Where are the longest rivers in the world?

The two longest rivers in the world are the Nile, flowing into the Mediterranean, and the Amazon, flowing into the South Atlantic. Which is the longer is more a matter of definition than simple measurement.



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The Top Ten: Longest Rivers of the World
  • Nile. Africa. 4,180.
  • Amazon. South America. 3,912.
  • Mississippi-Missouri-Red Rock. United States. 3,710.
  • Chang Jiang (Yangtze) China. 3,602.
  • Ob. Russia. 3,459.
  • Huang Ho (Yellow) China. 2,900.
  • Yenisei. Russia. 2,800.
  • Parana. South America. 2,795.


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A detailed description of the top 10 longest rivers in the world:
  • Nile River- (length- 6650 Km) ...
  • The Amazon River- (length- 6575 Km) ...
  • The Yangtze River- (length-6300 Km) ...
  • The Mississippi River- (length- 6275Km) ...
  • The Yenisei River- (length-5539 Km) ...
  • The Yellow River- (length- 5464 Km) ...
  • The Ob-Irtysh River- (length- 5410 Km)


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The 25 Longest Rivers in the World
  1. Nile. 4,135 miles. North/East Africa.
  2. Amazon. 3,980 miles. South America.
  3. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) 3,917 miles. China.
  4. Mississippi-Missouri. 3,870 miles. USA.
  5. Yenisey. 3,434 miles. Russia.
  6. Huang He. 3,395 miles. China.
  7. Ob-Irtysh. 3,354 miles. Russia.
  8. Congo. 2,914 miles. Central Africa.


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The Encyclopedia Britannica gives the length of the Nile as 6,650 kilometers (4,132 miles), to 6,400 kilometers (3,977 miles) for the Amazon, measuring the latter from the headwaters of the Apurimac river in southern Peru.

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The Congo is the deepest river in the world. Its headwaters are in the north-east of Zambia, between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa (Malawi), 1760 metres above sea level; it flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

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3. Yangtze River - China. With a length of 3,915 miles, the Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world. It is also China's most important water system, culturally, historically and economically.

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The Ob-Irtysh River The seventh-longest river in the world is the Ob-Irtysh river system. The Ob River originates in western Siberia in the Altai Mountains and is met by the Irtysh River that begins in Mongolia and flows through China and Kazakhstan before entering Russia.

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The Everglades is the world's slowest-moving river. When rain fills Lake Okeechobee, in south-central Florida, the lake overflows into the 50-foot wide, 1.5 million acre water filtration system and flows about one meter an hour toward the Gulf of Mexico, at the southern tip of the Sunshine State.

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The Shanay-Timpishka, also known as La Bomba, is a tributary of the Amazon River, called the only boiling river in the world. It is 6.4 km (4.0 mi) long. It is known for the very high temperature of its waters—from 45 °C (113 °F) to nearly 100 °C (212 °F).

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