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The longest rivers

200 rivers by length from source to mouth, each line drawn to scale.

1NileEgypt6,650km2Amazon RiverBrazil6,400km3Yangtze RiverChina6,300km4Yellow RiverChina5,464km5Paraná RiverUruguay4,880km6River CongoAngola4,700km7Mekong RiverVietnam4,350km8Valley of the QueensEgypt4,302km9Lena RiverRussia4,294km10IrtyshRussia4,248km11Niger RiverNigeria4,180km12Mississippi RiverUnited States3,766km13Missouri RiverUnited States3,726km14ObRussia3,650km15VolgaRussia3,530km16YeniseiRussia3,487km17Yukon RiverCanada3,190km18Indus RiverPakistan3,180km19Juruá RiverBrazil3,100km20Rio GrandeUnited States3,051km21Jinsha RiverChina3,005km22Nizhnyaya TunguskaRussia2,989km23Purus RiverBrazil2,960km24Brahmaputra RiverIndia2,900km25DanubeRomania2,850km26Yarlung Tsangpo RiverChina2,840km27Amur RiverRussia2,824km28Japurá RiverBrazil2,820km29Salween RiverMyanmar2,815km30São Francisco RiverBrazil2,814km31EuphratesIraq2,800km32Fraser RiverCanada2,657km33VilyuyRussia2,650km34Paraguay RiverArgentina2,621km35Amu DaryaUzbekistan2,620km36White NileSudan2,620km37Zambezi RiverMozambique2,574km38Murray RiverAustralia2,530km39GangesIndia2,525km40IshimRussia2,450km41Ural RiverKazakhstan2,428km42Arkansas RiverUnited States2,364km43Colorado RiverMexico2,334km44DnieperUkraine2,285km45AldanRussia2,273km46Kasai RiverRepublic of the Congo2,272km47OlenyokRussia2,270km48Rio NegroBrazil2,250km49Syr DaryaKazakhstan2,212km50Orange RiverSouth Africa2,200km51Xi RiverChina2,197km52Red RiverUnited States2,189km53Irrawaddy RiverMyanmar2,170km54Orinoco RiverVenezuela2,140km55KolymaRussia2,129km56Tarim RiverChina2,030km57Columbia RiverUnited States2,000km58Chenab RiverPakistan1,974km59Mamoré RiverBrazil1,930km60Tapajós RiverBrazil1,930km61Peace RiverCanada1,923km62Araguaia RiverBrazil1,910km63DonRussia1,870km64Podkamennaya TunguskaRussia1,865km65TigrisIraq1,850km66VitimRussia1,837km67PechoraRussia1,809km68KamaRussia1,805km69Lualaba RiverDR Congo1,800km70ChulymRussia1,799km71Uruguay RiverUruguay1,790km72Blue NileSudan1,783km73AngaraRussia1,779km74Kwango RiverDR Congo1,770km75Limpopo RiverMozambique1,750km76Mackenzie RiverCanada1,738km77Marañón RiverPeru1,737km78Snake RiverUnited States1,735km79IndigirkaRussia1,726km80Itonomas RiverBolivia1,700km81Jubba RiverSomalia1,658km82Xingu RiverBrazil1,640km83KetRussia1,621km84Argun RiverChina1,620km85Putumayo RiverBrazil1,610km86Churchill RiverCanada1,609km87Okavango RiverBotswana1,600km88SolimõesBrazil1,600km89TobolRussia1,591km90AlazeyaRussia1,590km91Apure RiverVenezuela1,580km92Ohio RiverUnited States1,579km93Kafue RiverZambia1,577km94Pecos RiverUnited States1,560km95Han RiverChina1,532km96Magdalena RiverColombia1,528km97Desaguadero RiverArgentina1,515km98Volta RiverGhana1,500km99SutlejPakistan1,500km100OkaRussia1,500km101Guaviare RiverColombia1,497km102Murrumbidgee RiverAustralia1,488km103Darling RiverAustralia1,472km104Godavari RiverIndia1,465km105AmgaRussia1,462km106Ucayali RiverPeru1,460km107Canadian RiverUnited States1,458km108Madeira RiverBrazil1,450km109Parnaíba RiverBrazil1,450km110Ili RiverKazakhstan1,439km111OlyokmaRussia1,436km112Songhua RiverChina1,434km113BelayaRussia1,430km114TazRussia1,401km115Chari RiverCameroon1,400km116Krishna RiverIndia1,400km117Colorado RiverUnited States1,387km118North Saskatchewan RiverCanada1,380km119YamunaIndia1,376km120Benue RiverNigeria1,370km121Nen RiverChina1,370km122Teles Pires RiverBrazil1,370km123Kura RiverAzerbaijan1,360km124Kızılırmak RiverTurkey1,355km125DniesterUkraine1,352km126Black VoltaGhana1,352km127Brazos RiverUnited States1,352km128Liao RiverChina1,345km129Okavango DeltaBotswana1,343km130Lachlan RiverAustralia1,339km131Yalong RiverChina1,323km132Iguazu RiverArgentina1,320km133Chu RiverKazakhstan1,318km134NarmadaIndia1,315km135VyatkaRussia1,314km136Cooper CreekAustralia1,300km137Aruwimi RiverDR Congo1,300km138Tshuapa RiverDR Congo1,300km139Lomami RiverDR Congo1,280km140Assiniboine RiverCanada1,275km141Kherlen RiverChina1,254km142ZeyaRussia1,242km143Souris RiverCanada1,240km144RhineThe Netherlands1,233km145Athabasca RiverCanada1,231km146UeleDR Congo1,210km147Guaporé RiverBrazil1,210km148Cunene RiverNamibia1,207km149Chindwin RiverMyanmar1,207km150UdaRussia1,203km151Colorado RiverArgentina1,200km152Awash RiverEthiopia1,200km153Sankuru RiverDR Congo1,200km154Yobe RiverNigeria1,200km155Jutai RiverBrazil1,200km156Bahr SalamatChad1,200km157Green RiverUnited States1,175km158Milk RiverUnited States1,173km159White RiverUnited States1,162km160North Platte RiverUnited States1,152km161Helmand RiverIran1,150km162Hari RiverTurkmenistan1,150km163AnadyrRussia1,150km164Tietê RiverBrazil1,150km165Salado RiverArgentina1,150km166Wu RiverChina1,150km167Red RiverVietnam1,149km168Kapuas RiverIndonesia1,143km169James RiverUnited States1,143km170Trinity RiverUnited States1,140km171Paraíba do Sul RiverBrazil1,137km172Gambia RiverGambia1,130km173Shebelle RiverSomalia1,130km174DesnaUkraine1,130km175VychegdaRussia1,130km176Kuskokwim RiverUnited States1,130km177Napo RiverPeru1,130km178Georgina RiverAustralia1,130km179SepikPapua New Guinea1,126km180Orkhon RiverMongolia1,124km181Cimarron RiverUnited States1,123km182Vaal RiverSouth Africa1,120km183Atbarah RiverSudan1,120km184Jialing RiverChina1,119km185Liard RiverCanada1,115km186Yellowstone RiverUnited States1,114km187Huai RiverChina1,110km188Cumberland RiverUnited States1,107km189Pilcomayo RiverParaguay1,100km190Beni RiverBolivia1,100km191Draa RiverMorocco1,100km192Iriri RiverBrazil1,100km193OmRussia1,091km194Grande RiverBrazil1,090km195VasyuganRussia1,082km196Huallaga RiverPeru1,080km197Ghaghara RiverIndia1,080km198Aras RiverAzerbaijan1,072km199Ubangi RiverCentral African Republic1,060km200BermejoParaguay1,060km

Lengths as published (Wikidata); where unknown, the length of the drawing. Rivers are measured in many ways, so sources differ.

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