SOME OF THE LONGEST RIVERS IN THE WORLD

PARANÁ RIVER

The Paraná River is a river in south Central South America, running

through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina for some 4,880 kilometres

(3,030 miles). It is second in length only to the Amazon River

among South American rivers.

OB RIVER

The Ob River, also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia

and is the world’s seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the

three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other

two being the Yenisei River and the Lena River).

YELLOW RIVER

The Yellow River or Huang He, formerly spelled Hwang Ho, is the

second-longest river in China after the Yangtze and the sixth-longest

in the world at the estimated length of 5,464 kilometres (3,395 miles).

YENISEI RIVER

Yenisei, also written as Yenisey, is the largest river system flowing

to the Arctic Ocean. Rising in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course

to the Yenisei Gulf in the Kara Sea, draining a large part of central

Siberia, the longest stream following the

Yenisei-Angara-Selenga-Ider river system.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the largest river system in

North America. Flowing entirely in the United States (though its drainage

basin reaches into Canada), it rises in northern Minnesota and meanders

slowly southwards for 2,530 miles (4,070 km) to the Mississippi

River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the

Mississippi’s watershed drains all or parts of 31 US states and 2

Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains.

YANGTZE RIVER

The Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia, and the

third longest in the world. It flows for 6,418 kilometres (3,988 miles)

from the glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai eastward

across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into

the East China Sea at Shanghai.

AMAZON RIVER

The Amazon River in South America is the second longest river in the

World and by far the largest by water flow with an average discharge

Greater than the next seven largest rivers combined.

NILE

The Nile is a major north-flowing river in north east Africa, generally

regarded as the longest river in the world. It is 6,650 km (4,130 miles)

long and runs through the ten countries of Sudan, South Sudan,

Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania,

Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt.