# The longest rivers in the world

The longest rivers (as river systems) on the planet according to Wikipedia's list. Measuring a river is tricky: the Nile and the Amazon fight over first place depending on where the source and mouth are drawn.

- 26 votes · 23 items
- Oct 30, 2021 · internauta_toledo
- https://even.best/en/l/618/the-longest-rivers-in-the-world

## Top 20

1. **Nile** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 6,650 km. Flows into the Mediterranean. Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and seven more countries.
2. **Yangtze (Chang Jiang)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 6,300 km. Flows into the East China Sea. China.
3. **Amur–Argun** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 4,444 km. Flows into the Sea of Okhotsk. Russia, China and Mongolia.
4. **Mekong** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 4,350 km. Flows into the South China Sea. China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
5. **Amazon** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 6,400 km. Flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil, Peru and Colombia.
6. **Mississippi–Missouri** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 6,275 km. Flows into the Gulf of Mexico. United States and Canada.
7. **Paraná–Río de la Plata** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 4,880 km. Flows into the Río de la Plata. Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay.
8. **Volga** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 3,645 km. Flows into the Caspian Sea. Russia; the longest in Europe.
9. **Yukon** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 3,185 km. Flows into the Bering Sea. United States and Canada.
10. **Yenisey–Angara–Selenga** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 5,539 km. Flows into the Kara Sea. Russia and Mongolia.
11. **Yellow River (Huang He)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 5,464 km. Flows into the Bohai Sea. China.
12. **Tocantins–Araguaia** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 3,650 km. Flows into Marajó Bay (Atlantic). Brazil.
13. **Ob–Irtysh** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 5,410 km. Flows into the Gulf of Ob. Russia, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia.
14. **Congo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 4,700 km. Flows into the Atlantic Ocean. DR Congo and eight more countries.
15. **Mackenzie** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 4,241 km. Flows into the Beaufort Sea. Canada.
16. **Niger** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 4,200 km. Flows into the Gulf of Guinea. Nigeria, Mali, Niger and seven more countries.
17. **Brahmaputra** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3,969 km. Flows into the Ganges. India, China, Bangladesh and Bhutan.
18. **Murray–Darling** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3,672 km. Flows into the Southern Ocean. Australia.
19. **Shatt al-Arab–Euphrates** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3,596 km. Flows into the Persian Gulf. Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran.
20. **Madeira** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 3,380 km. Flows into the Amazon. Brazil, Bolivia and Peru; the Amazon's largest tributary.
21. **St. Lawrence-Great Lakes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — System of about 3,000 km that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic, between Canada and the United States.
22. **Lena** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 4,400 km. Flows into the Laptev Sea. Russia.
23. **Indus** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 3,180 km. Flows into the Arabian Sea. Pakistan, India and China.

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