List of Major Rivers of the World
1. Nile
Sources: Tributaries of Lake Victoria,
Africa
Outflow: Mediterranean
Sea
Approx. Length (km): 6,690
2. Amazon
Sources: Glacier-fed lakes,
Peru
Outflow: Atlantic Ocean
Approx. Length (km): 6,296
3. Mississippi-Missouri-Red Rock
Sources: Source of Red Rock,
Montana
Outflow: Gulf of Mexico
Approx. Length (km): 5,970
4. Chang Jiang (Yangtze)
Source: Tibetan plateau, China
Outflow: China Sea
Approx. Length: 5,797
Km
5. Ob
Sources: Altai Mts.,
Russia
Outflow: Gulf of
Ob
Approx. Length (km): 5,567
6. Huang He (Yellow)
Sources: Eastern part of Kunlan Mts., West
China
Outflow: Gulf of Chihli
Approx. Length (km): 4,667
7. Yenisei
Sources: Tannu-Ola Mts., western Tuva,
Russia
Outflow: Arctic Ocean
Approx. Length (km): 4,506
8. Parana
Sources: Confluence of Paranaiba and
Grande rivers
Outflow: Río de la Plata
Approx. Length (km): 4,498
9. Irtish
Sources: Altai Mts.,
Russia
Outflow: Ob
River
Approx. Length (km): 4,438
10. Zaire (Congo)
Source: Confluence of Lualab and Luapula
rivers, Congo
Outflow: Atlantic Ocean
Approx. Length (km): 4,371
11. Heilong (Amur)
Sources: Confluence of Shilka (Russia) and
Argun (Manchuria) rivers
Outflow: Tatar
Strait
Approx. Length (km): 4,352
12. Lena
Sources: Baikal Mts., Russia
Outflow: Arctic Ocean
Approx. Length (km): 4,268
13. Mackenzie
Sources: Head of Finlay River, British
Columbia, Canada
Outflow: Beaufort Sea (Arctic
Ocean)
Approx. Length (km): 4,241
14. Niger
Sources: Guinea
Outflow: Gulf of Guinea
Approx. Length (km): 4,184
15. Mekong
Sources: Tibetan
highlands
Outflow: South China
Sea
Approx. Length (km): 4,023
16. Mississippi
Sources: Lake Itasca,
Minnesota
Outflow: Gulf of Mexico
Approx. Length (km): 3,779
17. Missouri
Sources: Confluence of Jefferson,
Gallatin, and Madison rivers, Montana
Outflow: Mississippi
River
Approx. Length (km): 3,726
18. Volga
Sources: Valdai plateau,
Russia
Outflow: Caspian Sea
Approx. Length (km): 3,687
19. Madeira
Sources: Confluence of Beni and Maumoré
rivers, Bolivia–Brazil boundary
Outflow: Amazon River
Approx. Length (km): 3,238
20. Purus
Sources: Peruvian Andes
Outflow: Amazon River
Approx. Length (km): 3,207
21. Sao Francisco
Sources: Southwest Minas Gerais,
Brazil
Outflow: Atlantic Ocean
Approx. Length (km): 3,198
22. Yukon
Sources: Junction of Lewes and Pelly
rivers, Yukon Territory, Canada
Outflow: Bering
Sea
Approx. Length (km): 3,185
23. St. Lawrence
Sources: Lake Ontario
Outflow: Gulf of St. Lawrence
Approx. Length (km): 3,058
24. Rio Grande
Sources: San Juan Mts.,
Colorado
Outflow: Gulf of Mexico
Approx. Length (km): 3,034
25. Brahmaputra
Sources: Himalayas
Outflow: Ganges River
Approx. Length (km): 2,897
26. Indus
Sources: Himalayas
Outflow: Arabian Sea
Approx. Length (km): 2,897
27. Danube
Sources: Black Forest,
Germany
Outflow: Black
Sea
Approx. Length (km): 2,842
28. Euphrates
Sources: Confluence of Murat Nehri and
Kara Su rivers, Turkey
Outflow: Shatt-al-Arab
Approx. Length (km): 2,799
29. Darling
Sources: Central part of Eastern
Highlands, Australia
Outflow: Murray River
Approx. Length (km): 2,739
30. Zambezi
Sources: 11°21'S, 24°22'E,
Zambia
Outflow: Mozambique Channel
Approx. Length (km): 2,736
31. Tocantins
Sources: Goias, Brazil
Outflow: Para
River
Approx. Length (km): 2,699
32. Murray
Sources: Australian Alps, New South
Wales
Outflow: Indian Ocean
Approx. Length (km): 2,589
33. Nelson
Sources: Head of Bow River, western
Alberta, Canada
Outflow: Hudson Bay
Approx. Length (km): 2,575
34. Paraguay
Sources: Mato Grosso, Brazil
Outflow: Parana River
Approx. Length (km): 2,549
35. Ural
Sources: Southern Ural Mts.,
Russia
Outflow: Caspian Sea
Approx. Length (km): 2,533
36. Ganges
Sources: Himalayas
Outflow: Bay of Bengal
Approx. Length (km): 2,506
37. Amu Darya (Oxus)
Sources: Nicholas Range, Pamir Mts.,
Turkmenistan
Outflow: Aral Sea
Approx. Length (km): 2,414
38. Japura
Sources: Andes,
Colombia
Outflow: Amazon River
Approx. Length (km): 2,414
39. Salween
Sources: Tibet, south of Kunlun
Mts.
Outflow: Gulf of
Martaban
Approx. Length (km): 2,414
40. Arkansas
Sources: Central
Colorado
Outflow: Mississippi
River
Approx. Length (km): 2,348
41. Colorado
Sources: Grand County, Pennsylvania
Outflow: Mississippi
River
Approx. Length (km): 2,348
42. Dnieper
Sources: Valdai Hills, Russia
Outflow: Black
Sea
Approx. Length (km): 2,284
43. Ohio-Allegheny
Sources: Potter County,
Pennsylvania
Outflow: Mississippi
River
Approx. Length (km): 2,102
44. Irrawaddy
Sources: Confluence of Nmai and Mali
rivers, northeast Burma
Outflow: Bay of Bengal
Approx. Length (km): 2,092
45. Orange
Sources: Lesotho
Outflow: Atlantic Ocean
Approx. Length (km): 2,092
46. Orinoco
Source: Serra Parima Mts.,
Venezuela
Outflow: Atlantic Ocean
Approx. Length (km): 2,062
47. Pilcomayo
Sources: Andes Mts., Bolivia
Outflow: Paraguay
River
Approx. Length (km): 1,999
48. Xi Jiang (Si Kiang)
Sources: Eastern Yunnan Province, China
Outflow: China
Sea
Approx. Length (km): 1,989
49. Columbia
Sources: Columbia Lake, British Columbia,
Canada
Outflow: Pacific Ocean
Approx. Length (km): 1,983
50. Don
Sources: Tula, Russia
Outflow: Sea of
Azov
Approx. Length (km): 1,968
51. Sungari
Sources: China–North Korea
boundary
Outflow: Amur
River
Approx. Length (km): 1,955
52. Saskatchewan
Sources: Canadian Rocky
Mts.
Outflow: Lake
Winnipeg
Approx. Length (km): 1,939
53. Peace
Sources: Stikine Mts., British Columbia,
Canada
Outflow: Great Slave
River
Approx. Length (km): 1,923
54. Tigris
Sources: Taurus Mts., Turkey
Outflow: Shatt-al-Arab
Approx. Length (km): 1,899
