Top 50 Longest Rivers in the World List 🐟
ADDucation’s list of all longest rivers in the world doesn’t include “river systems”. Why? Because the Mississippi river system includes the Missouri river and Red river. Both these rivers also rank in the top fifty longest rivers in the world so it doesn’t make sense. Either way the River Nile still tops the longest rivers in the world list.
- ADDucation’s list of longest rivers in the world was compiled by Robert Junker and last updated on 18 Aug 2024.
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Longest rivers in the world | Length (miles) | Length (km) | River source | River mouth | Countries the longest rivers in the world flows through | Cities river flows through and trivia |
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Nile | 4145 | 6671 | Ruandaberge in Rwanda/Burundi. | Mediterranean Sea north of Cairo. | 🇷🇼Rwanda, 🇧🇮Burundi, 🇹🇿Tanzania, 🇺🇬Uganda, 🇸🇸South Sudan, 🇸🇩Sudan and 🇪🇬Egypt. | Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Khartoum and Malakei. The river Nile is the longest river in the world. |
Amazon | 4000 | 6437 | Andes in Peru, from Maranón and Ucayali. | Atlantic | 🇵🇪Peru and 🇧🇷Brazil. | Iquitos, Macapa and Santarém. The River Amazon is the longest river in south America. |
Yangtze River (Long River) |
3900 | 6276 | Tibet, from the rivers Tuotuo He and Dam Chu. | East China Sea at Shanghai. | 🇨🇳Tibet (autonomous region in China). | Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing and Shanghai. The Yangtze river is the longest river in Asia. |
Hwang Ho (Yellow River) |
3011 | 4845 | Tibet, from Gyaring Lake and Ngoring Lake. | Yellow Sea at Gulf of Bohai. | 🇨🇳Tibet (autonomous region in China). | Wuhai, Baotou, Puyang, Kaifeng and Jinan. |
Mekong | 2796 | 4500 | Qinghai in China. | South China Sea in Pacific. | 🇨🇳China, 🇲🇲Myanmar, 🇹🇭Thailand, 🇱🇦Laos, 🇰🇭Cambodia and 🇻🇳Vietnam. | Vientiane and Phnom Penh. |
Lena | 2734 | 4400 | Baikal Mountains in China. | Arctic Ocean at Leptewsee. | 🇷🇺Russia. | Lensk, Oljokminsk and Yakutsk. |
Congo | 2718 | 4374 | Mitumba Mountains in Democratic Republic of Congo. | Atlantic Ocean. | 🇨🇩DR Congo and 🇨🇬Republic of Congo. | Brazzaville, Kinshasa, Matadi and Mbandaka. The river Congo is the longest river in Africa. |
Irtysh | 2641 | 4250 | Mongolian Altai in China. | Ob in Russia. | 🇨🇳China, 🇰🇿Kazakhstan and 🇷🇺Russia. | Ust- Kamenogorsk, Semai, Omsk and Tobolsk. |
Niger | 2597 | 4180 | Lomaberge in Guinea. | Atlantic Ocean at Gulf of Guinea. | 🇬🇳 Guinea, 🇲🇱Mali, 🇧🇯Benin and 🇳🇬Nigeria. | Bamako, Niamey and Port Harcourt. |
Missouri | 2566 | 4130 | Montana, USA from Jefferson and Madison. | Mississippi at St. Louis. | 🇺🇸USA (Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois). | Omaha, Kansas City and Saint Joseph. The Missouri river is the longest river in the USA and north America. |
Yenisei | 2543 | 4092 | Sayan Mountains in Russia. | Kara Sea in Arctic Ocean. | 🇷🇺Russia (Siberia). | Kyzyl, Chernogorsk, Abakan and Krasnoyarsk. |
Paraná | 2479 | 3990 | Serra da Mantiqueira from Paranaiba and Rio Grande. | Rio de la Plata (Buenos Aires). | 🇧🇷Brazil, 🇵🇾Paraguay (Iguacu Falls) and 🇦🇷Argentina. | Iguacu, Posadas, Rosario and Buenos Aires. |
Mississippi | 2340 | 3766 | Lake Itasca in Minnesota, USA. | Gulf of Mexico (New Orleans) | 🇺🇸USA (Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana). | Minneapolis, St. Louis, Memphis, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. |
Ob | 2280 | 3670 | Altai Mountains in Russia from Bija and Katun. | Obbusen (Kara Sea) | 🇷🇺Russia (West Siberia). | Bijsk, Barnaul, Novosibirsk and Surgut. |
Volga | 2193 | 3530 | Valdai Hills in Russia. | Caspian Sea | 🇷🇺Russia (European part). | Kazan, Samara, Saratov and Volgograd. |
Juruá | 2040 | 3283 | Ucayali in the Andes in Peru. | Amazon | 🇵🇪Peru and 🇧🇷Brazil. | Cruzeiro do Sul. |
Purus | 1995 | 3210 | Andes in Peru, from Curiuja and Cujar. | Amazon | 🇵🇪Peru and 🇧🇷Brazil. | Boca do Acre and Lábrea. |
Sao Francisco | 1988 | 3200 | Serra da Canastra in eastern Brazil. | Atlantic | 🇧🇷Brazil (Minas Gerais, Bahia, Sergipe, Pernambuco and Alagoas). | Januaria, Barra, Petrolina and Paulo Afonso. |
Indus | 1976 | 3180 | Himalayas in Tibet, China. | Arabian Sea | 🇨🇳Tibet (autonomous region in China), 🇮🇳India and 🇵🇰Pakistan. | Hyderabad. |
Brahmaputra | 1908 | 3070 | Himalayas in Tibet, China. | As Padma in the Bay of Bengal. | 🇨🇳Tibet (autonomous region in China), 🇮🇳India and 🇧🇩Bangladesh. | Guwahati, Mymensingh and Gongga. |
Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) |
1885 | 3034 | Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA. | Gulf of Mexico at Matamoros. | 🇺🇸USA (Colorado, New Mexico, Texas) and 🇲🇽Mexico. | Albuquerque, El Paso, Ciudad Juárez and Laredo. |
Tunguska, Lower | 1858 | 2990 | Central Siberian mountains. | In the Yenisei at Turuchansk. | 🇷🇺Russia (Siberia). | Tura and Turuchansk. |
Salween | 1852 | 2980 | Tibet in China. | Andaman Sea into Indian Ocean. | 🇨🇳Tibet (autonomous region in China), 🇲🇲Myanmar and 🇹🇭Thailand. | Liuku and Mawlamyaing. |
Danube (Donau) | 1768 | 2845 | Black Forest in Germany, from the rivers Brigach and Breg. | Black Sea. | 🇩🇪Germany, 🇦🇹Austria, 🇸🇰Slovakia, 🇭🇺Hungary, 🇭🇷Croatia, 🇷🇸Serbia, 🇷🇴Romania, 🇧🇬Bulgaria, 🇲🇩Moldova and the 🇺🇦Ukraine. | Ulm, Ingolstadt, Regensburg, Linz, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade. The river Danube is the longest river in Europe. |
Darling | 1765 | 2840 | Great Dividing Range from Culgoa and Barwon. | Murray River. | 🇦🇺Australia (New South Wales). | Renmark, Bourke, Wilcannia and Menindee. The river Darling is the longest river in Oceania. |
Amur | 1755 | 2824 | Kentai mountains from Argun and Shilka. | Pacific at Nikolajewks. | 🇨🇳China and 🇷🇺Russia. | Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk and Mohe. |
Japurá | 1752 | 2820 | Andes in Colombia. | Amazon | 🇨🇴Colombia and 🇧🇷Brazil. | Solano and Tefé. |
Euphrates | 1700 | 2736 | Taurus Mountains in Turkey from Murat and Karasu. | Persian Gulf with the Tigris as Shatt al-Arab. | 🇹🇷Turkey, 🇸🇾Syria and 🇮🇶Iraq (Euphrates + Tigris = Mesopotamia). | Ar-Raqqa, Deir az-Zur, Karbala and Najaf. |
Wiljui | 1647 | 2650 | Central Siberian mountains. | Lena | 🇷🇺Russia (Siberia and Yakutia). | Njurba and Wiljuisk. |
Ganges | 1628 | 2620 | From the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers. | As Padma River flows into the Ganges Delta (the largest river delta in the world) in the Bengal region of South Asia. | 🇳🇵Nepal, 🇮🇳India and 🇧🇩Bangladesh. | Kanpur, Allahabad, Patna and Farakka. |
Zambezi | 1600 | 2575 | Lunda Uplands in Zambia. | Indian Ocean | 🇿🇲Zambia, 🇦🇴Angola, 🇳🇦Namibia, 🇧🇼Botswana, 🇿🇼Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls) and 🇲🇿Mozambique. | Mongu, Livingstone, Tete and Sena. |
Yukon | 1588 | 2555 | Marsh Lake, Coast Mountains in Canada. | Bering Sea in Alaska. | 🇨🇦Canada and the 🇺🇸United States (Alaska). | Whitehorse, Dawson, Eagle, Tanana and Nulato. |
Rio Paraguay | 1584 | 2549 | Mato Grosso in Brazil. | Paraná at Corrientes. | 🇧🇷Brazil, Bolivia, 🇵🇾Paraguay and 🇦🇷Argentina. | Asunción, Corumba and Formosa. |
Tocantins | 1553 | 2500 | Serra Geral do Parana in Brazil. | Atlantic Rio Pará. | 🇧🇷Brazil (Goiás, Tocantins, Maranhão and Pará). | Marabá and Tucuruí. |
Pilcomayo | 1547 | 2490 | Poopo Lake in Bolivia. | Rio Paraguay at Asunción. | 🇧🇴Bolivia, 🇵🇾Paraguay and 🇦🇷Argentina. | |
Ishim | 1522 | 2450 | Kazakh Uplands in Kazakhstan. | In the Irtysh. | 🇰🇿Kazakhstan and 🇷🇺Russia. | Astana, Petropavlovsk and Ishim. |
Ural | 1509 | 2428 | Southern Urals in Russia. | Caspian Sea. | 🇰🇿Kazakhstan and 🇷🇺Russia. | Orsk, Orenburg, Oral and Atyrau. |
Murray | 1476 | 2375 | Snowy Mountains in Australia. | Indian Ocean at Adelaide. | 🇦🇺Australia (New South Wales and Victoria). | Albury, Echuca, Swan Hill and Mildura. |
Arkansas | 1450 | 2333 | Leadville in the Sawatch Range. | Mississippi | 🇺🇸USA (Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas). | Little Rock, Pueblo, Wichita and Tulsa. |
Colorado | 1450 | 2333 | Rocky Mountains in USA. | Gulf of California. | 🇺🇸USA (Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California) and 🇲🇽Mexico. | Grand Junction, Lake Havasu City, Yuma and San Luis. |
Olenjok | 1423 | 2290 | Central Siberian mountains. | Laptev Sea into Arctic Ocean. | 🇷🇺Russia (North Siberia). | Olenjok. |
Aldan | 1413 | 2274 | Stanovoy Range in Russia. | In the Lena. | 🇷🇺Russia (Yakutia). | Tommot and Chandyga. |
Rio Negro | 1401 | 2255 | From Rio Guainía and Rio Casiquiare. | In Manaus into the Amazon | 🇧🇷Brazil, 🇻🇪Venezuela and 🇨🇴Colombia. | Manaus and Cacau Pireira. |
Syr Darya (Jaxartes) | 1374 | 2212 | From Naryn and Karadarja. | Aral Sea | 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan, 🇺🇿Uzbekistan, 🇹🇯Tajikistan and 🇰🇿Kazakhstan. | Khujand |
Dnepr | 1370 | 2205 | Valdai Hills in Russia. | Black Sea. | 🇷🇺Russia, 🇧🇾Belarus and 🇺🇦Ukraine. | Smolensk, Orsha, Kiev, Kremenchug, Nikopol. |
Araguaia | 1366 | 2198 | Serra dos Caiapós. | Rio Tocantins. | 🇧🇷Brazil | Barra do Garcas and Aruana. |
Irrawaddy | 1348 | 2170 | From Mali and N’mai. | Gulf of Martaban into Andaman Sea. | 🇲🇲Myanmar | Mandalay |
Oranje | 1342 | 2160 | Drakensberg in Lesotho. | Atlantic | 🇱🇸Lesotho, 🇿🇦South Africa and 🇳🇦Namibia. | Upington and Oranjemund. |
Kasai | 1338 | 2153 | Highlands of Bié in Angola. | In the Congo. | 🇦🇴Angola and 🇨🇩DR Congo. | Bandundu |
Kolyma | 1324 | 2130 | From Kulu and Ajan – Jurjach. | East Siberian Sea | 🇷🇺Russia (East Siberia). | Ust- Srednekan and Syrjanka. |
Orinoco | 1252 | 2015 | Cerro Delgado Chalbaud (Sierra Parima). | Atlantic | 🇻🇪Venezuela and 🇨🇴Colombia. | Bolivar, Guayana, Curiapo and Tucupita. |
Rio Salado | 1250 | 2011 | From Rio Toro and Rio Guachipas. | Paraná River near Santa Fe. | 🇦🇷Argentina | Salta and Santa Fe. |
Rio Xingu | 1230 | 1980 | From Rio Ronur & Rio Culuene. | Amazon | 🇧🇷Brazil | |
Red River | 1222 | 1966 | Great Plains of Texas, USA. | Atchafalaya River | 🇺🇸USA (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana). | Shreveport and Alexandria. |
Columbia | 1214 | 1953 | Columbia Lake in Canada. | Pacifi ocean | 🇨🇦Canada (British Columbia) and the 🇺🇸USA (Washington, Oregon). | Revelstoke, Portland and Vancouver. |
Mamoré | 1200 | 1931 | From Ichilo and Chapare. | With the Rio Beni in the Rio Madeira. | 🇧🇴Bolivia | Cochabamba |
Mackenzie River | 1182 | 1903 | Beaver Lake (Great Slave Lake). | Beaufort Sea into Arctic Ocean. | 🇨🇦Canada (Northwest Territories). | Fort Samson, Fort Providence, Wrigley and Tulita. |
Tigris | 1181 | 1900 | Taurus Mountains in Turkey. | With the Euphrates as Shatt al-Arab in the Persian Gulf. | 🇹🇷Turkey, 🇸🇾Syria and 🇮🇶Iraq. | Mosul, Tikrit, Samarra, Baghdad, Amarah and Kut. |
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