Curious to know about longest river in the world !!Here we have the list of top 5 longest rivers in the world.
Rising in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course to the Yenisei Gulf in the Kara Sea, draining a large part of central Siberia, the longest stream following the Yenisei-Angara-Selenga-Ider river system.
The river flows through Tuva, Khakassia and the city of Krasnoyarsk. Its tributaries include the Angara, Nizhnyaya Tunguska, Podkamennaya Tunguska and Tuba rivers.
Its drainage area is 2,580,000 km2
Its drainage area is 2,980,000 km2
The Mississippi ranks as the fourth-longest and fifteenth-largest river by discharge in the world.
The Yangtze is the sixth-largest river by discharge volume in the world.
The river is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It drains one-fifth of the land area of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its river basin is home to nearly one-third of the country's population.
Its drainage area is 1,800,000 km2
At an average discharge of about 209,000 cubic metres per second —approximately 6,591 cubic kilometres per annum , greater than the next seven largest independent rivers combined—the Amazon represents 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean.
The Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with an area of approximately 7,050,000 km2.
The Nile is an "international" river as its drainage basin which is 3,254,555 km2, covers eleven countries - Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan and Egypt.
The river Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile.
#5. Yenisei
(5,539 km)
The Yenisei also Romanised Yenisey, Enisei, Jenisej is the largest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean.Rising in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course to the Yenisei Gulf in the Kara Sea, draining a large part of central Siberia, the longest stream following the Yenisei-Angara-Selenga-Ider river system.
The river flows through Tuva, Khakassia and the city of Krasnoyarsk. Its tributaries include the Angara, Nizhnyaya Tunguska, Podkamennaya Tunguska and Tuba rivers.
Its drainage area is 2,580,000 km2
#4. Mississippi
(6,275 km)
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent. Its source is Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota and it flows generally south for 3,730 km to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.Its drainage area is 2,980,000 km2
The Mississippi ranks as the fourth-longest and fifteenth-largest river by discharge in the world.
#3. Yangtze
(6,300 km)
The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.The Yangtze is the sixth-largest river by discharge volume in the world.
The river is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It drains one-fifth of the land area of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its river basin is home to nearly one-third of the country's population.
Its drainage area is 1,800,000 km2
#2. Amazon
(6,400 km)
The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world.At an average discharge of about 209,000 cubic metres per second —approximately 6,591 cubic kilometres per annum , greater than the next seven largest independent rivers combined—the Amazon represents 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean.
The Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with an area of approximately 7,050,000 km2.
#1. Nile
(6,650 km)
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is the longest river in the world.The Nile is an "international" river as its drainage basin which is 3,254,555 km2, covers eleven countries - Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan and Egypt.
The river Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile.
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