Principal Rivers of the World

IMPORTANT RIVERS OF THE WORLD

Principal Rivers of the World
River 


Nile
Tributaries of Lake Victoria, Africa
Mediterranean Sea
6,690 KM

Amazon
Glacier-fed lakes, Peru
Atlantic Ocean
6,296

Mississippi
Source of Red Rock, Montana
Gulf of Mexico
6,240

Yangtze Kiang
Tibetan Plateau, China
China Sea
5,797

Amur-Argun
Khingan Mts., China
Tatar Strait
5,780

Ob
Altai Mts, CIS
Gulf of Ob
5,567

Yellow (Huang Ho) Mts, west China
Eastern part of Kunlan
Gulf of Chihli
4,667

Yenisei
Tannu-Ola Mts, western
Arctic Ocean
4,506

Parana
Confluence of Paranaiba and Grande rivers
Rio de la Plata
4,498

Irtish
Altai Mts., CIS
Ob River
4,438

Congo
Confluence of Lualaba and Luapula rivers, Zaire
Atlantic Ocean
4,371

Amur
Confluence of Shilka (CIS) Argan (Manchuria) rivers
Tatar Strait
4,352

Lena
Baikal Mts., CIS
Arctic Ocean
4,268

Mackenzie
Head of Finlay river, British Columbia, Canada
Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean)
4,241

Niger
Guinea
Gulf of Guinea
4,184

Mekong
Tibetan highlands
South China Sea
4,023

Mississippi
Lake Itasca, Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
3,779

Missouri
Confluence of Jefferson, Gallatin and Madison

rivers,Montana
Mississippi River
3,726

Volga
Valdai plateau, CIS
Caspian Sea
3,687

Madeira
Confluence of Beni and Maumore rivers, Bolivia-Brazil

boundary
Amazon River
3,238

Purus
Peruvian Andes
Amazon River
3,207

San Francisco
Southwest Minas Gerais, Brazil
Atlantic Ocean
3,198

Yukon
Junction of Lewes and Pelly rivers, Yukon Territory,

Canada
Bering Sea
3,185

St. Lawrence
Lake Ontario
Gulf of St. Lawrence
3,058

Rio Grande
San Juan Mts, Colorado
Gulf or Mexico
3,034

Tunguska (Lower)
North of Lake Baikal, Russia
Yenesei River
2,995

Brahmaputra
Himalayas
Ganges River
2,897

Indus
Himalayas
Arabian Sea
2,897

Danube
Black Forest, Germany
Black Sea
2,842

Euphrates
Confluence of Murat Nehri and Kara Sun rivers, Turkey
Shatt-al-Arab
2,799

Darling
Central part of Eastern Highlands, Australia
Murray River
2,739

Zambezi
ll021'S, 24°22'E, Zambia
Mozambique Channel
2,736

Tocantins
Goias, Brazil
Para River
2,699

Murray
Australian Alps, New South Wales
Indian Ocean
2,589

Nelson
Head of Bow River, western Alberta, Canada
Hudson Bay
2,575

Paraguay
Mato Grosso Plateau, Brazil
Parana River
2,549

Ural
Southern Ural Mts., CIS
Caspian Sea
2,533

Ganges
Himalayas
Bay of Bengal
2,506

Amu Darya (Oxus)
Nicolas Range, Pamir Mts, CIS
Aral Sea
2,414

Japura
Andes, Colombia
Amazon River
2,414

Salween
Tibet, south of Kunlun Mts.
Gulf of Martaban
2,414

Arkansas
Central Colorado Gulf of California
Mississippi River
2,348

Colorado
Grand Country, Colorado
Gulf of California
2,333

Dnieper
Valdai Hills, CIS
Black Sea
2,284

Syr Darya
Tien Shan, China/Kyrgyzstan
Aral Sea
2,206

Ohio-Allegheny
Potter County, Pennsylvania
Mississippi River
2,102

Irrawaddy
Confluence of Nmai and Mali rivers, northeast

Mvanmar
Bay of Bengal
2,092

Orange
Lesotho
Atlantic Ocean
2,092

Orinoco
Serra Parima Mts., Venezuela
Atlantic Ocean
2,062

Pilcomayo
Andes Mts., Bolivia
Paraguay River
1,999

Xi Jiang (Si Kiang)
Eastern Yunnan Province, China
China Sea
1,989

Columbia
Columbia Lake, British Columbia,Canada
Pacific Ocean
1,983

Don
Tula, RSFSR, CIS
Sea of Azov
1,968

Sungan
China-North Korea boundary
Amur River
1,955

Saskatchewan
Canadian Rockey Mts.
Lake Winnipeg
1,939

Peace
Stikine Mts., British Columbia, Canada
Great Slave River
1,923

Tigris
Taurus Mts., Turkey
Shatt-al-Arab
1,899

Rhine
Confluence of Hinterrhein and Vorderrhein rivers,

Switzerland
North Sea
1,320