List of longest rivers

The following is a list of the 100 longest rivers in 2011.[1]

Rank | River | Length (km) | Length (miles) | Drainage area (km²) | Countries in the drainage basin

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1 | Nile – Kagera | 6,650  | 4,132  | 3,349,000  | Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 | Amazon – Ucayali – Apurímac | 6,400  | 3,976  | 6,915,000  | Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
3 | Yangtze(Chang Jiang)  | 6,300  | 3,917  | 1,800,000  | China
4 | Mississippi – Missouri – Jefferson | 6,275  | 3,902  | 2,980,000  | United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
5 | Yenisei – Angara – Selenga | 5,539  | 3,445  | 2,580,000  | Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
6 | Yellow River(Huang He)  | 5,464  | 3,395  | 745,000  | China
7 | Ob – Irtysh | 5,410  | 3,364  | 2,990,000  | Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
8 | Paraná – Río de la Plata | 4,880  | 3,030  | 2,582,672  | Brazil (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%)
9 | Congo – Chambeshi(Zaïre)  | 4,700  | 2,922  | 3,680,000  | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
10 | Amur – Argun(Heilong Jiang)  | 4,444  | 2,763  | 1,855,000  | Russia, China, Mongolia
11 | Lena | 4,400  | 2,736  | 2,490,000  | Russia
12 | Mekong(Lancang Jiang)  | 4,350  | 2,705  | 810,000  | Laos, Thailand, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar
13 | Mackenzie – Peace – Finlay | 4,241  | 2,637  | 1,790,000  | Canada
14 | Niger | 4,200  | 2,611  | 2,090,000  | Nigeria (26.6%), Mali (25.6%), Niger (23.6%), Algeria (7.6%), Guinea (4.5%), Cameroon (4.2%), Burkina Faso (3.9%), Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Chad
15 | Murray – Darling | 3,672  | 2,282  | 1,061,000  | Australia
16 | Tocantins – Araguaia | 3,650  | 2,270  | 950,000  | Brazil
17 | Volga | 3,645  | 2,266  | 1,380,000  | Russia
18 | Shatt al-Arab – Euphrates | 3,596  | 2,236  | 884,000  | Iraq (60.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Syria (14.7%)
19 | Madeira – Mamoré – Grande – Caine – Rocha | 3,380  | 2,100  | 1,485,200  | Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
20 | Purus | 3,211  | 1,995  | 63,166  | Brazil, Peru
21 | Yukon | 3,185  | 1,980  | 850,000  | United States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
22 | Indus | 3,180  | 1,976  | 960,000  | Pakistan (93%), India, China
23 | São Francisco | 3,180*  | 1,976*  | 610,000  | Brazil
24 | Syr Darya – Naryn | 3,078  | 1,913  | 219,000  | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
25 | Salween(Nu Jiang)  | 3,060  | 1,901  | 324,000  | China (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand (3.7%)
26 | Saint Lawrence – Niagara – Detroit – Saint Clair – Saint Marys – Saint Louis | 3,058  | 1,900  | 1,030,000  | Canada (52.1%), United States (47.9%)
27 | Rio Grande | 3,057  | 1,900  | 570,000  | United States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%)
28 | Lower Tunguska | 2,989  | 1,857  | 473,000  | Russia
29 | Brahmaputra – Tsangpo | 2,948*  | 1,832*  | 1,730,000  | India (58.0%), China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
30 | Danube – Breg(Duna)  | 2,888*  | 1,795*  | 817,000  | Romania (28.9%), Hungary (11.7%), Austria (10.3%), Serbia (10.3%), Germany (7.5%), Slovakia (5.8%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Croatia (4.5%),
31 | Zambezi(Zambesi)  | 2,693*  | 1,673*  | 1,330,000  | Zambia (41.6%), Angola (18.4%), Zimbabwe (15.6%), Mozambique (11.8%), Malawi (8.0%), Tanzania (2.0%), Namibia, Botswana
32 | Vilyuy | 2,650  | 1,647  | 454,000  | Russia
33 | Araguaia | 2,627  | 1,632  | 358,125  | Brazil
34 | Amu Darya — Panj | 2,620  | 1,628  | 534,739  | Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
35 | Japurá(Rio Yapurá)  | 2,615*  | 1,625*  | 242,259  | Brazil, Colombia
36 | Nelson – Saskatchewan | 2,570  | 1,597  | 1,093,000  | Canada, United States
37 | Paraguay(Rio Paraguay)  | 2,549  | 1,584  | 900,000  | Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
38 | Kolyma | 2,513  | 1,562  | 644,000  | Russia
39 | Ganges/Padma(Ganga)  | 2,510  | 1,560  | 907,000  | India, Bangladesh, Nepal
40 | Pilcomayo | 2,500  | 1,553  | 270,000  | Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
41 | Upper Ob — Katun | 2,490  | 1,547  | Russia
42 | Ishim | 2,450  | 1,522  | 177,000  | Kazakhstan, Russia
43 | Juruá | 2,410  | 1,498  | 200,000  | Peru, Brazil
44 | Ural | 2,428  | 1,509  | 237,000  | Russia, Kazakhstan
45 | Arkansas | 2,348  | 1,459  | 505,000  | United States
47 | Olenyok | 2,292  | 1,424  | 219,000  | Russia
48 | Dnieper | 2,287  | 1,421  | 516,300  | Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
49 | Aldan | 2,273  | 1,412  | 729,000  | Russia
46 | Ubangi – Uele[11]  | 2,270  | 1,410  | 772,800  | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
50 | Negro | 2,250  | 1,450  | 720,114  | Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia
51 | Columbia | 2,250  | 1,450  | 415,211  | United States, Canada
52 | Colorado (western U.S.)  | 2,333  | 1,450  | 390,000  | United States, Mexico
53 | Pearl – Zhu Jiang | 2,200  | 1,376  | 437,000  | China (98.5%), Vietnam (1.5%)
54 | Red | 2,188  | 1,360  | 78,592  | United States
55 | Ayeyarwady(Irrawaddy)  | 2,170  | 1,348  | 411,000  | Myanmar
56 | Kasai | 2,153  | 1,338  | 880,200  | Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
57 | Ohio – Allegheny | 2,102  | 1,306  | 490,603  | United States
58 | Orinoco | 2,101  | 1,306  | 1,380,000  | Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana
59 | Tarim | 2,100  | 1,305  | 557,000  | China
60 | Xingu | 2,100  | 1,305  |  | Brazil
61 | Orange | 2,092  | 1,300  |  | South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
62 | Northern Salado | 2,010  | 1,249  |  | Argentina
63 | Vitim | 1,978  | 1,229  |  | Russia
64 | Tigris | 1,950  | 1,212  |  | Turkey, Iraq, Syria
65 | Songhua | 1,927  | 1,197  |  | China
66 | Tapajós | 1,900  | 1,181  |  | Brazil
67 | Don | 1,870  | 1,162  | 425,600  | Russia, Ukraine
68 | Stony Tunguska | 1,865  | 1,159  | 240,000  | Russia
69 | Pechora | 1,809  | 1,124  | 322,000  | Russia
70 | Kama | 1,805  | 1,122  | 507,000  | Russia
71 | Limpopo | 1,800  | 1,118  | 413,000  | Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana
72 | Guaporé (Itenez)  | 1,749  | 1,087  |  | Brazil, Bolivia
73 | Indigirka | 1,726  | 1,072  | 360,400  | Russia
74 | Snake | 1,670  | 1,038  | 279,719  | United States
75 | Senegal | 1,641  | 1,020  | 419,659  | Senegal, Mali, Mauritania
76 | Uruguay | 1,610  | 1,000  | 370,000  | Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil
77 | Blue Nile | 1,600  | 994  | 326,400  | Ethiopia, Sudan
77 | Churchill | 1,600  | 994  |  | Canada
77 | Khatanga | 1,600  | 994  |  | Russia
77 | Okavango | 1,600  | 994  |  | Namibia, Angola, Botswana
77 | Volta | 1,600  | 994  |  | Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin
82 | Beni | 1,599  | 994  | 283,350  | Bolivia
83 | Platte | 1,594  | 990  |  | United States
84 | Tobol | 1,591  | 989  |  | Kazakhstan, Russia
85 | Jubba – Shebelle | 1,580  | 982  |  | Ethiopia, Somalia
86 | Içá (Putumayo)  | 1,575  | 979  |  | Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
87 | Magdalena | 1,550  | 963  | 263,858  | Colombia
88 | Han | 1,532  | 952  |  | China
89 | Oka | 1,500  | 932  |  | Russia
91 | Pecos | 1,490  | 926  |  | United States
92 | Upper Yenisei — Little Yenisei (Kaa-Hem)  | 1,480  | 920  |  | Russia, Mongolia
93 | Godavari | 1,465  | 910  |  | India
94 | Colorado (Texas)  | 1,438  | 894  |  | United States
95 | Río Grande (Guapay)  | 1,438  | 894  | 102,600  | Bolivia
96 | Belaya | 1,420  | 882  |  | Russia
97 | Cooper – Barcoo | 1,420  | 880  |  | Australia
98 | Marañón | 1,415  | 879  |  | Peru
99 | Dniester | 1,411  | 877  |  | Ukraine, Moldova
100 | Benue | 1,400  | 870  |  | Cameroon, Nigeria

## References and notes[edit]

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