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The longest Rivers of the World |
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| River Name | Location | Length (miles approx) | Length (km approx) | Drainage Area (sq miles) |
Flow at mouth (cubic m per second) |
| Nile |
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4,160 | 6,695 | 1,170,000 | 1,584 |
| Amazon |
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4,000 | 6,400 | 2,270,000 | 180,000 |
| Yangtze | Asia ( |
3,900 | 6,240 | 698,000 | 35,000 |
| Mississippi/Missouri | 3,870 | 6,192 | 1,247,000 | 17,545 | |
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Asia ( |
3,459 | 5,534 | 1,154,000 | 12,600 |
| Yenisei/Angara | Asia ( |
3,440 | 5,504 | 996,000 | 19,600 |
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Asia ( |
3,440 | 5,504 | 290,000 | 1,365 |
| Africa ( |
2,900 | 4,640 | 1,440,000 | 42,000 | |
| Amur |
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2,800 | 4,480 | 730,000 | 12,500 |
| 2,795 | 4,472 | 1,197,000 | 19,500 | ||
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Asia ( |
2,700 | 4,320 | 961,000 | 16,400 |
| Mackenzie |
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2,640 | 4,224 | 697,000 | 7,500 |
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2,600 | 4,160 | 850,000 | 5,700 | |
| Mekong |
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2,500 | 4,000 | 750,000 | 15,900 |
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2,300 | 3,680 | 533,000 | 8,000 |
| Murray-Darling | 2,300 | 3,680 | 410,000 | 391 | |
| Rio-Grande | 1,885 | 3,016 | 310,000 | 82 | |