Major Rivers of the World

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Major Rivers of the World

Largest River: The Amazon in South America flows into the South Atlantic Ocean. Though, the Amazon river is 222 km shorter in length than the Nile, it is still considered the largest river because of greater flow of water and the highest river basin in the world. Longest River, the Nile in Africa, flowing into the Mediterranean Sea.

Important Rivers

River	Location/Country	Length (km)	Source	Outflow Into
Nile	Africa/Egypt	6670	Lake Victoria	Mediterranean
Missouri-Mississippi	North America/USA	6300	Red Rock Montana	Gulf of Mexico
Amazon	South America/Brazil	6448	Andes in Peru	Atlantic Ocean
Yangtze-Kiang	Asia/China	5490	Tibetan Plateau	China Sea (Pacific)
Hwang-Ho	Asia/China	4840	Tibet	Pacific Ocean
Yenisei	Asia/Siberia	5300	Mount Tannuola	Arctic Ocean
Lena	Europe/Russia	4800	Lake Baikal	Laptev Sea of Arctic Ocean
Niger	Africa/Nigeria	4800	Sierra Leone	Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic)
Congo	Africa/Zaire	4800	Confluence of Lualuba and Luapula	Atlantic
Ob	Asia/Siberia	4150	Altai Mountains	Gulf of Ob (Pacific)
Indus	Asia/India and Pakistan	3180	Mount Kailash	Arabian Sea
Brahmaputra	Asia/India	2960	Tibet	Bay of Bengal

Danube	Europe/Austria, Hungary, Czech Slovakia, and Yugoslavia	2820	Near Baden in Germany	Black Sea
Murray	Australia	3720	Alps	Indian Ocean
Volga	Asia/Russia	3700	Valdia Plateau (Moscow)	Caspian Sea
Amur	Asia/Siberia	4510	Pamirs	Pacific Ocean at the Sea of Okhotsk

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