all the help(:

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