Saturday, 20 June 2009

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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