List of longest rivers

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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
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

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