Which is the 10 longest river in the world?

The Amur River - 4,444km (2,761 miles) The tenth-longest river in the world is the Amur River, which extends 4,444km (2,761 miles). This is the total length when you include its farthest source – the river Argun.



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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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Longest Rivers in the World by Length A Nile River is considered to be the world's longest river with a total of 6650 km, followed by Amazon (6575 km), Yangtze (6300 km) and Mississippi (6275km).

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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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Here is a list of five longest rivers of the world
  • Nile River: The longest river in the world.
  • Amazon River: Second longest and the largest by water flow.
  • Yangtze River: The longest river in Asia.
  • Mississippi-Missouri.
  • Yenisei.


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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 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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Depending on the geographer, the Río de la Plata may be considered a river, an estuary, a gulf, or a marginal sea. If considered a river, it is the widest in the world, with a maximum width of 220 kilometres (140 mi). NASA photo of the Río de la Plata looking from northwest to southeast.

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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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Amazon River The river cuts across South America and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Its watersheds span the countries of Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. With a mind-boggling average discharge of 209,000 m³/s, it sets the record as the world's largest river by volume.

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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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Bangladesh has the highest number of rivers (about 700) and is known as the 'land of rivers'. Some major Rivers of Bangladesh are: Brahmaputra, Ganges, Suma, Atrai, Raidak, Mahananda, Teesta, Karnaphuli, Meghna and Bangshi among others.

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