Longest Rivers in the World

Sortable rankings table

# ▲	River ↕	Length ↕	Basin Area ↕	Continent ↕	Countries	Outflow ↕
1	Nile	6,650 km4,132 mi	3,254,555km²	Africa	Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, +5	Mediterranean Sea
2	Amazon	6,400 km3,977 mi	7,050,000km²	South America	Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia	Atlantic Ocean
3	Yangtze	6,300 km3,915 mi	1,808,500km²	Asia	China	East China Sea
4	Mississippi-Missouri	6,275 km3,899 mi	2,980,000km²	North America	United States, Canada	Gulf of Mexico
5	Yenisei	5,539 km3,442 mi	2,580,000km²	Asia	Russia, Mongolia	Kara Sea
6	Yellow River	5,464 km3,395 mi	752,000km²	Asia	China	Bohai Sea
7	Ob-Irtysh	5,410 km3,362 mi	2,990,000km²	Asia	Russia, China, Kazakhstan	Kara Sea
8	Paraná	4,880 km3,032 mi	2,582,672km²	South America	Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina	Río de la Plata
9	Congo	4,700 km2,920 mi	3,691,000km²	Africa	DR Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Angola, Cameroon	Atlantic Ocean
10	Amur-Argun	4,444 km2,761 mi	1,855,000km²	Asia	Russia, China	Sea of Okhotsk
11	Lena	4,400 km2,734 mi	2,490,000km²	Asia	Russia	Laptev Sea
12	Mekong	4,350 km2,703 mi	810,000km²	Asia	China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam	South China Sea
13	Mackenzie	4,241 km2,635 mi	1,805,000km²	North America	Canada	Arctic Ocean
14	Niger	4,180 km2,597 mi	2,117,700km²	Africa	Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, Nigeria	Gulf of Guinea
15	Murray-Darling	3,672 km2,282 mi	1,061,000km²	Oceania	Australia	Southern Ocean
16	Tocantins	3,650 km2,268 mi	764,000km²	South America	Brazil	Atlantic Ocean
17	Euphrates	3,596 km2,234 mi	500,000km²	Middle East	Turkey, Syria, Iraq	Persian Gulf
18	Volga	3,531 km2,194 mi	1,380,000km²	Europe	Russia	Caspian Sea
19	Madeira	3,380 km2,100 mi	1,420,000km²	South America	Bolivia, Brazil, Peru	Amazon
20	Purus	3,211 km1,995 mi	375,000km²	South America	Peru, Brazil	Amazon

Sort table columns by clicking any column header. Length figures reflect the most widely accepted measurements; disputes exist for Nile/Amazon and Mississippi/Missouri orderings.