Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Top ten longest rivers in the world

1) Amazon

Length: 6,800km (4,250 miles)

Drainage area (km²): 6,915,000

Average discharge (m³/s): 219,000

Outflow: Atlantic Ocean

Countries in the drainage basin: Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana

2) Nile

Length: 6,650km (4,135miles)

Drainage area (km²): 3,349,000

Average discharge (m³/s): 5,100

Outflow: Mediterranean Sea

Countries in the drainage basin Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo

3) Yangtze

Length: 6,300 km (3,917miles)

Drainage area (km²): 1,800,000

Average discharge (m³/s): 31,900

Outflow: East China Sea

Countries in the drainage basin: China

4) Mississippi - Missouri

Length: 6,275 km (3,902 miles)

Drainage area (km²): 2,980,000

Average discharge (m³/s): 16,200

Outflow: Gulf of Mexico

Countries in the drainage basin: United States, Canada

5) Yenisei - Angara - Selenga

Length: 5,539 km (3,445 miles)

Drainage area (km²): 2,580,000

Average discharge (m³/s): 19,600

Outflow: Kara Sea

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, Mongolia

6) Yellow

Length: 5,464 km (3,398 miles)

Drainage area (km²): 745,000

Average discharge (m³/s): 2,110

Outflow: Bohai Sea

Countries in the drainage basin: China

7) Ob - Irtysh

Length: 5,410 km (3,364 miles)

Drainage area (km²): 2,990,000

Average discharge (m³/s): 12,800

Outflow: Gulf of Ob

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia

8) Congo - Chambeshi(Zaire)

Length: 4,700 km (2,922 miles)

Drainage area (km²): 3,680,000

Average discharge (m³/s): 41,800

Outflow: Atlantic Ocean

Countries in the drainage basin: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda

9) Amur - Argun(Heilong Jiang)

Length: 4,444 km (2,763 miles)

Drainage area (km²): 1,855,000

Average discharge (m³/s): 11,400

Outflow: Sea of Okhotsk

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, China, Mongolia

10) Lena

Length: 4,400 km (2,736 miles)

Drainage area (km²): 2,490,000

Average discharge (m³/s): 17,100

Outflow: Laptev Sea

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia

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