Top 10 Longest Rivers in the World 2011
There has long been disagreement as to whether the Amazon or the Nile is the world’s longest river. The length of a river is hard to calculate. It depends on the identification of the source, the identification of the mouth, and the precise measurement of the river length between source and mouth.As a result, the length measurements of many rivers are only approximations.
Here I have compiled some of the longest river in the world. I hope you will like it.
Nile
The longest river in the world, the river Nile, starts at the Tributaries of Lake Victoria, Africa and runs into the Mediterranean Sea. It is 4180 miles long.
Amazon
The Amazon River starts in Glacier-fed lakes, Peru and ends in the Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 3912 miles long.
Mississippi
The Mississippi river’s source begins at the Source of Red Rock, Montana and ends in the Gulf of Mexico. It is 3710 miles long.
Yangtze
The Chang Jiang or Yangtze River begins at the Tibetan plateau, China and leads to the China Sea. It is 3602 miles long.
Ob
The river Ob starts at the Altai Mountains, Russia and ends at the Gulf of Ob. It is 3459 miles long.
Huang He
The Huang He or Yellow river, one of the longest rivers in the world, begins its journey in the Eastern part of the Kunlan Mountains, West China and ends in the Gulf of Chihli. It is about 2900 miles long.
Yenisei
The Yenisei River begins in the Tannu-Ola Mountains, western Tuva, Russia eventually running to the Arctic Ocean. It is about 2800 miles long.
Parana
The Parana River in Argentina starts its journey from the Confluence of Paranaiba and Grande rivers and terminates at the Río de la Plata. It is 2795 miles long.
Irtish
The Irtish River’s source lies in the Altai Mountains, Russia and joins the Ob River over 2,700 miles away. Irtish River is about 2758 miles long.
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