World Geography - Facts at a Glance : Major World Rivers
Major World Rivers by Continents :
| Continent | Longest River | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | Nile River | 4,157 miles (6,690 km) |
| Antarctica | - | - |
| Asia | Yangtze River | 3,434 miles (5,530 km) |
| Australia | Murray-Darling River | 2,310 miles (3,720 km) |
| Europe | Volga River | 2,290 miles (3,700 km) |
| N. America | Mississippi- Missouri River | 2,540 miles (4,090 km) + 2,340 miles (3,770 km) |
| S. America | Amazon River | 3,915 miles (6,300 km) |
To convert sq km (kilometers) to sq miles, multiply kilometers by : 0.386102
| River | Flows into | Length in Miles |
|---|---|---|
| Nile | Mediterranean | 4,157 |
| Amazon | Atlantic Ocean | 3,915 |
| Chang (Yangtse) | East China Sea | 3,434 |
| Huang (Yellow) | Gulf og Chihli, Yellow Sea | 2.901 |
| Ob-Irtysh | Gulf of Ob | 3,362 |
| Amur | Tatar Strait | 2,744 |
| Lena | Laptev Sea | 2,734 |
| Congo | Atlantic Ocean | 2,718 |
| Mekong | South China Sea | 2,600 |
| Niger | Gulf of Guinea | 2,590 |
| Yenisey | Kara Sea | 2,543 |
| Missouri | Mississippi River | 2,540 |
| Parana | Rio de la Plata | 2,485 |
| Mississippi | Southwest Pass | 2,340 |
| Murray-Darling | Indian Ocean | 2,310 |
| Volga | Caspian Sea | 2,290 |
| Purus | Amazon River | 2,100 |
| Madeira | Amazon River | 2,013 |
| Sao Francisco | Atlantic Ocean | 1,988 |
| Yukon | Bering Sea | 1,980 |
| Rio Grande | Gulf of Mexico | 1,900 |
| Brahmaputra | Bay of Bengal | 1,800 |
| Indus | Arabian Sea | 1,800 |
| Danube | Black Sea | 1,776 |
| Japura | Amazon River | 1,750 |
| Euphrates | Shatt al-Arab | 1,700 |
| Zambezi | Indian Ocean | 1,700 |
| Tocantins | Para River | 1,677 |
| Orinoco | Atantic Ocean | 1,600 |
| Paraguay | Parana River | 1,584 |
| Amu | Aral Sea | 1,578 |
| Ural | Caspian Sea | 1,575 |
| Ganges | Bay of Bengal | 1,560 |
| Salween | Andaman Sea | 1,500 |
| Arkansas | Mississippi River | 1,460 |
| Colorado, AZ | Gulf of California | 1,450 |
| Dnieper | Black Sea | 1,420 |
| Negro | Amazon River | 1,400 |
| Syr | Aral Sea | 1,370 |
| Irrawaddy | Bay of Bengal | 1,337 |
| Orange | Atlantic Ocean | 1,300 |
| Red | Atchafalaya River | 1,290 |
| Brazos | Gulf of Mexico | 1,280 |
| Columbia | Pacific Ocean | 1,240 |
| Don | Sea of Azov | 1,224 |
| Peace | Slave River | 1,210 |
| Xi | S. China Sea | 1,200 |
| Tigris | Shatt al-Arab | 1,180 |
| Angara | Yenisey River | 1,151 |
| Songhua | Amur River | 1,150 |
| Snake | Columbia River | 1,040 |
| Mackenzie | Arctic Ocean | 1,025 |
| Churchill, Man. | Hudson Bay | 1,000 |
| Pilcomayo | Paraguay River | 1,000 |
| Uruguay | Rio de la Plata | 1,000 |
| Platte | Missouri River | 990 |
| Ohio | Mississippi | 981 |
| Magdalena | Caribbean Sea | 956 |
| Pecos | Rio Grande | 926 |
| Canadian | Arkansas River | 906 |
| Dniester | Black Sea | 877 |
| Fraser | Str. of Georgia | 850 |
| Dvina, North | White Sea | 824 |
| Rhine | North Sea | 820 |
| St. Lawrence | Gulf of St. Lawrence | 800 or 1,900 |
| Ottawa | St. Lawrence River | 790 |
| Elbe | North Sea | 724 |
| Gambia | Atlantic Ocean | 700 |
| Wisla | Bay of Danzig | 675 |
| Tennessee | Ohio River | 652 |
| Dvina, West | Gulf of Riga | 634 |
| Loire | Bay of Biscay | 634 |
| Tajo, Tagus | Atlantic Ocean | 626 |
| Albany | James Bay | 610 |
| Back, N.W.T. | Arctic Ocean | 605 |
| Tisza | Danube River | 600 |
| Meuse | North Sea | 580 |
| Oder | Baltic Sea | 567 |
| Ebro | Mediterranean | 565 |
| Red River of N. | Lake Winnipeg | 545 |
| Churchill, Que. | Atlantic Ocean | 532 |
| Rhone | Gulf of Lions | 505 |
| Seine | English Channel | 496 |
| Kootenay | Columbia River | 485 |
| Bug, Western | Wisla River | 481 |
| Weser | North Sea | 454 |
| Drava | Danube River | 447 |
| Saguenay | St. Lawrence River | 434 |
| St. John | Bay of Fundy | 418 |
| Nelson | Hudson Bay | 410 |
| Po | Adriatic Sea | 405 |
| Rio Roosevelt | Aripuana | 400 |
| Garonne | Bay of Biscay | 357 |
| Marne | Seine River | 326 |
| Tiber | Tyrrhenian Sea | 252 |
| Thames | North Sea | 236 |
| Shannon | Atlantic Ocean | 230 |
| Jordan | Dead Sea | 200 |
| Rio de la Plata | Atlantic Ocean | 150 |
- The river with the biggest volume (the most water flowing in it) is the Amazon River.
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