Longest Rivers Of The World

  The longest Rivers of the World

The River Nile is the longest river in the world. It measures 6,695 kilometres from its source in Burundi, along the White Nile, to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea. Officially, the shortesr river is the D River, Oregan, USA, which is just 37 metres long.

The biggest river in the world, measured by the amount of water that flows down it, is the Amazon. On average 120,000 cubic metres (about 20 swimming pools' worth) of water flows out of its mouth every second.

The longest river of Europe is the River Volga. It flows primarily in a southerly direction through Russia into the Caspian Sea. The second longest is the Danube, flows west to east before entering the Black Sea.

The longest Rivers of the World River Name Location Length (miles approx) Length (km approx) Drainage Area (sq miles) Flow at mouth (cubic m per second) Nile Africa 4,160 6,695 1,170,000 1,584 Amazon South America 4,000 6,400 2,270,000 180,000 Yangtze Asia (China) 3,900 6,240 698,000 35,000 Mississippi USA 3,870 6,192 1,247,000 17,545 Ob Asia (Russia) 3,459 5,534 1,154,000 12,600 Yenisei/ Angara Asia (Russia) 3,440 5,504 996,000 19,600 Yellow River Asia (China) 3,440 5,504 290,000 1,365 Congo Africa (Zaire) 2,900 4,640 1,440,000 42,000 Amur Asia 2,800 4,480 730,000 12,500 Parana Uruguay 2,795 4,472 1,197,000 19,500 Lena Asia (Russia) 2,700 4,320 961,000 16,400 Mackenzie North America 2,640 4,224 697,000 7,500 Niger Africa 2,600 4,160 850,000 5,700 Mekong Asia 2,500 4,000 750,000 15,900 Volga Europe 2,300 3,680 533,000 8,000 Murray-Darling Australia 2,300 3,680 410,000 391 Rio-Grande USA 1,885 3,016 310,000 82

Nile River


Amazon River


congo River