SOME OF LONGEST RIVERS IN THE WORLD

SALWEEN RIVER

The Salween, which means “Angry River” in Chinese, is about

2,815 kilometres (1,749 mi) long, and flows from the Tibetan

Plateau into the Andaman Sea in Southeast Asia.

SYR DARYA

The Syr Darya, also transliterated Syrdarya or Sirdaryo, is a river in

Central Asia that rises in the Tian Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan

and flows for some 2,212 kilometres (1,374 mi) to the remains

of the Aral Sea.

SÃO FRANCISCO RIVER

The São Francisco is a river in Brazil. With a length of 2,914

kilometres (1,811 mi) it is the longest river that runs entirely in

Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America.

INDUS RIVER

The Indus River is a major river that flows through Pakistan.

It also has courses through western Tibet (in China) and

Northern India.

YUKON RIVER

The Yukon River is a major watercourse of north western North America.

The source of the river is located in British Columbia, Canada.

The next portion lies in, and derives its name from the Yukon Territory.

The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska.

The river is 1,980 miles (3,190 km) long and empties into the

Bering Sea at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

PURUS RIVER

The Purus is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America.

Its drainage basin is 63,166 km2 (24,389 sq mi), and the mean

discharge is 8,400 m³/s.

MADEIRA RIVER

The Madeira River is a major waterway in South America,

approximately 3,250 km (2,020) miles long and is also the biggest

tributary of the Amazon.

SHATT AL-ARAB

Shatt al-Arab is a river in Southwest Asia of some 200 km (120 mi) in

length, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris in the

town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq.

VOLGA RIVER

The Volga is the longest river in Europe and it is also Europe’s

largest river in terms of discharge and watershed. It flows

through central Russia, and is widely viewed as the national

river of Russia.