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Saturday, July 3, 2021

WORLD RIVERS_ORIGIN, OUTFLOW, LENGTH

 The following table gives information about world's rivers, its origin, outflow and length in MI + KM


Sr. No.

Name of River

Source

Outflow

Length  (mi)

Length  (km)

1

Nile

Tributaries of Lake Victoria, Africa

Mediterranean Sea

4,180

6,690

2

Amazon

Glacier-fed lakes, Peru

Atlantic Ocean

3,912

6,296

3

Mississippi-Missouri-
Red Rock

Source of Red Rock, Montana

Gulf of Mexico

3,710

5,970

4

Chang Jiang (Yangtze)

Tibetan plateau, China

China Sea

3,602

5,797

5

Ob

Altai Mts., Russia

Gulf of Ob

3,459

5,567

6

Huang He (Yellow)

Eastern part of Kunlan Mts., West China

Gulf of Chihli

2,900

4,667

7

Yenisei

Tannu-Ola Mts., western Tuva, Russia

Arctic Ocean

2,800

4,506

8

Paran

Confluence of Paranaiba and Grande rivers

Ro de la Plata

2,795

4,498

9

Irtish

Altai Mts., Russia

Ob River

2,758

4,438

10

Zaire (Congo)

Confluence of Lualab and Luapula rivers, Congo

Atlantic Ocean

2,716

4,371

11

Heilong (Amur)

Confluence of Shilka (Russia) and Argun (Manchuria) rivers

Tatar Strait

2,704

4,352

12

Lena

Baikal Mts., Russia

Arctic Ocean

2,652

4,268

13

Mackenzie

Head of Finlay River, British Columbia, Canada

Beaufort Sea
(Arctic Ocean)

2,635

4,241

14

Niger

Guinea

Gulf of Guinea

2,600

4,184

15

Mekong

Tibetan highlands

South China Sea

2,500

4,023

16

Mississippi

Lake Itasca, Minnesota

Gulf of Mexico

2,348

3,779

17

Missouri

Confluence of Jefferson, Gallatin, and Madison rivers, Montana

Mississippi River

2,315

3,726

18

Volga

Valdai plateau, Russia

Caspian Sea

2,291

3,687

19

Madeira

Confluence of Beni and Maumor rivers, Bolivia?Brazil boundary

Amazon River

2,012

3,238

20

Purus

Peruvian Andes

Amazon River

1,993

3,207

21

So Francisco

Southwest Minas Gerais, Brazil

Atlantic Ocean

1,987

3,198

22

Yukon

Junction of Lewes and Pelly rivers, Yukon Territory, Canada

Bering Sea

1,979

3,185

23

St. Lawrence

Lake Ontario

Gulf of St. Lawrence

1,900

3,058

24

Rio Grande

San Juan Mts., Colorado

Gulf of Mexico

1,885

3,034

25

Brahmaputra

Himalayas

Ganges River

1,800

2,897

26

Indus

Himalayas

Arabian Sea

1,800

2,897

27

Danube

Black Forest, Germany

Black Sea

1,766

2,842

28

Euphrates

Confluence of Murat Nehri and Kara Su rivers, Turkey

Shatt-al-Arab

1,739

2,799

29

Darling

Central part of Eastern Highlands, Australia

Murray River

1,702

2,739

30

Zambezi

1121'S, 2422'E, Zambia

Mozambique Channel

1,700

2,736

31

Tocantins

Gois, Brazil

Par River

1,677

2,699

32

Murray

Australian Alps, New South Wales

Indian Ocean

1,609

2,589

33

Nelson

Head of Bow River, western Alberta, Canada

Hudson Bay

1,600

2,575

34

Paraguay

Mato Grosso, Brazil

Paran River

1,584

2,549

35

Ural

Southern Ural Mts., Russia

Caspian Sea

1,574

2,533

36

Ganges

Himalayas

Bay of Bengal

1,557

2,506

37

Amu Darya (Oxus)

Nicholas Range, Pamir Mts., Turkmenistan

Aral Sea

1,500

2,414

38

Japur

Andes, Colombia

Amazon River

1,500

2,414

39

Salween

Tibet, south of Kunlun Mts.

Gulf of Martaban

1,500

2,414

40

Arkansas

Central Colorado

Mississippi River

1,459

2,348

41

Colorado

Grand County, Colorado

Gulf of California

1,450

2,333

42

Dnieper

Valdai Hills, Russia

Black Sea

1,419

2,284

43

Ohio-Allegheny

Potter County, Pennsylvania

Mississippi River

1,306

2,102

44

Irrawaddy

Confluence of Nmai and Mali rivers, northeast Burma

Bay of Bengal

1,300

2,092

45

Orange

Lesotho

Atlantic Ocean

1,300

2,092

46

Orinoco

Serra Parima Mts., Venezuela

Atlantic Ocean

1,281

2,062

47

Pilcomayo

Andes Mts., Bolivia

Paraguay River

1,242

1,999

48

Xi Jiang (Si Kiang)

Eastern Yunnan Province, China

China Sea

1,236

1,989

49

Columbia

Columbia Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Pacific Ocean

1,232

1,983

50

Don

Tula, Russia

Sea of Azov

1,223

1,968

51

Sungari

China-North Korea boundary

Amur River

1,215

1,955

52

Saskatchewan

Canadian Rocky Mts.

Lake Winnipeg

1,205

1,939

53

Peace

Stikine Mts., British Columbia, Canada

Great Slave River

1,195

1,923

54

Tigris

Taurus Mts., Turkey

Shatt-al-Arab

1,180

1,89

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