Dec 5, 2010

LONGEST RIVERS IN THE WORLD

Longest Rivers in the World

Sl.No.

NAME OF THE RIVER

LENGTH in MILES

COUNTRY

1 Nile

4,135 miles

 

North/East Africa
2 Amazon 3,980 miles South America
3 Chang Jiang (Yangtze) 3,917 miles China
4 Mississippi-Missouri 3,870 miles USA
5 Yenisei

3,434 miles

Russia
6 Huang He

3,395 miles

 

China

7 Ob-Irtysh 3,354 miles

Russia

8 Congo 2,914 miles Central Africa
9

Amur

2,744 miles

Northeast Asia

10 Lena 2,734 miles

Russia

11

Mackenzie

2,635 miles Canada
12

Mekong

2,600 miles

Southeast Asia
13 Niger

2,590 miles

 

Africa

14

Parana

2,485 miles

South America
15 Volga 2,266 miles

Russia

16

Shatt al-Arab-Euphrates

2,236 miles Asia
17

Purus

2,100 miles

Brazil

18 Murray-Darling

2,094 miles

Australia

19

Madeira

2,013 miles

Brazil

20

Yukon

1,980 miles Alaska/Canada
21

Indus

1,976 miles

 

Alaska/Canada
22 Sao Francisco

1,988 miles

Brazil

23

Syr Darya - Naryn

1,913 miles Russia
24

Salween

1,901 miles China
25

Rio Grande

1,900 miles

North America

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