List of rivers by length

Table columns:
River
Length (km)
Length (miles)
Drainage area (km²) [citation needed]
Average discharge (m³/s) [citation needed]
Outflow
Countries in the drainage basin[citation needed]

Table rows:
cells: 1.0
Amazon–Ucayali–Tambo–Ene–Apurímac[n 1]
6,992 (6,400)
4,345 (3,976)
7,050,000
209,000
Atlantic Ocean
Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
cells: 2.0
Nile–Kagera[n 1]
6,853 (6,650)
4,258 (4,132)
3,254,555
2,800
Mediterranean
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
cells: 3.0
Yangtze (Chang Jiang; Long River)
6,300 (6,418)
3,917 (3,988)
1,800,000
31,900
East China Sea
China
cells: 4.0
Mississippi–Missouri–Jefferson
6,275
3,902
2,980,000
16,200
Gulf of Mexico
United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
cells: 5.0
Yenisei–Angara–Selenge
5,539
3,445
2,580,000
19,600
Kara Sea
Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
cells: 6.0
Yellow River (Huang He)
5,464
3,395
745,000
2,110
Bohai Sea
China
cells: 7.0
Ob–Irtysh
5,410
3,364
2,990,000
12,800
Gulf of Ob
Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
cells: 8.0
Paraná–Río de la Plata[8]
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%)
cells: 9.0
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
cells: 10.0
Amur–Argun (Heilong Jiang)
4,444
2,763
1,855,000
11,400
Sea of Okhotsk
Russia, China, Mongolia
cells: 11.0
Lena
4,400
2,736
2,490,000
17,100
Laptev Sea
Russia
cells: 12.0
Mekong (Lancang Jiang)
4,350
2,705
810,000
16,000
South China Sea
China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
cells: 13.0
Mackenzie–Slave–Peace–Finlay
4,241
2,637
1,790,000
10,300
Beaufort Sea
Canada
cells: 14.0
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
cells: 15.0
Brahmaputra–Tsangpo
3,848
2,391
712,035
19,800[9][10]
Ganges
India (58.0%), China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
cells: 16.0
Murray–Darling
3,672[11]
2,282
1,061,000
767
Southern Ocean
Australia
cells: 17.0
Tocantins–Araguaia
3,650
2,270
950,000
13,598
Atlantic Ocean, Amazon
Brazil
cells: 18.0
Volga
3,645
2,266
1,380,000
8,080
Caspian Sea
Russia
cells: 19.0
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)
cells: 20.0
Shatt al-Arab–Euphrates
3,596
2,236
884,000
856
Persian Gulf
Iraq (60.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Syria (14.7%)
cells: 21.0
Madeira–Mamoré–Grande–Caine–Rocha
3,380
2,100
1,485,200
31,200
Amazon
Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
cells: 22.0
Purús
3,211
1,995
63,166
8,400
Amazon
Brazil, Peru
cells: 23.0
Yukon
3,185
1,980[6]
850,000
6,210
Bering Sea
United States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
cells: 24.0
São Francisco
3,180* (2,900)
1,976* (1,802)
610,000
3,300
Atlantic Ocean
Brazil
cells: 25.0
Syr Darya–Naryn
3,078
1,913
219,000
703
Aral Sea
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
cells: 26.0
Salween (Nu Jiang)
3,060
1,901
324,000
3,153[12]
Andaman Sea
China (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand (3.7%)
cells: 27.0
Saint Lawrence–Great Lakes
3,058
1,900[6]
1,030,000
10,100
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Canada (52.1%), United States (47.9%)
cells: 28.0
Rio Grande
3,057
1,900[6]
570,000
82
Gulf of Mexico
United States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%)
cells: 29.0
Lower Tunguska
2,989
1,857
473,000
3,600
Yenisei
Russia
cells: 30.0
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%),
cells: 31.0
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
cells: 32.0
Vilyuy
2,650
1,647
454,000
1,480
Lena
Russia
cells: 33.0
Araguaia
2,627
1,632
358,125
5,510
Tocantins
Brazil
cells: 34.0
Ganges–Hooghly–Padma (Ganga)
2,620[13]
1,628
907,000
12,037[14]
Bay of Bengal
India, Bangladesh, Nepal, China
cells: 35.0
Amu Darya–Panj
2,620
1,628
534,739
1,400
Aral Sea
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
cells: 36.0
Japurá (Rio Yapurá)
2,615*
1,625*
242,259
6,000
Amazon
Brazil, Colombia
cells: 37.0
Nelson–Saskatchewan
2,570
1,597
1,093,000
2,575
Hudson Bay
Canada, United States
cells: 38.0
Paraguay (Rio Paraguay)
2,549
1,584
900,000
4,300
Paraná
Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
cells: 39.0
Kolyma
2,513
1,562
644,000
3,800
East Siberian Sea
Russia
cells: 40.0
Pilcomayo
2,500
1,553
270,000
Paraguay
Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
cells: 41.0
Upper Ob–Katun
2,490
1,547
Ob
Russia
cells: 42.0
Ishim
2,450
1,522
177,000
56
Irtysh
Kazakhstan, Russia
cells: 43.0
Juruá
2,410
1,498
200,000
6,000
Amazon
Peru, Brazil
cells: 44.0
Ural
2,428
1,509
237,000
475
Caspian Sea
Russia, Kazakhstan
cells: 45.0
Arkansas
2,348
1,459
505,000 (435,122)
1,066
Mississippi
United States
cells: 46.0
Colorado (western U.S.)
2,333
1,450
390,000
1,200
Gulf of California
United States, Mexico
cells: 47.0
Olenyok
2,292
1,424
219,000
1,210
Laptev Sea
Russia
cells: 48.0
Dnieper
2,287
1,421
516,300
1,670
Black Sea
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
cells: 49.0
Aldan
2,273
1,412
729,000
5,060
Lena
Russia
cells: 50.0
Ubangi–Uele[15]
2,270
1,410
772,800
4,000
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
cells: 51.0
Negro
2,250
1,398
720,114
26,700
Amazon
Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia
cells: 52.0
Columbia
2,250 (1,953)
1,398 (1,214)
415,211
7,500
Pacific Ocean
United States, Canada
cells: 53.0
Pearl–Zhu Jiang
2,200
1,376
437,000
13,600
South China Sea
China (98.5%), Vietnam (1.5%)
cells: 54.0
Red (USA)
2,188
1,360
78,592
875
Mississippi
United States
cells: 55.0
Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy)
2,170
1,348
411,000
13,000
Andaman Sea
Myanmar, China
cells: 56.0
Kasai
2,153
1,338
880,200
10,000
Congo
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
cells: 57.0
Ohio–Allegheny
2,102
1,306
490,603
7,957
Mississippi
United States
cells: 58.0
Orinoco
2,101
1,306
1,380,000
33,000
Atlantic Ocean
Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana
cells: 59.0
Tarim
2,100
1,305
557,000
Lop Nur
P. R. China
cells: 60.0
Xingu
2,100
1,305
Amazon
Brazil
cells: 61.0
Orange
2,092
1,300
Atlantic Ocean
South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
cells: 62.0
Northern Salado
2,010
1,249
Paraná
Argentina
cells: 63.0
Vitim
1,978
1,229
Lena
Russia
cells: 64.0
Tigris
1,950
1,212
Shatt al-Arab
Turkey, Iraq, Syria
cells: 65.0
Songhua
1,927
1,197
Amur
P. R. China
cells: 66.0
Tapajós
1,900
1,181
Amazon
Brazil
cells: 67.0
Don
1,870
1,162
425,600
935
Sea of Azov
Russia, Ukraine
cells: 68.0
Stony Tunguska
1,865
1,159
240,000
Yenisei
Russia
cells: 69.0
Pechora
1,809
1,124
322,000
4,100
Barents Sea
Russia
cells: 70.0
Kama
1,805
1,122
507,000
4,100
Volga
Russia
cells: 71.0
Limpopo
1,800
1,118
413,000
Indian Ocean
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana
cells: 72.0
Chulym
1,799
1,118
134,000
Ob
Russia
cells: 73.0
Guaporé (Itenez)
1,749
1,087
Mamoré
Brazil, Bolivia
cells: 74.0
Indigirka
1,726
1,072
360,400
1,810
East Siberian Sea
Russia
cells: 75.0
Snake
1,670
1,038
279,719
1,611
Columbia
United States
cells: 76.0
Senegal
1,641
1,020
419,659
Atlantic Ocean
Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania
cells: 77.0
Uruguay
1,610
1,000
370,000
Atlantic Ocean
Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil
cells: 78.0
Blue Nile
1,600
994
326,400
Nile
Ethiopia, Sudan
cells: 78.0
Churchill
1,600
994
Hudson Bay
Canada
cells: 78.0
Khatanga
1,600
994
Laptev Sea
Russia
cells: 78.0
Okavango
1,600
994
Okavango Delta
Namibia, Angola, Botswana
cells: 78.0
Volta
1,600
994
Gulf of Guinea
Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin
cells: 83.0
Beni
1,599
994
283,350
8,900
Madeira
Bolivia
cells: 84.0
Platte
1,594
990
Missouri
United States
cells: 85.0
Tobol
1,591
989
Irtysh
Kazakhstan, Russia
cells: 86.0
Jubba–Shebelle
1,580*
982*
Indian Ocean
Ethiopia, Somalia
cells: 87.0
Içá (Putumayo)
1,575
979
Amazon
Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
cells: 88.0
Magdalena
1,550
963
263,858
9,000
Caribbean
Colombia
cells: 89.0
Han
1,532
952
Yangtze
P. R. China
cells: 89.0
Kura/Mt'k'vari
1,515
941
188,400
575
Caspian Sea
Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan
cells: 91.0
Oka
1,500
932
245,000
1,258
Volga
Russia
cells: 92.0
Guaviare
1,497
930
Orinoco
Colombia
cells: 93.0
Pecos
1,490
926
Rio Grande
United States
cells: 94.0
Murrumbidgee River
1,485 [16]
923
84,917
120
Murray River
Australia
cells: 95.0
Upper Yenisei–Little Yenisei (Kaa-Hem)
1,480
920
Yenisei
Russia, Mongolia
cells: 96.0
Godavari
1,465
910
312,812
3,061
Bay of Bengal
India
cells: 97.0
Colorado (Texas)
1,438
894
Gulf of Mexico
United States
cells: 97.0
Río Grande (Guapay)
1,438
894
102,600
264
Ichilo
Bolivia
cells: 99.0
Belaya
1,420
882
142,000
858
Kama
Russia
cells: 99.0
Cooper–Barcoo
1,420
880
Lake Eyre
Australia
cells: 101.0
Marañón
1,415
879
Amazon
Peru
cells: 102.0
Dniester
1,411 (1,352)
877 (840)
72,100
310
Black Sea
Ukraine, Moldova
cells: 103.0
Benue
1,400
870
Niger
Cameroon, Nigeria
cells: 103.0
Ili (Yili)
1,400
870
Lake Balkhash
P. R. China, Kazakhstan
cells: 103.0
Warburton–Georgina
1,400
870
365,000
Lake Eyre
Australia
cells: 106.0
Sutlej
1,372
852
Chenab
China, India, Pakistan
cells: 107.0
Yamuna
1,370
851
366,223
2,950
Ganges
India
cells: 107.0
Vyatka
1,370
851
129,000
890
Kama
Russia
cells: 109.0
Fraser
1,368
850
220,000
3,475
Pacific Ocean
Canada
cells: 110.0
Grande
1,360
845
Paraná
Brazil
cells: 111.0
Brazos
1,352
840
Gulf of Mexico
United States
cells: 112.0
Liao
1,345
836
Bohai Sea
P. R. China
cells: 113.0
Lachlan River
1,338 [16]
831
84,700
49
Murrumbidgee River
Australia
cells: 114.0
Yalong
1,323
822
Yangtze
P. R. China
cells: 115.0
Iguaçu
1,320
820
Paraná
Brazil, Argentina
cells: 116.0
Olyokma
1,320
820
Lena
Russia
cells: 117.0
Northern Dvina–Sukhona
1,302
809
357,052
3,332
White Sea
Russia
cells: 118.0
Krishna
1,300
808
Bay of Bengal
India
cells: 118.0
Iriri
1,300
808
Xingu
Brazil
cells: 120.0
Narmada
1,289
801
Arabian Sea
India
cells: 121.0
Lomami[17]
1,280
795
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
cells: 122.0
Ottawa
1,271
790
146,300
1,950
Saint Lawrence
Canada
cells: 123.0
Lerma–Rio Grande de Santiago
1,270
789
119,543
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
cells: 124.0
Elbe–Vltava
1,252
778
148,268
711
North Sea
Germany, Czech Republic
cells: 125.0
Zeya
1,242
772
Amur
Russia
cells: 126.0
Juruena
1,240
771
Tapajós
Brazil
cells: 127.0
Upper Mississippi
1,236
768
Mississippi
United States
cells: 128.0
Rhine
1,233
768
185,000 [18]
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%)
cells: 129.0
Athabasca
1,231
765
95,300
Mackenzie
Canada
cells: 130.0
Canadian
1,223
760
Arkansas
United States
cells: 131.0
North Saskatchewan
1,220
758
Saskatchewan
Canada
cells: 132.0
Vistula-Bug
1,213
754
194,424
1,080
Baltic Sea
Poland, Belarus, Ukraine
cells: 133.0
Vaal
1,210
752
Orange
South Africa
cells: 134.0
Shire
1,200
746
Zambezi
Mozambique, Malawi
cells: 135.0
Nen (Nonni)
1,190
739
Songhua
P. R. China
cells: 136.0
Kızıl River
1,182
734
115,000
400
Black Sea
Turkey
cells: 137.0
Green
1,175
730
Colorado (western U.S.)
United States
cells: 138.0
Milk
1,173
729
Missouri
United States, Canada
cells: 139.0
Chindwin
1,158
720
Ayeyarwady
Myanmar
cells: 140.0
Sankuru
1,150
715
Kasai
Democratic Republic of the Congo
cells: 141.0
Wu
1,150
715
80,300
1,108
Yangtze
China
cells: 142.0
Red (Asia)
1,149
714
143,700
2,640
Gulf of Tonkin
China, Vietnam
cells: 143.0
James (Dakotas)
1,143
710
Missouri
United States
cells: 144.0
Kapuas
1,143
710
South China Sea
Indonesia
cells: 145.0
Desna
1,130
702
88,900
360
Dnieper
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
cells: 146.0
Helmand
1,130
702
Hamun-i-Helmand
Afghanistan, Iran
cells: 147.0
Madre de Dios
1,130
702
125,000
4,915
Beni
Peru, Bolivia
cells: 148.0
Tietê
1,130
702
Paraná
Brazil
cells: 149.0
Vychegda
1,130
702
121,000
1160
Northern Dvina
Russia
cells: 150.0
Sepik
1,126
700
77,700
Pacific Ocean
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
cells: 151.0
Cimarron
1,123
698
Arkansas
United States
cells: 152.0
Anadyr
1,120
696
Gulf of Anadyr
Russia
cells: 152.0
Paraíba do Sul
1,120
696
Atlantic Ocean
Brazil
cells: 154.0
Jialing River
1,119
695
Yangtze
P. R. China
cells: 155.0
Liard
1,115
693
Mackenzie
Canada
cells: 156.0
Cumberland
1,105
687
46,830
862
Mississippi
United States
cells: 157.0
White
1,102
685
Mississippi
United States
cells: 158.0
Huallaga
1,100
684
Marañón
Peru
cells: 158.0
Kwango
1,100
684
263,500
2,700
Kasai
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
cells: 158.0
Draa
1,100
684
Atlantic Ocean
Morocco
cells: 161.0
Gambia
1,094
680
Atlantic Ocean
The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea
cells: 162.0
Chenab
1,086
675
Indus
India, Pakistan
cells: 163.0
Yellowstone
1,080
671
114,260
Missouri
United States
cells: 163.0
Ghaghara
1,080
671
127,950
2,990
Ganges
India, Nepal, China
cells: 165.0
Huai River
1,078
670
270,000
1,110
Yangtze
China
cells: 166.0
Aras
1,072
665
102,000
285
Kura
Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran
cells: 167.0
Chu River
1,067
663
62,500
none
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
cells: 168.0
Seversky Donets
1,078 (1,053)
670 (654)
98,900
159
Don
Russia, Ukraine
cells: 169.0
Bermejo
1,050
652
Paraguay
Argentina, Bolivia
cells: 169.0
Fly
1,050
652
Gulf of Papua
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
cells: 169.0
Kuskokwim
1,050
652
Bering Sea
United States
cells: 172.0
Tennessee
1,049
652
Ohio
United States
cells: 173.0
Oder–Warta
1,045
649
118,861
550
Baltic Sea
Poland, Germany, Czech Republic
cells: 174.0
Aruwimi[17]
1,030
640
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
cells: 175.0
Daugava
1,020
634
87,900
678
Gulf of Riga
Latvia, Belarus, Russia
cells: 176.0
Gila
1,015
631
Colorado (western U.S.)
United States
cells: 177.0
Loire
1,012
629
115,271
840
Atlantic Ocean
France
cells: 178.0
Essequibo
1,010
628
Atlantic Ocean
Guyana
cells: 178.0
Khoper
1,010
628
61,100
150
Don
Russia
cells: 180.0
Tagus (Tajo/Tejo)
1,006
625
80,100
444
Atlantic Ocean
Spain, Portugal
cells: 181.0
Flinders River
1,004 [16]
624
109,000
122
Gulf of Carpentaria
Australia

Questions about this table:
originalText: where does the mekong river rank in the list of the world’s longest rivers
answer: answerTexts: 12