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Rivers for April
150 rivers at their best in April: mild air, little rain, the water neither frozen nor in flood.
Yangtze River
China6,300 km31,900 m³/sIndus River
Pakistan3,180 km6,600 m³/sEuphrates
Iraq2,800 km820 m³/sTigris
Iraq1,850 km1,000 m³/sColorado River
Mexico2,334 km640 m³/sMurray River
Australia2,530 km770 m³/sOrange River
South Africa2,200 km800 m³/sSyr Darya
Kazakhstan2,212 km700 m³/sRio Grande
United States3,051 km85 m³/sSalween River
Myanmar2,815 km4,900 m³/sArkansas River
United States2,364 km240 m³/sDarling River
Australia1,472 km100 m³/sShatt al-Arab
Iraq200 km1,500 m³/sTennessee River
United States1,049 km2,000 m³/sJordan River
Jordan252 km52 m³/sGuadalquivir
Spain657 km160 m³/sHelmand River
Iran1,150 km78 m³/sChenab River
Pakistan1,974 km1,600 m³/sSutlej
Pakistan1,500 km1,300 m³/sVaal River
South Africa1,120 km120 m³/sGuadiana
Portugal778 km70 m³/sKarun River
Iran950 km580 m³/sIguazu River
Argentina1,320 km1,700 m³/sRed River
United States2,189 km1,900 m³/sColorado River
Argentina1,200 km140 m³/sJhelum River
Pakistan774 km540 m³/sHan River
China1,532 km2,200 m³/sColorado River
United States1,387 km21,700 m³/sOrontes River
Turkey571 km30 m³/sKabul River
Pakistan460 km1,200 m³/sBrazos River
United States1,352 km240 m³/sGila River
United States1,044 km170 m³/sRío Negro
Argentina635 km1,000 m³/sHuai River
China1,110 km1,200 m³/sGhaghara River
India1,080 km3,300 m³/sKhabur River
Syria486 km70 m³/sAlazani
Azerbaijan351 km98 m³/sCanadian River
United States1,458 km200 m³/sHai River
China102 km720 m³/sTugela River
South Africa520 km170 m³/sCumberland River
United States1,107 km860 m³/sDraa River
Morocco1,100 km240 m³/sBeas River
India470 km1,400 m³/sWaikato River
New Zealand425 km340 m³/sLoa River
Chile440 km240 m³/sPecos River
United States1,560 km8.0 m³/sSalado River
Argentina1,150 km15 m³/sCooper Creek
Australia1,300 km82 m³/sKansas River
United States238 km210 m³/sCimarron River
United States1,123 km1,100 m³/sJialing River
China1,119 km2,100 m³/sSegura
Spain325 km26 m³/sOum Er-Rbia River
Morocco556 km120 m³/sNapo River
Peru1,130 km7,100 m³/sLittle Zab
Iraq456 km220 m³/sMedjerda River
Tunisia460 km29 m³/sAtrek River
Iran669 km9.2 m³/sWhite River
United States1,162 km740 m³/sMolopo River
South Africa970 km1.0 m³/sWei River
China818 km330 m³/sSebou River
Morocco458 km140 m³/sWu River
China1,150 km1,800 m³/sKarkheh River
Iran870 km220 m³/sKara Darya
Uzbekistan180 km140 m³/sTone River
Japan322 km260 m³/sDiyala River
Iraq231 km130 m³/sIori River
Azerbaijan320 km120 m³/sChelif River
Algeria725 km54 m³/sLlobregat
Spain175 km21 m³/sGenil
Spain358 km40 m³/sSt. Johns River
United States499 km420 m³/sApalachicola River
United States180 km470 m³/sChattahoochee
United States702 km290 m³/sBhagirathi River
India205 km260 m³/sMin River
China711 km2,300 m³/sYarra River
Australia242 km64 m³/sLachlan River
Australia1,339 km40 m³/sYarmuk
Israel57 km2.6 m³/sZayandeh River
Iran400 km38 m³/sGreat Fish River
South Africa644 km26 m³/sLuo River
China420 km420 m³/sCoco River
Honduras780 km760 m³/sTigre River
Peru598 km2,700 m³/sSavannah River
United States563 km360 m³/sTrinity River
United States1,140 km210 m³/sDadu River
China642 km1,400 m³/sAlaknanda River
India190 km320 m³/sMangoky River
Madagascar564 km430 m³/sPineios
Greece216 km67 m³/sMantaro River
Peru724 km800 m³/sHuangpu River
China97 km370 m³/sGascoyne River
Australia978 km20 m³/sSwakop River
Namibia460 km16 m³/sMobile River
United States72 km1,900 m³/sArys River
Kazakhstan378 km47 m³/sDiamantina River
Australia941 km170 m³/sPánuco River
Mexico510 km480 m³/sQashqadaryo River
Uzbekistan378 km25 m³/sAconcagua River
Chile142 km39 m³/sSurxondaryo
Uzbekistan175 km66 m³/sDesaguadero River
Argentina1,515 km150 m³/sFitzroy River
Australia480 km210 m³/sKuiseb River
Namibia560 kmRoanoke River
United States660 km310 m³/sFish River
Namibia650 km24 m³/sLerma River
Mexico750 km340 m³/sMurchison River
Australia780 km22 m³/sArghandab River
Afghanistan400 km230 m³/sTuo River
China655 km460 m³/sTensift River
Morocco270 km61 m³/sSabine River
United States820 km270 m³/sArakawa River
Japan173 km30 m³/sRío Grande de Santiago
Mexico433 km300 m³/sFarah River
Afghanistan580 km35 m³/sFuji River
Japan128 km63 m³/sNueces River
United States507 km30 m³/sWhanganui River
New Zealand290 km250 m³/sGamtoos River
South Africa645 km19 m³/sSalado River
Argentina640 km80 m³/sBelize River
Belize290 km200 m³/sZarqa River
Jordan65 km6.5 m³/sCaledon River
South Africa480 km160 m³/sTama River
Japan138 km37 m³/sAtchafalaya River
United States270 km240 m³/sOnilahy River
Madagascar400 km180 m³/sLos Angeles River
United States77 km6.0 m³/sFen River
China694 km67 m³/sNeosho River
United States745 km280 m³/sTinto River
Spain100 km14 m³/sGeorgina River
Australia1,130 km22 m³/sFlint River
United States240 km640 m³/sKinabatangan River
Malaysia560 km540 m³/sKüçük Menderes River
Turkey114 km11 m³/sVirgin River
United States261 km6.0 m³/sSt. Francis River
United States686 km400 m³/sShashe River
Zimbabwe300 km21 m³/sMaipo River
Chile270 km160 m³/sRio Conchos
Mexico910 km57 m³/sAngren River
Uzbekistan236 km23 m³/sYarkon River
Israel28 km12 m³/sBarada
Syria71 km7.3 m³/sManavgat River
Turkey93 km150 m³/sMapocho River
Chile110 km6.1 m³/sRímac River
Peru180 km26 m³/sPedieos
Cyprus100 km15 m³/sBesòs
Spain18 km4.3 m³/sRiver Göksu
Turkey260 km92 m³/sKushk River
Turkmenistan277 km3.5 m³/sYí River
Uruguay294 km290 m³/sAfrin River
Turkey131 km61 m³/s
From long-term averages along each river (WorldClim and WaterGAP in RiverATLAS).
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