Principal Rivers Of The World

Principal Rivers of the World

River Source Outflow Length (km) Nile Tributaries of Lake Victoria, Africa Mediterranean Sea 6,690 Amazon Glacier-fed lakes, Peru Atlantic Ocean 6,296 Mississippi-Missouri- Red Rock Source of Red Rock, Montana Gulf of Mexico 6,240 Yangtze Kiang Tibetan Plateau, China China Sea 5,797 Amur-Argun Khingan Mts., China Tatar Strait 5,780 Ob Altai Mts., CIS Gulf of Ob 5,567 Yellow (Huang Ho) Eastern part of the Kunlan Mts., west China Gulf of Chihli 4,667 Yenisei Tannu-Ola Mts., western Tuva, CIS Arctic Ocean 4,506 Parana Conference of Paranaiba and Grande Rivers Rio de la Plata 4,498 Irtish Altai Mts., CIS Ob River 4,434 Congo Confluence of Lualaba and Luapula rivers, Zaire Atlantic Ocean 4,371 Amur Confluence of Shilka (CIS) and Argun (Manchuria) rivers Tatar Strait 4,352 Lena Baikal Mts., CIS Arctic Ocean 4,268 Mackenzie Head of Finlay river, British Colombia, Canada Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean) 4,241 Niger Guinea Gulf of Guinea 4,184 Mekong Tibetan highlands South China Sea 4,023 Mississippi Lake Itasca, Minnesota Gulf of Mexico 3,779 Missouri Confluence of Jefferson, Gallatin and Madison rivers, Montana Mississippi River 3,726 Volga Valdai Plateau, CIS Caspian Sea 3,687 Madeira Confluence of Beni and Maumore rivers, Bolivia-Brazil boundary Amazon River 3,238 Purus Peruvian Andes Amazon River 3,238 San Francisco Southwest Minas Gerais, Brazil Atlantic Ocean 3,198 Yukon Junction of Lewes and Pelly rivers, Yukon Territory, Canada Bering Sea 3,185 St. Lawrence Lake Ontario Gulf of St. Lawrence 3,058 Rio Grande San Juan Mrs. Colorado Gulf of Mexico 3,034 Tunguska (Lower) North of Lake Baikal, Russia Yenesei River 2,995 Brahmaputra Himalayas Ganges River 2,897 Indus Himalayas Arabian Sea 2,897 Danube Black Forest, Germany Black Sea 2,842 Euphrates Confluence of Murat Nehri and Kara Sun rivers, Turkey Shatt-al-Arab 2,799 Darling Central part of Eastern Highlands, Australia Murray River 2,736 Zambezi 11? 21’S, 24? E, Zambia Mozambique Channel 2,736 Tocantins Goias, Brazil Para River 2,699 Murray Australian Alps, New South Wales Indian Ocean 2,589 Nelson Head of Bow River, western Alberta, Canada Hudson Bay 2,575 Paraguay Mato Grosso Plateau, Brazil Parana River 2,549 Ural South Ural Mts., CIS Caspian Sea 2,533 Ganges Himalayas Bay of Bengal 2,506 Amu Darya (Oxus) Nicolas Range, Pamir Mts. Aral Sea 2,414 Japura Andes Colombia Amazon River 2,414 Salween Tibet, South of Kunlun Mts Gulf of Martaban 2,414 Arkansas Central Colorado Mississippi River 2,348 Colorado Grand Country, Colorado Gulf of California 2,333 Dnieper Valdai Hills, CIS Black Sea 2,284 Syr Darya Tien Shah, China / Kyrgyzstan Aral Sea 2,206 Ohio-Allegheny Potter Country, Pennsylvania Mississippi River 2,102 Irrawaddy Confluence of Nmai and Mali rivers, northeast Myanmar Bay of Bengal 2,092 Orange Lesotho Atlantic Ocean 2,092 Orinoco Serra Parima Mts., Venezuela Atlantic Ocean 2,062 Pilcomayo Andes Mts., Bolivia Paraguay River 1,999 Xi Jiang (Si Kiang) Eastern Yunnan Province, China China Sea 1,989 Columbia Columbia Lake, British Columbia, Canada Pacific Ocean 1,968 Don Tula, RSFSR, CIS Sea of Azov 1,968 Sungari China-North Korea boundary Amur River 1,955 Saskatchewan Canadian Rockey Mts. Lake Winnipeg 1,939 Peace Stikine Mts., British Columbia, Canada Great Slave River 1,923 Tigris Taurus Mts. Turkey Shatt-al-Arab 1,899 Rhine Confluence of Hinterrhein and Vorderrhein rivers, Switzerland North Sea 1,320

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