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imported>Igor Grešovnik (New page: This is a list of the longest rivers on the Earth. {| class="wikitable sortable" ! !River !Length (km) !Drainage area (km²) !Average discharge at mouth (m³/s) !Source !Outf...) |
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[http://www.rev.net/~aloe/river/ River systems of the | *[http://www.rev.net/~aloe/river/ River systems of the World] | ||
*[http://www.extremescience.com/AmazonRiver.htm How Great is the Amazon River?] | |||
*[http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/riversofworld.html Lengths of the major rivers] | |||
*[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/070619-amazon-river.html Amazon Longer Than Nile River, Scientists Say] |
Revision as of 16:58, 17 January 2008
This is a list of the longest rivers on the Earth.
River | Length (km) | Drainage area (km²) | Average discharge at mouth (m³/s) | Source | Outflow | Continent | Countries | |
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1. | Amazone | 6,520 | 7,180,000 | 180,000 | South America | |||
2. | Nile | 6,480 | 2,880,000 | 1,600 | Africa | |||
3. | Yangtze | 5,800 | 1,970,000 | 35,000 | Asia | |||
4. | Mississippi - Missouri | 6,020 | 3,220,000 | 17,545 | North America | |||
5. | Ob | 5,570 | 2,975,000 | 12,600 | Asia | |||
6. | Yenisei | 5,550 | 2,605,000 | 19,600 | ||||
7. | Yellow | 4,850 | 745,000 | 1,365 | Asia | China | ||
8. | Congo | 4,700 | 3,822,000 | 42,000 | ||||
9. | Amur | 4,510 | 1,855,000 | 12,500 | ||||
10. | Río de la Plata | 4,700 | 2,650,000 | 19,500 | South America | |||
11. | Lena | 4,270 | 2,490 | 16,400 | Asia |