Top 10 Longest Rivers In The World

by Danielle Steel · March 15, 2015

1: Nile River

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Nile is 1^st longest river in the world, It is 6853KM long.

Nile is a international river and its water shared by different countries like Egypt, South Sudan, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Congo Kinshasa, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda & Tanzania.

Nile has 2 major tributaries Blue Nile & White Nile, Blue Nile is source of fertile soil and most of the water and White Nile is considered to be primary stream & headwaters of the Nile.

2: Amazon River

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This River is 2^nd longest river on the earth and its length is 6437KM.

And the width of river is 1.6 & 10KM at low stages but in wet seasons it expand to 48KM and main stem of river I mean mouth of river is 80KM because of vast dimensions and sometime it look like River Sea.

According to a recent survey total volume of water discharging from the river is almost 5691 Cubic Kilometers a year.

3: Yangtze River

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This river is 3^rd longest river on the earth and its length is 6300KM and its Basin is 1808500KM and it’s also Asia’s longest river and also known as Chang Jiang in China.

4: Mississippi River

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This river is 4^th longest river on the earth and its length is 3734KM & its Basin is 2981076KM.

It drains 2 Canadian provinces Appalachian Mountains and Rocky and 31 states of America.

This ranks world’s 10^th largest & 4^th longest river on the earth.

And river passed through Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Lowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

5: Yenisei River

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This river is 5^th longest river on the earth and also known as Yenisey.

Its length is 5539KM and Basin is 2580000KM.

This is river system is largest system and also central of the 3 Biggest Siberian rivers that flows into the Arctic Ocean.

Maximum depth of river is 24 Meters & average depth is 14 Meters.

6: Yellow River

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This river is 6^th longest river on the earth and 3^rd longest in Asia and also known as Huang He.

Its length is 5464KM and Basin 752000KM.

It flows through 9 province of China like Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu, Sichuan and Qinghai.

7: Ob River

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This river is 7^th longest river on the earth and also known as Obi River.

It is a major river in Western Siberia.

Ob rivers length is 3650Km and Basin is 2972497KM.

And it flows through 5 regions of Russia like Yamalia, Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tomsk Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast and Altai Krai.

Ob River mostly used for Fishing, Hydro electrical Energy, irrigation and drinking water.

8: Parana River

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This river is 8^th longest on the earth also known as Rio Parana.

And it’s running through South America, Argentina, Paraguay & Brazil.

Its length is 4880KM and Basin is 2582672KM.

And it flows through 3 countries and of 2 provinces of two regions Mesopotamia and Argentina.

9: Congo River

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This river is 9^th longest river on the earth also known as Zaire River.

It’s located in Africa and it’s the deepest river by a recent survey and its depth of 220Meters and its length is 4700KM and Basin is 4014500KM.

It flows through 9 different countries like Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Congo Kinshasa, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Burundi & Angola.

10: Amur River