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List of river systems by length. The Nile as seen from a cruise boat between Luxor and Aswan in Egypt. This is a list of the longest rivers on Earth. It includes river systems over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) in length.
This article lists rivers by their average discharge measured in descending order of their water flow rate. Here, only those rivers whose discharge is more than 2,000 m 3 /s (71,000 cu ft/s) are shown. It can be thought of as a list of the biggest rivers on Earth, measured by a specific metric. For context, the volume of an Olympic-size ...
List of drainage basins by area (including rivers, lakes, and endorheic basins) List of largest unfragmented rivers; List of longest undammed rivers; List of river name etymologies; List of rivers by age; List of rivers by discharge; List of rivers by length; List of rivers of Central America and the Caribbean; List of rivers of the Americas
Longest undammed river in the contiguous United States. Maya River: 1,053 km (654 mi) 171,000 km 2 (66,000 sq mi) 1,180 m 3 /s (42,000 cu ft/s) Aldan River: Fly River: 1,050 km (650 mi) 76,000 km 2 (29,000 sq mi) 6,500 m 3 /s (230,000 cu ft/s) Gulf of Papua: Largest completely undammed river system in the world White River: 934 km (580 mi)
Rank Country Waterways Date of information — World 2,293,412: 2017 1 Russia 317,505: 2017 2 Brazil 153,348: 2017 3 China 138,357: 2017 [3] European Union 53,384: 2017 4 United States
The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile. [3] [19] [n 2]
This is a list of longest rivers of Asia. Included are all rivers over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia. ... that are in Asia. River Countries Length km mi 1 ...
The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the longest river in the world, [3] [4] though this has been contested by research suggesting that the Amazon River is slightly longer. [5] [6] Of the world's major rivers, the Nile is one of the smallest, as measured by annual flow in cubic metres of water. [7]