List of rivers by length
List of rivers longer than 1000 km
One should take the aforementioned discussion into account when using the data in the following table. For most rivers, different sources provide conflicting information on the length of a river system.

List of rivers by length

Section Title: List of rivers longer than 1000 km
Table Section Text: One should take the aforementioned discussion into account when using the data in the following table. For most rivers, different sources provide conflicting information on the length of a river system.

River	Length (km)	Length (miles)	Drainage area (km²)	Average discharge (m³/s)	Outflow	Countries in the drainage basin

1.	Nile–White Nile–Kagera–Nyabarongo–Mwogo–Rukarara	6,650 (7,088)	4,132 (4,404)	3,254,555	2,800	Mediterranean	Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan

2.	Amazon–Ucayali–Tambo–Ene–Mantaro	6,400 (6,992)	3,976 (4,345)	7,050,000	209,000	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana

3.	Yangtze (Chang Jiang; Long River)	6,300 (6,418)	3,917 (3,988)	1,800,000	31,900	East China Sea	China

4.	Mississippi–Missouri–Jefferson–Beaverhead–Red Rock–Hell Roaring	6,275	3,902	2,980,000	16,200	Gulf of Mexico	United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)

5.	Yenisei–Angara–Selenge–Ider	5,539	3,445	2,580,000	19,600	Kara Sea	Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)

6.	Yellow River (Huang He)	5,464	3,395	745,000	2,110	Bohai Sea	China

7.	Ob–Irtysh	5,410	3,364	2,990,000	12,800	Gulf of Ob	Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia

8.	Río de la Plata–Paraná–Rio Grande	4,880	3,030	2,582,672	18,000	Río de la Plata	Brazil (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%)

9.	Congo–Chambeshi (Zaïre)	4,700	2,922	3,680,000	41,800	Atlantic Ocean	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda

10.	Amur–Argun–Kherlen (Heilong Jiang)	4,444	2,763	1,855,000	11,400	Sea of Okhotsk	Russia, China, Mongolia

11.	Lena	4,400	2,736	2,490,000	17,100	Laptev Sea	Russia

12.	Mekong (Lancang Jiang)	4,350	2,705	810,000	16,000	South China Sea	China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

13.	Mackenzie–Slave–Peace–Finlay	4,241	2,637	1,790,000	10,300	Beaufort Sea	Canada

14.	Niger	4,200	2,611	2,090,000	9,570	Gulf of Guinea	Nigeria (26.6%), Mali (25.6%), Niger (23.6%), Algeria (7.6%), Guinea (4.5%), Cameroon (4.2%), Burkina Faso (3.9%), Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Chad

15.	Brahmaputra–Tsangpo	3,848	2,391	712,035	19,800	Ganges	India (58.0%), China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)

16.	Murray–Darling–Culgoa–Balonne–Condamine	3,672	2,282	1,061,000	767	Southern Ocean	Australia

17.	Tocantins–Araguaia	3,650	2,270	950,000	13,598	Atlantic Ocean, Amazon	Brazil

18.	Volga	3,645	2,266	1,380,000	8,080	Caspian Sea	Russia

19.	Indus–Sênggê Zangbo	3,610	2,250	960,000	7,160	Arabian Sea	Pakistan (93%), India, China, Kashmir (Disputed region between Pakistan, India and China)

20.	Shatt al-Arab–Euphrates–Murat	3,596	2,236	884,000	856	Persian Gulf	Iraq (60.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Syria (14.7%)

21.	Madeira–Mamoré–Grande–Caine–Rocha	3,380	2,100	1,485,200	31,200	Amazon	Brazil, Bolivia, Peru

22.	Purús	3,211	1,995	63,166	8,400	Amazon	Brazil, Peru

23.	Yukon	3,185	1,980	850,000	6,210	Bering Sea	United States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)

24.	São Francisco	3,180* (2,900)	1,976* (1,802)	610,000	3,300	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil

25.	Syr Darya–Naryn	3,078	1,913	219,000	703	Aral Sea	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan

26.	Salween (Nu Jiang)	3,060	1,901	324,000	3,153	Andaman Sea	China (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand (3.7%)

27.	Saint Lawrence–Niagara–Detroit–Saint Clair–Saint Marys–Saint Louis–North (Great Lakes)	3,058	1,900	1,030,000	10,100	Gulf of Saint Lawrence	Canada (52.1%), United States (47.9%)

28.	Rio Grande	3,057	1,900	570,000	82	Gulf of Mexico	United States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%)

29.	Lower Tunguska	2,989	1,857	473,000	3,600	Yenisei	Russia

30.	Danube–Breg (Donau, Dunăre, Duna, Dunav, Dunaj)	2,888*	1,795*	817,000	7,130	Black Sea	Romania (28.9%), Hungary (11.7%), Austria (10.3%), Serbia (10.3%), Germany (7.5%), Slovakia (5.8%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Croatia (4.5%),

31.	Zambezi (Zambesi)	2,693*	1,673*	1,330,000	4,880	Mozambique Channel	Zambia (41.6%), Angola (18.4%), Zimbabwe (15.6%), Mozambique (11.8%), Malawi (8.0%), Tanzania (2.0%), Namibia, Botswana

32.	Vilyuy	2,650	1,647	454,000	1,480	Lena	Russia

33.	Araguaia	2,627	1,632	358,125	5,510	Tocantins	Brazil

34.	Ganges–Hooghly–Padma (Ganga)	2,620	1,628	907,000	12,037	Bay of Bengal	India, Bangladesh, Nepal, China

35.	Amu Darya–Panj	2,620	1,628	534,739	1,400	Aral Sea	Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan

36.	Japurá (Rio Yapurá)	2,615*	1,625*	242,259	6,000	Amazon	Brazil, Colombia

37.	Nelson–Saskatchewan	2,570	1,597	1,093,000	2,575	Hudson Bay	Canada, United States

38.	Paraguay (Rio Paraguay)	2,549	1,584	900,000	4,300	Paraná	Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina

39.	Kolyma	2,513	1,562	644,000	3,800	East Siberian Sea	Russia

40.	Pilcomayo	2,500	1,553	270,000	Paraguay	Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia

41.	Upper Ob–Katun	2,490	1,547	Ob	Russia

42.	Ishim	2,450	1,522	177,000	56	Irtysh	Kazakhstan, Russia

43.	Juruá	2,410	1,498	200,000	6,000	Amazon	Peru, Brazil

44.	Ural	2,428	1,509	237,000	475	Caspian Sea	Russia, Kazakhstan

45.	Arkansas	2,348	1,459	505,000 (435,122)	1,066	Mississippi	United States

46.	Colorado (western U.S.)	2,333	1,450	390,000	1,200	Gulf of California	United States, Mexico

47.	Olenyok	2,292	1,424	219,000	1,210	Laptev Sea	Russia

48.	Dnieper	2,287	1,421	516,300	1,670	Black Sea	Russia, Belarus, Ukraine

49.	Aldan	2,273	1,412	729,000	5,060	Lena	Russia

50.	Ubangi–Uele	2,270	1,410	772,800	4,000	Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo

51.	Negro	2,250	1,398	720,114	26,700	Amazon	Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia

52.	Columbia	2,250 (1,953)	1,398 (1,214)	415,211	7,500	Pacific Ocean	United States, Canada

53.	Pearl–Zhu Jiang	2,200	1,376	437,000	13,600	South China Sea	China (98.5%), Vietnam (1.5%)

54.	Red (USA)	2,188	1,360	78,592	875	Mississippi	United States

55.	Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy)	2,170	1,348	411,000	13,000	Andaman Sea	Myanmar, China

56.	Kasai	2,153	1,338	880,200	10,000	Congo	Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo

57.	Ohio–Allegheny	2,102	1,306	490,603	7,957	Mississippi	United States

58.	Orinoco	2,101	1,306	1,380,000	33,000	Atlantic Ocean	Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana

59.	Tarim	2,100	1,305	557,000	Lop Nur	P. R. China

60.	Xingu	2,100	1,305	Amazon	Brazil

61.	Orange	2,092	1,300	Atlantic Ocean	South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho

62.	Northern Salado	2,010	1,249	Paraná	Argentina

63.	Vitim	1,978	1,229	Lena	Russia

64.	Tigris	1,950	1,212	Shatt al-Arab	Turkey, Iraq, Syria

65.	Songhua	1,927	1,197	Amur	P. R. China

66.	Tapajós	1,900	1,181	Amazon	Brazil

67.	Don	1,870	1,162	425,600	935	Sea of Azov	Russia, Ukraine

68.	Stony Tunguska	1,865	1,159	240,000	Yenisei	Russia

69.	Pechora	1,809	1,124	322,000	4,100	Barents Sea	Russia

70.	Kama	1,805	1,122	507,000	4,100	Volga	Russia

71.	Limpopo	1,800	1,118	413,000	Indian Ocean	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana

72.	Chulym	1,799	1,118	134,000	Ob	Russia

73.	Guaporé (Itenez)	1,749	1,087	Mamoré	Brazil, Bolivia

74.	Indigirka	1,726	1,072	360,400	1,810	East Siberian Sea	Russia

75.	Snake	1,670	1,038	279,719	1,611	Columbia	United States

76.	Senegal	1,641	1,020	419,659	Atlantic Ocean	Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania

77.	Uruguay	1,610	1,000	370,000	Atlantic Ocean	Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil

78.	Blue Nile	1,600	994	326,400	Nile	Ethiopia, Sudan

78.	Churchill	1,600	994	Hudson Bay	Canada

78.	Khatanga	1,600	994	Laptev Sea	Russia

78.	Okavango	1,600	994	Okavango Delta	Namibia, Angola, Botswana

78.	Volta	1,600	994	Gulf of Guinea	Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin

83.	Beni	1,599	994	283,350	8,900	Madeira	Bolivia

84.	Platte	1,594	990	Missouri	United States

85.	Tobol	1,591	989	Irtysh	Kazakhstan, Russia

86.	Jubba–Shebelle	1,580*	982*	Indian Ocean	Ethiopia, Somalia

87.	Içá (Putumayo)	1,575	979	Amazon	Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador

88.	Magdalena	1,550	963	263,858	9,000	Caribbean	Colombia

89.	Han	1,532	952	Yangtze	P. R. China

89.	Kura/Mt'k'vari	1,515	941	188,400	575	Caspian Sea	Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan

91.	Oka	1,500	932	245,000	1,258	Volga	Russia

91.	Upper Murray	1,500	932	Lower Murray	Australia

93.	Guaviare	1,497	930	Orinoco	Colombia

94.	Pecos	1,490	926	Rio Grande	United States

95.	Murrumbidgee River	1,485	923	84,917	120	Murray River	Australia

96.	Upper Yenisei–Little Yenisei (Kaa-Hem)	1,480	920	Yenisei	Russia, Mongolia

97.	Godavari	1,465	910	312,812	3,061	Bay of Bengal	India

98.	Colorado (Texas)	1,438	894	Gulf of Mexico	United States

98.	Río Grande (Guapay)	1,438	894	102,600	264	Ichilo	Bolivia

100.	Belaya	1,420	882	142,000	858	Kama	Russia

100.	Cooper–Barcoo	1,420	880	Lake Eyre	Australia

102.	Marañón	1,415	879	Amazon	Peru

103.	Dniester	1,411 (1,352)	877 (840)	72,100	310	Black Sea	Ukraine, Moldova

104.	Benue	1,400	870	Niger	Cameroon, Nigeria

104.	Ili (Yili)	1,400	870	Lake Balkhash	P. R. China, Kazakhstan

104.	Warburton–Georgina	1,400	870	365,000	Lake Eyre	Australia

107.	Sutlej	1,372	852	Chenab	China, India, Pakistan

108.	Yamuna	1,370	851	366,223	2,950	Ganges	India

109.	Vyatka	1,370	851	129,000	890	Kama	Russia

110.	Fraser	1,368	850	220,000	3,475	Pacific Ocean	Canada, United States

111.	Grande	1,360	845	Paraná	Brazil

113.	Brazos	1,352	840	Gulf of Mexico	United States

114.	Liao	1,345	836	Bohai Sea	P. R. China

115.	Lachlan River	1,338	831	84,700	49	Murrumbidgee River	Australia

116.	Yalong	1,323	822	Yangtze	P. R. China

117.	Iguaçu	1,320	820	Paraná	Brazil, Argentina

117.	Olyokma	1,320	820	Lena	Russia

119.	Northern Dvina–Sukhona	1,302	809	357,052	3,332	White Sea	Russia

120.	Krishna	1,300	808	Bay of Bengal	India

120.	Iriri	1,300	808	Xingu	Brazil

122.	Narmada	1,289	801	Arabian Sea	India

123.	Lomami	1,280	795	Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo

124.	Ottawa	1,271	790	146,300	1,950	Saint Lawrence	Canada

125.	Lerma–Rio Grande de Santiago	1,270	789	119,543	Pacific Ocean	Mexico

126.	Elbe–Vltava	1,252	778	148,268	711	North Sea	Germany, Czech Republic

127.	Zeya	1,242	772	Amur	Russia

128.	Juruena	1,240	771	Tapajós	Brazil

129.	Upper Mississippi	1,236	768	Mississippi	United States

130.	Rhine	1,233	768	185,000	2,330	North Sea	Germany (57.3%), Switzerland (15.1%), Netherlands (12.3%), France (12.2%), Luxembourg (1.4%), Austria (1.3%), Belgium (0.4%), Liechtenstein (0.1%), Italy (0.03%)

131.	Athabasca	1,231	765	95,300	Mackenzie	Canada

132.	Canadian	1,223	760	Arkansas	United States

133.	North Saskatchewan	1,220	758	Saskatchewan	Canada

134.	Vistula–Bug	1,213	754	194,424	1,080	Baltic Sea	Poland, Belarus, Ukraine

135.	Vaal	1,210	752	Orange	South Africa

136.	Shire	1,200	746	Zambezi	Mozambique, Malawi

136.	Ogooué (or Ogowe)	1,200	746	223,856	4,706	Atlantic Ocean	Gabon, Republic of the Congo

138.	Nen (Nonni)	1,190	739	Songhua	P. R. China

139.	Kızıl River	1,182	734	115,000	400	Black Sea	Turkey

140.	Green	1,175	730	Colorado (western U.S.)	United States

141.	Milk	1,173	729	Missouri	United States, Canada

142.	Chindwin	1,158	720	Ayeyarwady	Myanmar

143.	Sankuru	1,150	715	Kasai	Democratic Republic of the Congo

143.	Wu	1,150	715	80,300	1,108	Yangtze	China

145.	Red (Asia)	1,149	714	143,700	2,640	Gulf of Tonkin	China, Vietnam

146.	James (Dakotas)	1,143	710	Missouri	United States

146.	Kapuas	1,143	710	South China Sea	Indonesia

148.	Desna	1,130	702	88,900	360	Dnieper	Russia, Belarus, Ukraine

148.	Helmand	1,130	702	Hamun-i-Helmand	Afghanistan, Iran

148.	Madre de Dios	1,130	702	125,000	4,915	Beni	Peru, Bolivia

148.	Tietê	1,130	702	Paraná	Brazil

148.	Vychegda	1,130	702	121,000	1160	Northern Dvina	Russia

153.	Sepik	1,126	700	77,700	Pacific Ocean	Papua New Guinea, Indonesia

154.	Cimarron	1,123	698	Arkansas	United States

155.	Anadyr	1,120	696	Gulf of Anadyr	Russia

155.	Paraíba do Sul	1,120	696	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil

157.	Jialing River	1,119	695	Yangtze	P. R. China

158.	Liard	1,115	693	Mackenzie	Canada

159.	Cumberland	1,105	687	46,830	862	Mississippi	United States

160.	White	1,162	722	Mississippi	United States

161.	Huallaga	1,100	684	Marañón	Peru

161.	Kwango	1,100	684	263,500	2,700	Kasai	Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo

161.	Draa	1,100	684	Atlantic Ocean	Morocco

164.	Gambia	1,094	680	Atlantic Ocean	The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea

165.	Chenab	1,086	675	Indus	India, Pakistan

166.	Yellowstone	1,080	671	114,260	Missouri	United States

166.	Ghaghara	1,080	671	127,950	2,990	Ganges	India, Nepal, China

168.	Huai River	1,078	670	270,000	1,110	Yangtze	China

169.	Aras	1,072	665	102,000	285	Kura	Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran

170.	Chu River	1,067	663	62,500	none	Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan

171.	Seversky Donets	1,078 (1,053)	670 (654)	98,900	159	Don	Russia, Ukraine

172.	Bermejo	1,050	652	Paraguay	Argentina, Bolivia

172.	Fly	1,050	652	Gulf of Papua	Papua New Guinea, Indonesia

172.	Kuskokwim	1,050	652	Bering Sea	United States

175.	Tennessee	1,049	652	Ohio	United States

176.	Oder–Warta	1,045	649	118,861	550	Baltic Sea	Poland, Germany, Czech Republic

177.	Aruwimi	1,030	640	Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo

178.	Daugava	1,020	634	87,900	678	Gulf of Riga	Latvia, Belarus, Russia

179.	Gila	1,015	631	Colorado (western U.S.)	United States

180.	Loire	1,012	629	115,271	840	Atlantic Ocean	France

181.	Essequibo	1,010	628	Atlantic Ocean	Guyana

181.	Khoper	1,010	628	61,100	150	Don	Russia

183.	Tagus (Tajo/Tejo)	1,006	625	80,100	444	Atlantic Ocean	Spain, Portugal

184.	Flinders River	1,004	624	109,000	122	Gulf of Carpentaria	Australia

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The Missouri River is the fourth longest river system.

final_sentence: The Missouri River is the fourth longest river system.