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An informational catalog, or several catalogs, about River.

This is a list of the longest rivers on the Earth. The data should be considered as approximate and informative, since it is difficult to precisely measure rivers' lengths and drainage areas, while the discharges vary considerably in time.

River Length (km) Drainage area (km²) Average discharge at mouth (m³/s) Source Outflow Continent Countries
1. Amazon 6,520 7,180,000 180,000 inter-Andean plateau Atlantic Ocean South America Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela
2. Nile 6,480 2,880,000 1,600 Great Lakes region of central Africa (White Nile); Lake Tana, Ethiopia (Blue Nile) Mediterranean Sea Africa Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Egypt
3. Yangtze 6,300 1,970,000 35,000 Qinghai Province, China East China Sea Asia China
4. Mississippi - Missouri 6,020 3,220,000 17,545 Lake Itasca, Minnesota (Mississippi); Brower's Spring, Montana, United States (Missouri) Gulf of Mexico North America United States
5. Ob - Irtysh 5,570 2,975,000 12,600 Gulf of Ob Asia Russia
6. Yenisei 5,550 2,605,000 19,600 Kara Sea Asia
7. Yellow River 4,850 745,000 1,365 Gyaring Lake and Ngoring Lake, Qinghai Province, China Bohai Sea Asia China
8. Congo 4,700 3,822,000 42,000 Lake Tanganyika, Lake Mweru Atlantic Ocean Africa
9. Amur 4,510 1,855,000 12,500 Sea of Okhotsk Asia Mongolia, Russia, China
10. Río de la Plata 4,700 2,650,000 19,500 Atlantic ocean South America Argentina, Uruguay
11. Lena 4,270 2,490 16,400 Baikal Mountains Laptev Sea Asia Russia
12. Mackenzie 4,250 North America
13. Niger 4,030 Africa
14. Mekong Asia
15. Saint Lawrence 3,100 North America Canada, United States
16. Volga 3,690 Europe Russia
17. Murray - Darling 3,370 Australia Australia
18. Yukon 3,185 North America
19. Zambezi 2,660
20. Orinoco 2,500 Sout America
21. São Francisco 2,900 South America
22. Rio Grande 2,870 North America
23. Indus Asia
24. Euphrates - Tigris Asia
25. Danube 2,860 805,000 6,450 Black Forest, Germany Black Sea Europe Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine
26. Salween Asia
27. Brahmaputra Asia
28. Nelson North America
29. Ganges 2,510 Asia
30. Amu Darya Asia
31. Ural 2,534 220,000 350 Caspian Sea Asia Russia, Kazakhstan
32. Kolyma Asia
33. Colorado North America
34. Dnieper Europe
35. Olenek Asia
36. Orange
37. Tarim - Khotan Asia
38. Columbia North America


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