Top 15 Longest River in the World
For this post we are showcasing the top 15 most longest river in the world, Rivers are one of the most important body of water that are available in our planet today. Even though rivers are not as vast as seas and oceans they are also vital part of our ecosystem. Rivers provide freshwater fishes, crabs, shrimps, clams, and many other healthy foods. River also is a source of drinkable water today.
Measuring a river’s exact length can be a tricky business and as a result the length measurements of many rivers are only approximations. In fact, there has even been some disagreement over the years as to whether the Amazon or the Nile is the world’s longest river. These disparities are usually due to differences of opinion on where the mouth and source of the river are actually located, but for our list we will try to go with what the majority of scientists agree upon.
Now for this top fifteen article, we are showcasing some of the most longest river in the World. Have some time to read and checkout the 15 listed expensive car below. Have fun reading and enjoy!
Top 15: Murray River
Description:
The Murray River is Australia’s longest river. At 2,375 kilometres (1,476 mi) in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia’s inland plains before reaching the ocean at Lake Alexandrina.
Top 14: Niger River
Description:
The Niger is the third-longest river in Africa, exceeded only by the Nile and the Congo River (also known as the Zaire River). Its main tributary is the Benue River.
Top 13: Mackenzie River
Description:
The Mackenzie River is the largest river system in Canada. It flows through a vast, isolated region of forest and tundra entirely within the country’s Northwest Territories, although its many tributaries reach into four other Canadian provinces and territories.
Top 12: Mekong
Description:
The Mekong is a river in Southeast Asia. It is the world’s 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is 4,350 km (2,703 mi), and it drains an area of 795,000 km2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km3 (114 cu mi) of water annually.
Top 11: Lena River
Description:
The Lena is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean (the other two being the Ob River and the Yenisei River). It is the 11th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed.
Top 10: Amur River
Description:
The Amur, or Heilong Jiang, is the world’s tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China (Inner Manchuria).
Top 9: Congo River
Description:
The Congo River (in the past also known as the Zaire River) is a river in Africa, and is the deepest river in the world, with measured depths in excess of 220 m (720 ft). It is the third largest river in the world by volume of water discharged.
Top 8: Paraná River
Top 7: Ob River
Top 6: Yellow River
Description:
Top 5: Yenisei River
Top 4: Mississippi River
Top 3: Yangtze River
Top 2: Amazon River
Top 1: Nile River
Top 8: Paraná River
Description: The Paraná River is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina for some 4,880 kilometres (3,030 mi). It is second in length only to the Amazon River among South American rivers.
Top 7: Ob River
Description:
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).
Top 6: Yellow River
Description:
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 kilometers (3,395 mi).
Top 5: Yenisei River
Description:
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.
Top 4: Mississippi River
Description:
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.
Top 3: Yangtze River
Description:
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 mi) 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.
Top 2: Amazon River
Description:
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.
Top 1: Nile River
Description:
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern 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.
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Please be noted that the top 15 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top fifteen lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.
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