Important Rivers of the world River Source Outflow Km Nile Tributaries of Lake Victoria, Africa Mediterranean Sea 6,690 Amazon Glacier-fed lakes, Peru Atlantic Ocean 6,296 Mississippi- Missouri- Red Rock Source of Red Rock, Montana Gulf of Mexico 5,970 Chang Jiang (Yangtze) Tibetan Plateau, China China Sea 5,797 Ob Altai Mts., Russia Gulf of Ob 5,567 Huang He (Yellow) Eastern part of Kunlan Mts., West China Gulf of Chihli 4,667 Yenisei Tannu-Ola Mts., western Tuva, Russia Arctic Ocean 4,506 Parana Confluence of Paranaiba and Grande rivers Rio de la Plata 4,498 Irtish Altai Mts., Russia Ob River 4,438 Zaire (Congo) Confluence of Lualab and Luapula rivers, Congo Atlantic Ocean 4,371 Heilong (Amur) Confluence of Shilka (Russia) and Argun (Muchuria) rivers Tatar Strait 4,352 Lena Baikal Mts., Russia Arctic Ocean 4,268 Mackenzie Head of Finlay River, British Columbia, Canada Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean) 4,241 Niger Guinea Gulf of Guinea 4,184 Mekong Tibetan highlands South China Sea 4,023 Mississippi Lake Itasca, Minnesota Gulf of Mexico 3,779 Missouri Confluence of Jefferson, Gallatin, and Madison rivers, Montana Mississippi River 3,726 Volga Valdai plateau, Russia Caspian Sea 3,687 Madeira Confluence of Beni and Maumore rivers, Bolivia-Brazil boundary Amazon River 3,238 Purus Peruvian Andes Amazon River 3,207 Sao Francisco Southwest Minas Gerais, Brazil Atlantic Ocean 3,198 Yukon Junction of Lewes and Pelly rivers, Yukon Territory, Canada Bering Sea 3,185 St. Lawrence Lake Ontario Gulf of St. Lawrence 3,058 Rio Grande San Juan Mts., Colorado Gulf of Mexico 3,034 Brahmaputra Himalayas Ganges River 2,897 Indus Himalayas Arabian Sea 2,897 Danube Black Forest, Germany Black Sea 2, 842 Euphrates Confluence of Murat Nehri and Kara Su rivers, Turkey Shatt-al-Arab 2,799 Darling Central part of Eastern High lands, Australia Murray River 2, 739 Zambezi 11o21’S, 24o22’E, Zambia Mozambique Channel 2, 736 Tocantins Goias, Brazil Para River 2,699 Murray Australia Alps, new south Wales Indian Ocean 2,589 Nelson Head of Bow River, western Alberta, Canada Hudson Bay 2,575 Paraguay Mato Grosso, Brazil Parana River 2,549 Ural Southern Ural Mts., Russia Caspian Sea 2,533 Ganges Himalayas Bay of Bengal 2,506 Amu Darya (Oxus) Nicholas Range, Pamir Mts., Turkmenistan Aral Sea 2,414 Japura Andes, Colombia Amazon River 2,414 Salween Tibet, south of Kunlun Mts. Gulf of Martaban 2,414 Arkansas Central Colorado Mississippi River 2,348 Colorado Grand County, Colorado Gulf of California 2,333 Dnieper Valdai Hills, Russia Black Sea 2,284 Ohio-Allegheny Potter County, Pennsylvania Mississippi River 2,102 Irrawaddy Confluence of Nmai and Mali rivers, northeast Burma Bay of Bengal 2,092 Orange Lesotho Atlantic Ocean 2,092 Orinoco Serra Perima Mts., Venuzuela Atlantic Ocean 2, 062 Pilcomayo Andes Mts., Bolivia Paraguay River 1, 999 Xi Jiang (Si Kiang) Eastern Yunnan Province, China China Sea 1, 989 Columbia Columbia Lake, British Columbia, Canada Pacific Ocean 1, 983 Don Tula, Russia Sea of Azov 1,968 Sungari China-North Korea boundary Amur River 1,955 Saskatchewan Canadian Rocky Mts. Lake Winnipeg 1,939 Peace Stikine Mts., British Columbia, Canada Great Slave River 1,923 Tigris Taurus Mts., Turkey Shatt-al-Arab 1,899
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 04:57:46 +0000
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