List of Rivers in the World:
| S.No |
Rivers Name |
Length (km) |
Length (miles) |
Drainage area (km²) |
Average discharge (m³/s) |
Outflow |
Countries in the drainage basin |
| 1. |
River Name - Nile |
6,650 |
4,135 |
3,349,000 |
5,100 |
Mediterranean Sea |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 2. |
River Name - Amazon |
6,400
|
3,980
|
6,915,000 |
219,000 |
Atlantic Ocean |
Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana |
| 3. |
Yangtze
(Chang Jiang) |
6,300
|
3,917
|
1,800,000 |
31,900 |
East China Sea |
P.R. China |
| 4. |
Mississippi - Missouri |
6,275
|
3,902
|
2,980,000 |
16,200 |
Gulf of Mexico |
United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%) |
| 5. |
Yenisei - Angara - Selenga |
5,539
|
3,445
|
2,580,000 |
19,600 |
Kara Sea |
Russia, Mongolia |
| 6. |
Yellow
(Huang He) |
5,464
|
3,398
|
745,000 |
2,110 |
Bohai Sea
(Balhae) |
P.R. China |
| 7. |
River Name- Ob - Irtysh |
5,410 |
3,364 |
2,990,000 |
12,800 |
Gulf of Ob |
Russia, Kazakhstan, P.R. China, Mongolia |
| 8. |
River Name - Congo - Chambeshi
(Zaire) |
4,700
|
2,922
|
3,680,000 |
41,800 |
Atlantic Ocean |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda |
| 9. |
Amur - Argun
(Heilong Jiang) |
4,444 |
2,763 |
1,855,000 |
11,400 |
Sea of Okhotsk |
Russia, P.R. China, Mongolia |
| 10. |
River Name- Lena |
4,400
|
2,736
|
2,490,000 |
17,100 |
Laptev Sea |
Russia |
| 11. |
Mekong
(Lancang Jiang) |
4,350 |
2,705 |
810,000 |
16,000 |
South China Sea |
Laos, Thailand, P.R. China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar |
| 12. |
Mackenzie - Peace - Finlay |
4,241
|
2,637
|
1,790,000 |
10,300 |
Beaufort Sea |
Canada |
| 13. |
River Name - Niger |
4,200
|
2,611
|
2,090,000 |
9,570 |
Gulf of Guinea |
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 |
| 14. |
River Name - Paraná
(Río de la Plata) |
3,998
|
2,486
|
3,100,000 |
25,700 |
Atlantic Ocean |
Brazil (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%) |
| 15. |
River Name - Volga |
3,645 |
2,266 |
1,380,000 |
8,080 |
Caspian Sea |
Russia (99.8%), Kazakhstan (minor) |
| 16. |
River Name - Shatt al-Arab - Euphrates |
3,596
|
2,236
|
884,000 |
856 |
Persian Gulf |
Iraq (40.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Iran (19.7%), Syria (14.7%) |
| 17. |
Purus |
3,379 |
2,101 |
63,166 |
8,400 |
Amazon |
Brazil, Peru |
| 18. |
River Name - Murray - Darling |
3,370 [1]
|
2,094
|
1,061,000 |
767 |
Southern Ocean |
Australia |
| 19. |
Madeira - Mamoré |
3,239 |
2,014 |
850,000 |
17,000 |
Amazon |
Brazil, Bolivia, Peru |
| 20. |
River Name - Yukon |
3,184 |
1,980 |
850,000 |
6,210 |
Bering Sea |
United States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%) |
| 21. |
River Name - Indus
(Sindhu) |
3,180 |
1,976 |
960,000 |
7,160 |
Arabian Sea |
Pakistan (93%), India, P. R. China, disputed territory (Kashmir), Afghanistan |
| 22. |
River Name - São Francisco |
3,180
(2,900) |
1,976
(1,802) |
610,000 |
3,300 |
Atlantic Ocean |
Brazil |
| 23. |
River Name - Syr Darya - Naryn |
3,078 |
1,913 |
219,000 |
703 |
Aral Sea |
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan |
| 24. |
Salween
(Nu Jiang) |
3,060 |
1,901 |
324,000 |
3,153 [2] |
Andaman Sea |
P.R. China (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand (3.7%) |
| 25. |
Saint Lawrence - Niagara-Detroit-Saint Clair-Saint Marys-Saint Louis |
3,058 |
1,900 |
1,030,000 |
10,100 |
Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
Canada (52.1%), United States (47.9%) |
| 26. |
River Name - Rio Grande |
3,057
(2,896) |
1,900
(1,799) |
570,000 |
82 |
Gulf of Mexico |
United States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%) |
| 27. |
Lower Tunguska |
2,989 |
1,857 |
473,000 |
3,600 |
Yenisei |
Russia |
| 28. |
River Name - Brahmaputra |
2,948 |
1,832 |
1,730,000 |
19,200 [3] |
Bay of Bengal |
India (58.0%), P.R. China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/P.R. China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%) |
| 29. |
River Name - Danube |
2,850 |
1,771 |
817,000 |
7,130 |
Black Sea |
Romania (28.9%), Hungary (11.7%), Austria (10.3%), Serbia (10.3%), Germany (7.5%), Slovakia (5.8%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.8%), Croatia (4.5%), Ukraine (3.8%), Moldova (1.7%). |
| 30. |
River Name - Tocantins |
2,699 |
1,677 |
1,400,000 |
13,598 |
Atlantic Ocean, Amazon |
Brazil |
| 31. |
River Name - Zambezi
(Zambesi) |
2,693 |
1,673 |
1,330,000 |
4,880 |
Mozambique Channel |
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 |
1,480 |
Lena |
Russia |
| 33. |
Araguaia |
2,627 |
1,632 |
358,125 |
6,172 |
Tocantins |
Brazil |
| 34. |
River Name - Amu Darya |
2,620 |
1,628 |
534,739 |
1,400 |
Aral Sea |
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan |
| 35. |
Japurá
(Rio Yapurá) |
2,615 |
1,625 |
242,259 |
6,000 |
Amazon |
Brazil, Colombia |
| 36. |
Nelson - Saskatchewan |
2,570 |
1,597 |
1,093,000 |
2,575 |
Hudson Bay |
Canada, United States |
| 37. |
Paraguay
(Rio Paraguay) |
2,549 |
1,584 |
900,000 |
4,300 |
Paraná |
Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina |
| 38. |
River Name - Kolyma |
2,513 |
1,562 |
644,000 |
3,800 |
East Siberian Sea |
Russia |
| 39. |
River Name - Ganges |
2,510 |
1,560 |
907,000 |
12,037 [4] |
Brahmaputra, Bay of Bengal |
India, Bangladesh, Nepal |
| 40. |
Pilcomayo |
2,500 |
1,553 |
270,000 |
|
Paraguay |
Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia |
| 41. |
Upper Ob |
2,490 |
1,547 |
|
|
Ob |
Russia |
| 42. |
Ishim |
2,450 |
1,522 |
177,000 |
56 |
Irtysh |
Kazakhstan, Russia |
| 43. |
Juruá |
2,410 |
1,498 |
200,000 |
6,000 |
Amazon |
Peru, Brazil |
| 44. |
Ural |
2,428 |
1,509 |
237,000 |
475 |
Caspian Sea |
Russia, Kazakhstan |
| 45. |
River Name - Arkansas |
2,348 |
1,459 |
505,000
(435,122) |
1,066 |
Mississippi |
United States |
| 46. |
River Name - Ubangi - Uele |
2,300 |
1,429 |
|
4,003 |
Congo |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic |
| 47. |
Olenyok |
2,292 |
1,424 |
219,000 |
1,210 |
Laptev Sea |
Russia |
| 48. |
Dnieper |
2,287 |
1,421 |
516,300 |
1,670 |
Black Sea |
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine |
| 49. |
Aldan |
2,273 |
1,412 |
729,000 |
5,060 |
Lena |
Russia |
| 50. |
Negro |
2,250 |
1,450 |
720,114 |
26,700 |
Amazon |
Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia |
| 51. |
River Name - Columbia |
2,250 (1,953) |
1,450 (1,214) |
415,211 |
7500 |
Pacific Ocean |
United States, Canada |
| 52. |
Colorado (western U.S.) |
2,333 |
1,450 |
390,000 |
1,200 |
Gulf of California |
United States, Mexico |
| 53. |
River Name - Pearl - Xi Jiang |
2,200 |
1,376 |
437,000 |
13,600 |
South China Sea |
P.R. China (98.5%), Vietnam (1.5%) |
| 54. |
Red |
2,188 |
1,360 |
78,592 |
875 |
Mississippi |
United States |
| 55. |
Ayeyarwady
(Irrawaddy) |
2,170 |
1,348 |
411,000 |
13,000 |
Andaman Sea |
Myanmar |
| 56. |
River Name - Kasai |
2,153 |
1,338 |
880,200 |
10,000 |
Congo |
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 57. |
Ohio - Allegheny |
2,102 |
1,306 |
490,603 |
7,957 |
Mississippi |
United States |
| 58. |
Orinoco |
2,101 |
1,306 |
880,000 |
30,000 |
Atlantic Ocean |
Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana |
| 59. |
Tarim |
2,100 |
1,305 |
557,000 |
|
Lop Nur |
P. R. China |
| 60. |
Xingu |
2,100 |
1,305 |
|
|
Amazon |
Brazil |
| 61. |
River Name - Orange |
2,092 |
1,300 |
|
|
Atlantic Ocean |
South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho |
| 62. |
Northern Salado |
2,010 |
1,249 |
|
|
Paraná |
Argentina |
| 63. |
Vitim |
1,978 |
1,229 |
|
|
Lena |
Russia |
| 64. |
Tigris |
1,950 |
1,212 |
|
|
Shatt al-Arab |
Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran |
| 65. |
Songhua |
1,927 |
1,197 |
|
|
Amur |
P. R. China |
| 66. |
Tapajós |
1,900 |
1,181 |
|
|
Amazon |
Brazil |
| 67. |
River Name - Don |
1,870 |
1,162 |
425,600 |
935 |
Sea of Azov |
Russia |
| 68. |
Stony Tunguska |
1,865 |
1,159 |
240,000 |
|
Yenisei |
Russia |
| 69. |
Pechora |
1,809 |
1,124 |
322,000 |
|
Barents Sea |
Russia |
| 70. |
Kama |
1,805 |
1,122 |
507,000 |
|
Volga |
Russia |
| 71. |
River Name - Limpopo |
1,800 |
1,118 |
413,000 |
|
Indian Ocean |
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana |
| 72. |
Guaporé (Itenez) |
1,749 |
1,087 |
|
|
Mamoré |
Brazil, Bolivia |
| 73. |
River Name - Indigirka |
1,726 |
1,072 |
360,400 |
1,810 |
East Siberian Sea |
Russia |
| 74. |
Snake |
1,670 |
1,038 |
279,719 |
1,611 |
Columbia |
United States |
| 75. |
Senegal |
1,641 |
1,020 |
419,659 |
|
Atlantic Ocean |
Senegal, Mali, Mauritania |
| 76. |
Uruguay |
1,610 |
1,000 |
370,000 |
|
Atlantic Ocean |
Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil |
| 77. |
Blue Nile |
1,600 |
994 |
|
|
Nile |
Ethiopia, Sudan |
| 77. |
Churchill |
1,600 |
994 |
|
|
Hudson Bay |
Canada |
| 77. |
Khatanga |
1,600 |
994 |
|
|
Laptev Sea |
Russia |
| 77. |
River Name - Okavango |
1,600 |
994 |
|
|
Okavango Delta |
Namibia, Angola, Botswana |
| 77. |
River Name - Volta |
1,600 |
994 |
|
|
Gulf of Guinea |
Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin |
| 82. |
River Name - Beni |
1,599 |
994 |
|
|
Madeira |
Bolivia |
| 83. |
Platte |
1,594 |
990 |
|
|
Missouri |
United States |
| 84. |
Tobol |
1,591 |
989 |
|
|
Irtysh |
Kazakhstan, Russia |
| 85. |
Jubba - Shebelle |
1,580 |
982 |
|
|
Indian Ocean |
Ethiopia, Somalia |
| 86. |
River Name - Içá (Putumayo) |
1,575 |
979 |
|
|
Amazon |
Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador |
| 87. |
Magdalena |
1,550 |
963 |
|
|
Caribbean Sea |
Colombia |
| 88. |
River Name - Han |
1,532 |
952 |
|
|
Yangtze |
P. R. China |
| 89. |
River Name - Lomami |
1,500 |
932 |
|
|
Congo |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 89. |
River Name - Oka |
1,500 |
932 |
|
|
Volga |
Russia |
| 90. |
Pecos |
1,490 |
926 |
|
|
Rio Grande |
United States |
| 91. |
Upper Yenisei |
1,480 |
920 |
|
|
Yenisei |
Russia, Mongolia |
| 92. |
Godavari |
1,465 |
910 |
|
|
Bay of Bengal |
India |
| 93. |
Colorado (Texas) |
1,438 |
894 |
|
|
Gulf of Mexico |
United States |
| 94. |
River Name - Río Grande (Guapay) |
1,438 |
894 |
|
|
Ichilo |
Bolivia |
| 95. |
Belaya |
1,420 |
882 |
|
|
Kama |
Russia |
| 96. |
Cooper - Barcoo |
1,420 |
880 |
|
|
Lake Eyre |
Australia |
| 97. |
Marañón |
1,415 |
879 |
|
|
Amazon |
Peru |
| 98. |
River Name - Dniester |
1,411 (1,352) |
877 (840) |
|
|
Black Sea |
Ukraine, Moldova |
| 99. |
Benue |
1,400 |
870 |
|
|
Niger |
Cameroon, Nigeria |
| 99. |
River Name - Ili
(Yili) |
1,400 |
870 |
|
|
Lake Balkhash |
P. R. China, Kazakhstan |
| 99. |
Warburton - Georgina |
1,400 |
870 |
|
|
Lake Eyre |
Australia |
| 102. |
Sutlej |
1,372 |
852 |
|
|
Chenab |
China, India, Pakistan |
| 103. |
Yamuna |
1,370 |
851 |
|
|
Ganges |
India |
| 103. |
Vyatka |
1,370 |
851 |
|
|
Kama |
Russia |
| 105. |
Fraser |
1,368 |
850 |
|
3,475 |
Pacific Ocean |
Canada |
| 106. |
River Name - Kura |
1,364 |
848 |
|
|
Caspian Sea |
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Iran |
| 107. |
Grande |
1,360 |
845 |
|
|
Paraná |
Brazil |
| 108. |
Brazos |
1,352 |
840 |
|
|
Gulf of Mexico |
United States |
| 109. |
River Name - Cauca River |
1,350 |
839 |
|
|
Magdalena River |
Colombia |
| 110. |
River Name - Liao |
1,345 |
836 |
|
|
Bo Hai |
P. R. China |
| 111. |
Yalong |
1,323 |
822 |
|
|
Yangtze |
P. R. China |
| 112. |
Iguaçu |
1,320 |
820 |
|
|
Paraná |
Brazil, Argentina |
| 112. |
Olyokma |
1,320 |
820 |
|
|
Lena |
Russia |
| 112. |
River Name - Rhine |
1,320 |
820 |
198,735 |
2,330 |
North Sea |
Germany, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Italy |
| 113. |
Northern Dvina - Sukhona |
1,302 |
809 |
357,052 |
3,332 |
White Sea |
Russia |
| 114. |
Krishna |
1,300 |
808 |
|
|
Bay of Bengal |
India |
| 114. |
River Name - Iriri |
1,300 |
808 |
|
|
Xingu |
Brazil |
| 115. |
Narmada |
1,289 |
801 |
|
|
Arabian Sea |
India |
| 116. |
Ottawa |
1,271 |
790 |
|
|
Saint Lawrence |
Canada |
| 117. |
Zeya |
1,242 |
772 |
|
|
Amur |
Russia |
| 118. |
Juruena |
1,240 |
771 |
|
|
Tapajós |
Brazil |
| 119. |
Upper Mississippi |
1,236 |
768 |
|
|
Mississippi |
United States |
| 120. |
Athabasca |
1,231 |
765 |
|
|
Mackenzie |
Canada |
| 121. |
Elbe - Vltava |
1,231 |
765 |
148,268 |
711 |
North Sea |
Germany, Czech Republic |
| 122. |
Canadian |
1,223 |
760 |
|
|
Arkansas |
United States |
| 123. |
North Saskatchewan |
1,220 |
758 |
|
|
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
| 124. |
River Name - Vaal |
1,210 |
752 |
|
|
Orange |
South Africa |
| 125. |
Shire |
1,200 |
746 |
|
|
Zambezi |
Mozambique, Malawi |
| 126. |
River Name - Nen
(Nonni) |
1,190 |
739 |
|
|
Songhua |
P. R. China |
| 127. |
River Name - Green |
1,175 |
730 |
|
|
Colorado (western U.S.) |
United States |
| 128. |
River Name - Milk |
1,173 |
729 |
|
|
Missouri |
United States, Canada |
| 131. |
Chindwin |
1,158 |
720 |
|
|
Ayeyarwady |
Myanmar |
| 132. |
River Name - Sankuru |
1,150 |
715 |
|
|
Kasai |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 133. |
James (Dakotas) |
1,143 |
710 |
|
|
Missouri |
United States |
| 133. |
River Name - Kapuas |
1,143 |
710 |
|
|
South China Sea |
Indonesia |
| 135. |
Desna |
1,130 |
702 |
88,900 |
360 |
Dnieper |
Russia, Ukraine |
| 135. |
River Name - Helmand |
1,130 |
702 |
|
|
Hamun-i-Helmand |
Afghanistan, Iran |
| 135. |
Madre de Dios |
1,130 |
702 |
|
|
Madeira |
Peru, Bolivia |
| 135. |
Tietê |
1,130 |
702 |
|
|
Paraná |
Brazil |
| 135. |
Vychegda |
1,130 |
702 |
|
|
Northern Dvina |
Russia |
| 140. |
Sepik |
1,126 |
700 |
77,700 |
|
Pacific Ocean |
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia |
| 141. |
Cimarron |
1,123 |
698 |
|
|
Arkansas |
United States |
| 142. |
Anadyr |
1,120 |
696 |
|
|
Gulf of Anadyr |
Russia |
| 143. |
Jialing River |
1,119 |
695 |
|
|
Yangtze |
P. R. China |
| 144. |
Liard |
1,115 |
693 |
|
|
Mackenzie |
Canada |
| 145. |
White |
1,102 |
685 |
|
|
Mississippi |
United States |
| 146. |
Huallaga |
1,100 |
684 |
|
|
Marañón |
Peru |
| 146. |
River Name - Kwango |
1,100 |
684 |
263,500 |
2,700 |
Kasai |
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 148. |
Gambia |
1,094 |
680 |
|
|
Atlantic Ocean |
The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea |
| 149. |
Chenab |
1,086 |
675 |
|
|
Indus |
India, Pakistan |
| 150. |
Yellowstone |
1,080 |
671 |
|
|
Missouri |
United States |
| 151. |
Chu River |
1067 |
663 |
62,500 |
|
none |
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
| 152. |
River Name - Donets |
1,078 (1,053) |
670 (654) |
|
|
Don |
Ukraine, Russia |
| 153. |
Bermejo |
1,050 |
652 |
|
|
Paraguay |
Argentina, Bolivia |
| 153. |
River Name - Fly |
1,050 |
652 |
|
|
Gulf of Papua |
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia |
| 153. |
Guaviare |
1,050 |
652 |
|
|
Orinoco |
Colombia |
| 153. |
Kuskokwim |
1,050 |
652 |
|
|
Bering Sea |
United States |
| 157. |
Tennessee |
1,049 |
652 |
|
|
Ohio |
United States |
| 158. |
Daugava |
1,020 |
634 |
|
|
Gulf of Riga |
Latvia, Belarus, Russia |
| 159. |
River Name - Gila |
1,015 |
631 |
|
|
Colorado (western U.S.) |
United States |
| 160. |
Vistula |
1,014 |
630 |
|
|
Baltic Sea |
Poland |
| 161. |
Loire |
1,012 |
629 |
|
|
Atlantic Ocean |
France |
| 162. |
Essequibo |
1,010 |
628 |
|
|
Atlantic Ocean |
Guyana |
| 162. |
Khoper |
1,010 |
628 |
|
|
Don |
Russia |
| 164. |
Tagus
(Tajo/Tejo) |
1,006 |
625 |
|
|
Atlantic Ocean |
Spain, Portugal |
| 165. |
Colorado (Argentina) |
1,000 |
620 |
|
|
Atlantic Ocean |
Argentina |
|
