longest river in the world

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Here is the worlds longest rivers based on length

1 Nile River

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The Nile passes through Cairo, Egypt's capital city

Nile River

Length 6,693 km

  • The Nile is the longest river in the world and  major river in Africa.
  • The Nile river flows almost entirely through desert,from into Egypt.
  • The Nile river has two major tributaries,the White Nile and Blue Nile.


2 Amazon River

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Meeting of Waters is the confluence of the Rio Negro (black) and the Rio Solimões (sandy) near Manaus, Brazil.

Length 6,436 km

  • The Amazon river is the second longest river in the world.
  • the Amazon river of South America is the largest river in the world by volume, with total Amazon river flow greater than the next eight largest rivers combined.
  • The Amazon river,which has the largest drainage basin in the world, acounts for apporximately on fifith of the worlds total river flow.


3 Yangtze River

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The first turn of the Yangtze at Shigu , Yunnan Province, where the river turns 180 degrees from south- to north-bound.

Length 5,463 km

  • The Yangtze River is also called Chang Jiang River.Yangtze river is the longest riverin in Asia.It is located in China and also third longest river in the world.
  • The Yangtze River flows from its source in Qinghai Province,eastwards into the East China Sea at Shanghai.


4 Huang He River

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The Yellow River, near Xunhua, in Eastern Qinghai. Note the yellowish water, caused by loess.

Length 5,463 km

  • The Huang He also called Yellow river and Hwang Ho river is the fourth longest river in the world and second longest river in China.
  • Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine province of China and empties into the Bohai Sea.


5 Ob-Irtysh River

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Irtysh at Cherlak, between the Kazakh-Russian border and Omsk

Length 5,410 km

  • The Ob-Irtysh river from a major basin in Asia,encompassing most of Western Siberia and the Altay Mountains.
  • Origin Altay Mountains
  • Mouth Ob River
  • Basin countries Russia,Kazakhstan,China,Mongolia


6 Amur River

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Khabarovsk Bridge across the Amur used to be the longest in Imperial Russia and Eurasia.

Length 4,415 km

  • The Amur River or Heilong river is the worlds sixth longest river in the world,the border betwen the Russian Far East and Northeastern China.
  • Countries Russia, China
  • Mouth Pacific Ocean

7 Lena River

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The Lena River in the winter

Length 4,399 km

  • The Lena river is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic ocean.
  • It is the seventh longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed.
  • Country Russia
  • Source Baikal Mountains,Irkutsk Oblast,Russia


8 Congo River

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The Congo river at Matadi

Length 4,241 km

  • The Congo River it the largest river in Western Central Africa and second longest river  in Africa
  • Mouth Atlantic Ocean
  • Basin countries Democratic Republic of the Congo,Central African Republic,Republic of Congo,Angola,Zambia,Tanzania,Burundi,Rwanda.


9 Mackenzie River

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Length 4,241 km

The Mackenzie River originates in Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories, and flows north into the Arctic Ocean.it is longest river in Canada and 9th longest river in the world.

countries Canada,Northwest Territiries

Siurce Grat Slave Lake, Northwest Territories,Canada

Mouth Mackenzie Delta

10 Mekong River

View of the Mekong before sunset.
View of the Mekong before sunset.

Length 4,183 km

  • The Mekong River is one of the world's major rivers.it is the 10th longest river in the world and seventh longest river in Asia.
  • Countries China,Burma,Thailand,Laos,Cambodia,Vietnam
  • Mouth Mekong Delta


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Comments

ftgfmom 2 years ago

These pictures are absolutely beautiful.

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Gypsy Willow Level 5 Commenter 2 years ago

That is so enlightening! I hadn't heard of most of them. Thank you for the education!

gwennies pen 2 years ago

Great pictures, beautiful nature! Thanks for sharing them with us.:)

freeworking 2 years ago

good pics

diamond 2 years ago

those pictures are pretty..i would love 2 go see all of these rivers one day..thank you for helping me find the top ten rivers..and for educating me..

Lenny 2 years ago

Thanks I had a homework about it and thanks to this I did it!!!

thx for the help  2 years ago

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Hamza Ghurki 2 years ago

awesome pic and beautiful knowledge.

jeff hardy123 2 years ago

Super nice pics :)

unit 2 years ago

very nice and good view, it look relax

chain lyer 2 years ago

this here my friend is a good tip for some rivers even if i didnt know the others

jesskkaaa(: 2 years ago

pics are awesome. ive seen the Nile wish i could see the others. thanx for all the help(:

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michele 2 years ago

super dee duper nice pics

nicole 2 years ago

tanks for the creator of this page i got an A in socials.... thanks;)

shoain hussain 2 years ago

this is really nice ,I need to visit these places in my upcoming vacation.thnx a lot

sanjay 2 years ago

now,amazon is world no:1..????

good work/thaks

Regina R. Reynoso 22 months ago

It's very nice to know about the top ten longest river in the world but, but what is he actual size of the Nile River? Can you give the diameter of it?

Thank you very much for your concern.....:)

Naveena 21 months ago

its very nice please upload some more beautiful pictures of these wonderful sceneries such that we can enjoy by seeing those.

Really very nice photography

faraz aslam 21 months ago

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VASEEM ALI 18 months ago

YES THATS WAT I WANT.HELP PEOPLE MAY GOD HELP YOU. THANKX FOR THE KNOWLEDGE. MAY GOD BLESS ALL.

:) 143 18 months ago

thanks a lot

B Saravanan Arun Kumar 14 months ago

The above information was very useful. I have only one doubt. The third and fourth rank have same length i.e., 5463 Km (Yangtze River & Huang He River)but it was considered as 3rd and 4th.

dherya 9 months ago

thanks for this images

mohammed zuber 8 months ago

great great information

Nazar Hussain 8 months ago

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Azad shaikh 6 months ago

Awesome! Nice pic of river..

Thanks for showing and giving details about that!

H.k 5 months ago

beautiful pics thank u so much for giving the details.

A.S 5 months ago

lvly nature,thanx for giving the detail.i like that.

swapna 5 months ago

thank u alot..............

Anshuman jha 5 months ago

very beautiful pictures , too enlightening.

iyoo 4 months ago

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zozo foska rox 3 months ago

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shaz 2 months ago

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tom 2 months ago

it's very much full with knowledge....

Nwafor Harrison 2 months ago

The pics are beautiful especially that of Nile river Thanks alot.....

Tamara Hall 2 months ago

the nile river looks great !!!

bhanu 2 months ago

neli river is cool

Ali 2 weeks ago

Wow. what a Good Awesome pics

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