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In this post, we have discussed the topic of the top 10 longest rivers worldwide compared to distance. 

The word “River” means a natural stream of fresh water flows on land. 

The river is a wide, ribbon-like flow of the natural stream of water body originates from a natural water source or melted ice in the form of water from Glaciers that always flows downhill and meets in the ocean or sea with the help of gravitational force.

Let us study about top 10 longest rivers in the world and their important information useful for our knowledge.

Rank	River	Length (km)	Length (miles)	Drainage area(km2)	Average discharge (m3/s)	Outflow	Countries in the drainage basin
1.	Nile	6,650 (7,088)	4,130 (4,404)	3,254,555	2,800	Mediterranean	Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi,  Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
2.	Amazon	6,400 (6,992)	3,976 (4,345)	7,000,000	209,000	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
3.	Yangtze	6,300 (6,418)	3,917 (3,988)	1,800,000	30,166	East China Sea	China
4.	Mississippi	6,275	3,902	2,980,000	16,792	Gulf of Mexico	United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
5.	Yenisei	5,539	3,445	2,580,000	18,050	Kara Sea	Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
6.	Huang He	5,464	3,395	745,000	2,571	Bohai Sea	China
7.	Ob–Irtysh	5,410	3,364	2,990,000	12,475	Gulf of Ob	Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
8.	Río de la Plata	4,880	3,030	2,582,672	22,000	Río de la Plata	Brazil (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%)
9.	Congo	4,700	2,922	3,680,000	41,800	Atlantic Ocean	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
10.	Amur	4,444	2,763	1,855,000	11,400	Sea of Okhotsk	Russia, China, Mongolia

Information of longest rivers

River Nile:

The Nile River is the longest river in the world flows in northeastern Africa, which flows into the Mediterranean Sea and is a primary water source of Egypt. The length of this river is 6,650 Kms covers 11 countries such as Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Republic of Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of Sudan, Egypt.

River Amazon:

The Amazon River is the second-longest river in the world, situated in South America. It is the largest one by discharge volume of water globally, representing 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean. Its length is 6,400 Kms and meets the Atlantic ocean.

River Yangtze:

The Yangtze River is the third-longest river in the world and the longest river in Asia, having a length of 6,300 Kms and is entirely flow only in China and meets at the East China Sea. The Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydroelectric power station in the world, is built on this river.

River Mississippi:

The length of the Mississippi River is around 6,275 Kms which is situated in the North American Continent. The flow of this river is from 32 US states and two Canadian provinces and meets to the Gulf of Mexico. This river passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Lowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

River Angara:

River Angara covers a length of 5539 km, is the major river in Siberia. Its traces are through the Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia, drains out in Lake Baikal, a tributary of Yenisey, and finally to the Kara Sea. A tiny portion of this river flows from the country of Mongolia.

Yellow River (Huang He):

The River Yellow is also the second-longest river in China which is also called “Huang He,” lengths 5,464 km, originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai province of Western China and ends in the Bohai Sea.

River Ob (Irtysh):

The River Ob is the major river in Russia, having a length of 5,410 km is also called the Irtysh river. It is situated in western Siberia and flows from around four countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, China, and Mongolia. The river Ob meets to the Gulf of Ob, Arctic ocean. The Gulf of Ob is the world’s longest Estuary.

River Rio-de-la-Palta:

The river Rio-de-la-Plata, also called River Plate (in British English), is an estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Parana River at Punta Gorda of length 4,880 km. It is the widest river in the world with a maximum width of 220 km and empties in the Atlantic Ocean. It flows from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay.

River Congo (Chambeshi):

The Congo River is also called the river Zaire. The Congo-Lualaba-Chambeshi river has an overall length of 4,700 km meets at the Atlantic ocean. It is the second-longest river in Africa as well as the second-largest river in the world by discharge volume, after River Amazon. Also, river Congo is the world’s deepest river ever recorded, with a depth in excess of 220 m.

River Amur:

The River Amur has a total length of 4,444 km and meets at the Sea of Okhotsk. It flows from countries such as Russia, China, and Mongolia. This river is forming a border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China. The largest fish species in the river Amur is the Kaluga fish, achieving a length as great as 5.6 meters. The river basin has a home to a variety of predator fishes.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of the longest rivers on Earth. It includes river systems over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) in length.

Definition of length

There are many factors, such as the identification of the source,^[1] the identification or the definition of the mouth, and the scale of measurement^[2] of the river length between source and mouth, that determine the precise meaning of «river length». As a result, the length measurements of many rivers are only approximations (see also coastline paradox). In particular, there seems to exist disagreement as to whether the Nile^[3] or the Amazon^[4] is the world’s longest river. The Nile has traditionally been considered longer, but in 2007 and 2008 some scientists claimed that the Amazon is longer^[5][6][7] by measuring the river plus the adjacent Pará estuary and the longest connecting tidal canal.^[8] A peer-reviewed article published 2009 in the International Journal of Digital Earth concludes that the Nile is longer.^[9]

Even when detailed maps are available, the length measurement is not always clear. A river may have multiple channels, or anabranches. The length may depend on whether the center or the edge of the river is measured. It may not be clear how to measure the length through a lake or reservoir. Seasonal and annual changes may alter both rivers and lakes. Other factors that can change the length of a river include cycles of erosion and flooding, dams, levees, and channelization. In addition, the length of meanders can change significantly over time due to natural or artificial cutoffs, when a new channel cuts across a narrow strip of land, bypassing a large river bend. For example, due to 18 cutoffs created between 1766 and 1885, the length of the Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans, Louisiana, was reduced by 351 kilometres (218 miles).^[10]

These points make it difficult, if not impossible, to get an accurate measurement of the length of a river. The varying accuracy and precision also makes it difficult to make length comparisons between different rivers without a degree of uncertainty.

List of river systems longer than 1,000 km

One should take the aforementioned discussion into account when using the data in the following table. For most rivers, different sources provide conflicting information on the length of a river system. The information in different sources is between parentheses.

Legend of colors used in main table, by continent

Continent color key
Africa	Asia	Australia	Europe	North America	South America

Rank	River	Length (km)	Length (miles)	Drainage area (km2) [citation needed]	Average discharge (m3/s) [citation needed]	Outflow	Countries in the drainage basin[citation needed]
1.	Nile–White Nile–Kagera–Nyabarongo–Mwogo–Rukarara[n 1]	6,650[3] (7,088)[9]	4,130[3] (4,404)[9]	3,254,555	2,800	Mediterranean	Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
2.	Amazon–Ucayali–Tambo–Ene–Mantaro[n 1]	6,400[4] (6,992)[9]	3,976[4] (4,345)[9]	7,000,000[4]	209,000	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
3.	Yangtze–Jinsha–Tongtian–Dangqu (Chang Jiang)	6,300 (6,418)	3,917 (3,988)	1,800,000	30,166	East China Sea	China
4.	Mississippi–Missouri–Jefferson–Beaverhead–Red Rock–Hell Roaring	6,275	3,902	2,980,000	16,792	Gulf of Mexico	United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
5.	Yenisey–Angara–Selenga–Ider	5,539	3,445	2,580,000	18,050	Kara Sea	Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
6.	Yellow River (Huang He)	5,464	3,395	745,000	2,571	Bohai Sea	China
7.	Ob–Irtysh	5,410	3,364	2,990,000	12,475	Gulf of Ob	Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
8.	Río de la Plata–Paraná–Rio Grande[12]	4,880	3,030	2,582,672	22,000	Río de la Plata	Brazil (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%)
9.	Congo–Chambeshi (Zaïre)	4,700	2,922	3,680,000	41,800	Atlantic Ocean	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
10.	Amur–Argun–Kherlen (Heilong Jiang)	4,444	2,763	1,855,000	11,400	Sea of Okhotsk	Russia, China, Mongolia
11.	Lena	4,400	2,736	2,490,000	15,500	Laptev Sea	Russia
12.	Mekong (Lancang Jiang)	4,350	2,705	810,000	16,000	South China Sea	China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
13.	Mackenzie–Slave–Peace–Finlay	4,241	2,637	1,790,000	10,300	Beaufort Sea	Canada
14.	Niger	4,200	2,611	2,090,000	5,589	Gulf of Guinea	Nigeria (26.6%), Mali (25.6%), Niger (23.6%), Algeria (7.6%), Guinea (4.5%), Cameroon (4.2%), Burkina Faso (3.9%), Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Chad
15.	Brahmaputra–Yarlung Tsangpo	3,969	2,466	712,035	19,800[13][14]	Ganges	India (58.0%), China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
16.	Murray–Darling–Culgoa–Balonne–Condamine	3,672[15]	2,282	1,061,000	767	Southern Ocean	Australia
17.	Tocantins–Araguaia	3,650	2,270	950,000	13,598	Atlantic Ocean (Marajó Bay), Amazon Delta	Brazil
18.	Volga	3,645	2,266	1,380,000	8,080	Caspian Sea	Russia
19.	Indus–Sênggê Zangbo	3,610	2,250	960,000	7,160	Arabian Sea	Pakistan (93%), India and China
20.	Shatt al-Arab–Euphrates–Murat	3,596	2,236	884,000	856	Persian Gulf	Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran
21.	Madeira–Mamoré–Grande–Caine–Rocha	3,380	2,100	1,485,200	31,200	Amazon	Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
22.	Purús	3,211	1,995	63,166	8,400	Amazon	Brazil, Peru
23.	Yukon	3,185	1,980[10]	850,000	6,210	Bering Sea	United States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
24.	São Francisco	3,180* (2,900)	1,976* (1,802)	610,000	3,300	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil
25.	Syr Darya–Naryn	3,078	1,913	219,000	703	Aral Sea	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
26.	Salween (Nu Jiang)	3,060	1,901	324,000	3,153[16]	Andaman Sea	China (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand (3.7%)
27.	Saint Lawrence–Niagara–Detroit–Saint Clair–Saint Marys–Saint Louis–North (Great Lakes)	3,058	1,900[10]	1,030,000	10,100	Gulf of Saint Lawrence	Canada (52.1%), United States (47.9%)
28.	Rio Grande	3,057	1,900[10]	570,000	82	Gulf of Mexico	United States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%)
29.	Lower Tunguska	2,989	1,857	473,000	3,600	Yenisei	Russia
30.	Danube–Breg (Donau, Dunăre, Duna, Dunav, Dunaj)	2,888*	1,795*	817,000	7,130	Black Sea	Romania (28.9%), Hungary (11.7%), Austria (10.3%), Serbia (10.3%), Germany (7.5%), Slovakia (5.8%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Croatia (4.5%), Ukraine (3.8%)
31.	Irrawaddy River–N’Mai River–Dulong River–Kelaoluo–Gada Qu	2,809*	1,745.8*	404,200*	13,000*	Andaman Sea	China, Myanmar
32.	Zambezi (Zambesi)	2,740*	1,703*	1,330,000	4,880	Mozambique Channel	Zambia (41.6%), Angola (18.4%), Zimbabwe (15.6%), Mozambique (11.8%), Malawi (8.0%), Tanzania (2.0%), Namibia, Botswana
33.	Vilyuy	2,720	1,700	454,000	1,480	Lena	Russia
34.	Ganges–Hooghly–Padma (Ganga)	2,704[17]	1,690	1,024,000	12,037[18]	Bay of Bengal	India, Bangladesh, Nepal
35.	Amu Darya–Panj	2,620	1,628	534,739	1,400	Aral Sea	Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
36.	Japurá (Rio Yapurá)	2,615*	1,625*	242,259	6,000	Amazon	Brazil, Colombia
37.	Nelson–Saskatchewan	2,570	1,597	1,093,000	2,575	Hudson Bay	Canada, United States
38.	Paraguay (Rio Paraguay)	2,549	1,584	900,000	4,300	Paraná	Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
39.	Kolyma	2,513	1,562	644,000	3,800	East Siberian Sea	Russia
40.	Pilcomayo	2,500	1,553	270,000		Paraguay	Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
41.	Upper Ob–Katun	2,490	1,547			Ob	Russia
42.	Ishim	2,450	1,522	177,000	56	Irtysh	Kazakhstan, Russia
43.	Ural	2,428	1,509	237,000	475	Caspian Sea	Russia, Kazakhstan
44.	Juruá	2,410	1,498	200,000	6,000	Amazon	Peru, Brazil
45.	Arkansas	2,348	1,459	505,000 (435,122)	1,066	Mississippi	United States
46.	Colorado (western U.S.)	2,333	1,450	390,000	1,200	Gulf of California	United States, Mexico
47.	Olenyok	2,292	1,424	219,000	1,210	Laptev Sea	Russia
48.	Dnieper	2,287	1,421	516,300	1,670	Black Sea	Ukraine, Belarus, Russia
49.	Aldan	2,273	1,412	729,000	5,060	Lena	Russia
50.	Ubangi–Uele[19]	2,270	1,410	772,800	4,000	Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
51.	Negro	2,250	1,398	720,114	26,700	Amazon	Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia
52.	Columbia	2,250 (1,953)	1,398 (1,214)	415,211	7,500	Pacific Ocean	United States, Canada
53.	Pearl–Xi-Xun-Qian-Hongshui-Nanpan	2,200	1,376	437,000	13,600	South China Sea	China (98.5%), Vietnam (1.5%)
54.	Red (USA)	2,188	1,360	78,592	875	Mississippi	United States
55.	Kasai	2,153	1,338	880,200	10,000	Congo	Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
56.	Ohio–Allegheny	2,102	1,306	490,603	7,957	Mississippi	United States
57.	Orinoco	2,101	1,306	1,380,000	33,000	Atlantic Ocean	Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana
58.	Tarim	2,100	1,305	557,000		Lop Nur	China
59.	Xingu	2,100	1,305			Amazon	Brazil
60.	Orange	2,092	1,300			Atlantic Ocean	South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
61.	Brazos-Double Mountain Fork-North Fork-Blackwater Draw	2,060	1,280[20]			Gulf of Mexico	United States
62.	Northern Salado	2,010	1,249			Paraná	Argentina
63.	Vitim	1,978	1,229			Lena	Russia
64.	Tigris	1,950	1,212			Shatt al-Arab	Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran
65.	Songhua	1,927	1,197			Amur	China
66.	Tapajós	1,900	1,181			Amazon	Brazil
67.	Don	1,870	1,162	425,600	935	Sea of Azov	Russia, Ukraine
68.	Stony Tunguska	1,865	1,159	240,000		Yenisey	Russia
69.	Pechora	1,809	1,124	322,000	4,100	Barents Sea	Russia
70.	Kama	1,805	1,122	507,000	4,100	Volga	Russia
71.	Limpopo	1,800	1,118	413,000		Indian Ocean	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana
72.	Chulym	1,799	1,118	134,000		Ob	Russia
73.	Guaporé (Itenez)	1,749	1,087			Mamoré	Brazil, Bolivia
74.	Indigirka	1,726	1,072	360,400	1,810	East Siberian Sea	Russia
75.	Snake	1,670	1,038	279,719	1,611	Columbia	United States
76.	Senegal	1,641	1,020	419,659		Atlantic Ocean	Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania
77.	Uruguay	1,610	1,000	370,000		Atlantic Ocean	Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil
78.	Blue Nile	1,600	994	326,400		Nile	Ethiopia, Sudan
78.	Churchill	1,600	994			Hudson Bay	Canada
78.	Khatanga–Kotuy	1,600	994			Laptev Sea	Russia
78.	Okavango (Cubango)	1,600	994			Okavango Delta	Namibia, Angola, Botswana
78.	Volta	1,600	994			Gulf of Guinea	Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin
83.	Beni	1,599	994	283,350	8,900	Madeira	Bolivia
84.	Platte	1,594	990			Missouri	United States
85.	Tobol	1,591	989			Irtysh	Kazakhstan, Russia
86.	Alazeya	1,590	988	64,700		East Siberian Sea	Russia
87.	Jubba–Shebelle	1,580*	982*			Indian Ocean	Ethiopia, Somalia
88.	Içá (Putumayo)	1,575	979			Amazon	Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
89.	Magdalena	1,550	963	263,858	9,000	Caribbean	Colombia
90.	Han	1,532	952			Yangtze	China
91.	Kura/Mt’k’vari	1,515	941	188,400	575	Caspian Sea	Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan
92.	Oka	1,500	932	245,000	1,258	Volga	Russia
93.	Upper Murray	1,500[21]	932			Lower Murray	Australia
94.	Guaviare	1,497	930			Orinoco	Colombia
95.	Pecos	1,490	926			Rio Grande	United States
96.	Murrumbidgee River	1,485 [15]	923	84,917	120	Murray River	Australia
97.	Upper Yenisey–Little Yenisey (Kaa-Hem)	1,480	920			Yenisey	Russia, Mongolia
98.	Godavari	1,465	910	312,812	3,061	Bay of Bengal	India
99.	Colorado (Texas)	1,438	894			Gulf of Mexico	United States
100.	Upper Tocantins	1,427	887			Tocantins	Brazil
101.	Belaya	1,420	882	142,000	858	Kama	Russia
101.	Cooper–Barcoo	1,420	880			Lake Eyre	Australia
103.	Marañón	1,415	879			Amazon	Peru
104.	Dniester	1,411 (1,352)	877 (840)	72,100	310	Black Sea	Ukraine, Moldova
105.	Benue	1,400	870			Niger	Cameroon, Nigeria
105.	Ili (Yili)	1,400	870			Lake Balkhash	China, Kazakhstan
105.	Warburton–Georgina	1,400	870	365,000		Lake Eyre	Australia
108.	Sutlej	1,372	852			Chenab	China, India, Pakistan
109.	Yamuna	1,370	851	366,223	2,950	Ganges	India
109.	Vyatka	1,370	851	129,000	890	Kama	Russia
111.	Fraser	1,368	850	220,000	3,475	Pacific Ocean	Canada, United States[22]
112.	Grande	1,360	845			Paraná	Brazil
113.	Liao-Xiliao-Laoha	1,345	836			Bohai Sea	China
114.	Lachlan River	1,339 [15]	832	84,700	49	Murrumbidgee River	Australia
115.	Narmada	1,333 [23]	815	98,796	1,447	Arabian Sea	India
116.	Yalong	1,323	822			Yangtze	China
117.	Iguaçu	1,320	820			Paraná	Brazil, Argentina
117.	Olyokma	1,320	820			Lena	Russia
119.	Northern Dvina–Sukhona	1,302	809	357,052	3,332	White Sea	Russia
120.	Krishna	1,300	808			Bay of Bengal	India
120.	Iriri	1,300	808			Xingu	Brazil
122.	Lomami[24]	1,280	795			Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo
123.	Ottawa	1,271	790	146,300	1,950	Saint Lawrence	Canada
124.	Rio Grande de Santiago-Lerma	1,270	789	119,543		Pacific Ocean	Mexico
125.	Elbe–Vltava	1,252	778	148,268	711	North Sea	Germany, Czech Republic
126.	Zeya	1,242	772			Amur	Russia
127.	Juruena	1,240	771			Tapajós	Brazil
128.	Upper Mississippi	1,236	768			Mississippi	United States
129.	Rhine	1,233	768	185,000 [25]	2,330	North Sea	Germany (57.3%), Switzerland (15.1%), Netherlands (12.3%), France (12.2%), Luxembourg (1.4%), Austria (1.3%), Belgium (0.4%), Liechtenstein (0.1%), Italy (0.03%)
130.	Athabasca	1,231	765	95,300		Mackenzie	Canada
131.	Canadian	1,223	760			Arkansas	United States
132.	North Saskatchewan	1,220	758			Saskatchewan	Canada
133.	Vistula–Narew-Bug	1,213	754	194,424	1,080	Baltic Sea	Poland, Belarus, Ukraine
134.	Vaal	1,210	752			Orange	South Africa
135.	Shire	1,200	746			Zambezi	Mozambique, Malawi
135.	Ogooué (or Ogowe)	1,200	746	223,856	4,706	Atlantic Ocean	Gabon, Republic of the Congo
137.	Nen (Nonni)	1,190	739			Songhua	China
138.	Kızıl River	1,182	734	115,000	400	Black Sea	Turkey
139.	Markha	1,181	734	99,000	405	Vilyuy	Russia
140.	Green	1,175	730			Colorado (western U.S.)	United States
141.	Milk	1,173	729			Missouri	United States, Canada
142.	Mun — Chi	1,162	722			Mekong River	Thailand
142.	White	1,162	722[26]			Mississippi	United States
144.	Chindwin	1,158	720			Ayeyarwady	Myanmar
145.	Sankuru	1,150	715			Kasai	Democratic Republic of the Congo
145.	Wu	1,150	715	80,300	1,108	Yangtze	China
147.	Red (Asia)	1,149	714	143,700	2,640	Gulf of Tonkin	China, Vietnam
148.	James (Dakotas)	1,143	710			Missouri	United States
148.	Kapuas	1,143	710	98,749	6,507	Natuna Sea	Indonesia
150.	Desna	1,130	702	88,900	360	Dnieper	Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
150.	Helmand	1,130	702			Hamun-i-Helmand	Afghanistan, Iran
150.	Madre de Dios	1,130	702	125,000	4,915	Beni	Peru, Bolivia
150.	Tietê	1,130	702			Paraná	Brazil
150.	Vychegda	1,130	702	121,000	1160	Northern Dvina	Russia
155.	Sepik	1,126	700	77,700		Pacific Ocean	Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
156.	Cimarron	1,123	698			Arkansas	United States
157.	Anadyr	1,120	696			Gulf of Anadyr	Russia
157.	Paraíba do Sul	1,120	696			Atlantic Ocean	Brazil
159.	Jialing River	1,119	695			Yangtze	China
160.	Liard	1,115	693			Mackenzie	Canada
161.	Mamberamo River	1,112	691	78,992	5,923	Pacific Ocean	Indonesia
162.	Cumberland	1,105	687	46,830	862	Mississippi	United States
163.	Huallaga	1,100	684			Marañón	Peru
163.	Kwango	1,100	684	263,500	2,700	Kasai	Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
163.	Draa	1,100	684			Atlantic Ocean	Morocco
166.	Gambia	1,094	680			Atlantic Ocean	The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea
167.	Tyung	1,092	679	49,800		Vilyuy	Russia
168.	Barito River	1,090	680	81,675	5,497	Java Sea	Indonesia
169.	Chenab	1,086	675			Indus	India, Pakistan
170.	Yellowstone	1,080	671	114,260		Missouri	United States
170.	Ghaghara	1,080	671	127,950	2,990	Ganges	India, Nepal, China
172.	Huai River	1,078	670	270,000	1,110	Yangtze	China
173.	Aras	1,072	665	102,000	285	Kura	Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran
174.	Chu	1,067	663	62,500		none	Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
175.	Seversky Donets	1,053 (1,078)	654 (670)	98,900	159	Don	Russia, Ukraine
176.	Bermejo	1,050	652			Paraguay	Argentina, Bolivia
176.	Fly	1,050	652			Gulf of Papua	Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
176.	Kuskokwim	1,050	652			Bering Sea	United States
179.	Tennessee	1,049	652			Ohio	United States
180.	Oder–Warta	1,045	649	118,861	550	Baltic Sea	Poland, Germany, Czech Republic
181.	Aruwimi[24]	1,030	640			Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo
182.	Chambal	1,024	636			Yamuna	India
183.	Daugava	1,020	634	87,900	678	Gulf of Riga	Latvia, Belarus, Russia
184.	Gila	1,015	631			Colorado (western U.S.)	United States
185.	Loire	1,012	629	115,271	840	Atlantic Ocean	France
186.	Essequibo	1,010	628			Atlantic Ocean	Guyana
186.	Khopyor	1,010	628	61,100	150	Don	Russia
188.	Tagus (Tajo/Tejo)	1,006	625	80,100	444	Atlantic Ocean	Spain, Portugal
189.	Flinders River	1,004 [15]	624	109,000	122	Gulf of Carpentaria	Australia

Notes

• When the length of a river is followed by an asterisk, it is an average of multiple information sources. If the difference in lengths between given information sources is significant, all lengths are listed. But if the lengths from secondary information sources are similar, they are averaged and that figure has an asterisk.
• Scientists debate whether the Amazon or the Nile is the longest river in the world. Traditionally, the Nile is considered longer, but recent information suggests that the Amazon may be longer. Differences in the recorded length of the Amazon mainly depend on whether the course south of the Ilha de Marajó at the Amazon’s mouth is to be treated as part of the Amazon, or as part of the separate Tocantins River. New evidence, (dated 16 June 2007) obtained from a high-altitude scientific venture in the Andes, claims that «the Amazon is longer than the Nile by 100 km, with its longest headwater being the Carhuasanta stream originating in the south of Peru on the Nevado Mismi mountain’s northern slopes and flowing into the Río Apurímac».^[27] However, the origin of the river at Nevado Mismi had already been known more than one decade earlier (see Jacek Palkiewicz), and satellite based measuring from this origin to the Amazon mouth has resulted in not more than 6,400 km.
• Generally, the most commonly used/anglicised name of the river is used. The name in a native language or alternate spelling may be shown.

River systems that may have existed in the past

Amazon–Congo

The Amazon basin formerly drained westwards into the Pacific Ocean, until the Andes rose and reversed the drainage.^[28]

The Congo basin is completely surrounded by high land, except for its long narrow exit valley past Kinshasa, including waterfalls around Manyanga. That gives the impression that most of the Congo basin was formerly on a much higher land level and that the Congo River was rejuvenated by much of its lower course being removed, likeliest when Africa split from South America when Gondwanaland broke up due to continental drift, and before that, the Congo would likely have flowed into the Amazon,^[28] producing a river around 6000 miles or 10,000 km long.

West Siberian Glacial Lake drainage

This river would have been about 10,000 km (6,200 mi) long, in the last ice age. Its longest headwater was the Selenga river of Mongolia: it drained through ice-dammed lakes and the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea.

Lobourg

During the last glacial maximum, much of what is now the southern part of the North Sea was land, known to archaeologists as Doggerland. At this time, the Thames, the Meuse, the Scheldt, and the Rhine probably joined before flowing into the sea, in a system known by palaeogeographers as the Loubourg or Lobourg River System.^[29] There is some debate as to whether this river would have flowed southwest into what is now the English Channel, or flowed north, emerging into the North Sea close to modern Yorkshire. If the latter hypothesis is true, the Rhine would have attained a length of close to 1,650 kilometres (1,030 mi). The former hypothesis would have produced a shorter river, some 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) in length. Current scientific research favours the former opinion, with the Thames and Rhine meeting in a large lake, the outflow of which was close to the present-day Straits of Dover.^[30]

See also

• Lists of rivers
• List of drainage basins by area
• List of rivers by discharge
• List of river films and television series

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

• Principal Rivers of the World^{[unreliable source?]}

Самые большие в мире

This material is intended as help for those learners of English who are beginning to read English texts on geography. The material contains lists of some well-known geographical names and lists of related words and phrases, with phonetic transcription, translation into Russian, and examples in sentences.

Данный материал предназначен в помощь тем изучающим английский язык, кто начинает читать английские тексты по географии. Материал содержит списки некоторых известных географических названий и списки слов и фраз по теме, с фонетической транскрипцией, переводом на русский язык и примерами в предложениях.

Transcription symbols in this material

Символы транскрипции в данном материале

Consonants: [θ] as in THINK; [ð] as in THIS; [sh] – SHE; [zh] – VISION; [ch] – RICH; [j] – JANE; [ŋ] – LONG; [y] – YES.

Согласные: [θ] как в THINK; [ð] как в THIS; [sh] – SHE; [zh] – VISION; [ch] – RICH; [j] – JANE; [ŋ] – LONG; [y] – YES.

Vowels: [a:] as in CAR; [æ] as in CAT; [i:] – SEE; [i] – ILL; [e] – GET; [o:] – MORE; [o] – LOT; [u:] – BLUE; [yu:] – USE; [u] – BOOK; [ʌ] – CUT; [ə] – AWAY; [ər] – SIR.

Гласные: [a:] как в CAR; [æ] как в CAT; [i:] – SEE; [i] – ILL; [e] – GET; [o:] – MORE; [o] – LOT; [u:] – BLUE; [yu:] – USE; [u] – BOOK; [ʌ] – CUT; [ə] – AWAY; [ər] – SIR.

Diphthongs: [ei] as in DAY; [ai] – MINE; [au] – OUT; [oi] – BOY; [ou] – GO.

Дифтонги: [ei] как в DAY; [ai] – MINE; [au] – OUT; [oi] – BOY; [ou] – GO.

Primary stress is indicated as [‘] before the stressed syllable. Secondary stress is indicated as [,] before the stressed syllable. For example: [,metrə’politən].

Главное ударение указано как [‘] перед ударным слогом. Второстепенное ударение указано как [,] перед ударным слогом. Например: [,metrə’politən].

Transcription is indicated according to the American variant of pronunciation. British variant is indicated in those cases where it differs significantly.

Транскрипция указана согласно американскому варианту произношения. Британский вариант указан в тех случаях, где он значительно отличается.

Pronunciation of the definite article

Произношение определённого артикля

The definite article «the» is pronounced [ðə] before consonant sounds. For example: the Pacific Ocean [ðə pə’sifik ‘oushən]; the Himalayas [ðə ,himə’leiəz]; the Nile [ðə ‘nail]; the Ural Mountains [ðə ‘yurəl ‘mauntənz]; the Yangtze [ðə ‘yæŋsi:].

Определённый артикль «the» произносится [ðə] перед согласными звуками. Например: the Pacific Ocean [ðə pə’sifik ‘oushən]; the Himalayas [ðə ,himə’leiəz]; the Nile [ðə ‘nail]; the Ural Mountains [ðə ‘yurəl ‘mauntənz]; the Yangtze [ðə ‘yæŋsi:].

The definite article «the» is pronounced [ði] before vowel sounds. For example: the Earth [ði ‘ərθ]; the Arctic Ocean [ði ‘a:rktik ‘oushən]; the Indian Ocean [ði ‘indiən ‘oushən]; the East China Sea [ði ‘i:st ‘chainə ‘si:]; the Alps [ði ‘ælps].

Определённый артикль «the» произносится [ði] перед гласными звуками. Например: the Earth [ði ‘ərθ]; the Arctic Ocean [ði ‘a:rktik ‘oushən]; the Indian Ocean [ði ‘indiən ‘oushən]; the East China Sea [ði ‘i:st ‘chainə ‘si:]; the Alps [ði ‘ælps].

Note that there are certain rules of the use of the definite article with geographical names. For example, the definite article is used with the name of a sea or a river, but not with the name of a lake. (See Articles: Geographic Names in the section Grammar.)

Обратите внимание, что есть определённые правила употребления определённого артикля с географическими названиями. Например, определённый артикль употребляется с названием моря или реки, но не с названием озера. (См. Articles: Geographic Names в разделе Grammar.)

Note: The words «river, mountains, desert», etc., in geographical names may be omitted in some cases, for example, the Nile or the Nile River. Frequently used variants, as well as spelling and pronunciation variants of the names, are indicated in the lists in this material.

Примечание: Слова «river, mountains, desert» и т.д. в географических названиях могут опускаться в некоторых случаях, например, the Nile или the Nile River. Часто употребляемые варианты, а также варианты написания и произношения названий, указаны в списках в данном материале.

Continents

Континенты

Asia [‘eizhə], [‘eishə]

Азия

Africa [‘æfrikə]

Африка

North America [‘no:rθ ə’merikə]

Северная Америка

South America [‘sauθ ə’merikə]

Южная Америка

Antarctica [ænt’a:rktikə], Antarctic Continent [ænt’a:rktik ‘kontənənt]

Антарктида, материк Антарктида

Europe [‘yurəp]

Европа

Australia [o:’streilyə]

Австралия

Examples in sentences

Примеры в предложениях

It is believed that two hundred million years ago there existed a single land mass which rifted, and its parts gradually drifted apart and formed the present-day continents.

Полагают, что двести миллионов лет назад существовал единый континентальный массив, который раскололся, и его части постепенно отдалились друг от друга и образовали современные континенты.

Asia is the largest and the most populous of all the continents. Asia occupies about thirty percent of the world’s land surface and has about sixty percent of the world’s population. Asia has extremely diverse relief and climate, as well as a great diversity of ethnic groups. More than 2000 languages are spoken in Asia, with major languages being Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, and Russian.

Азия – самый большой и наиболее густонаселённый из всех континентов. Азия занимает около тридцати процентов мировой поверхности суши и имеет около шестидесяти процентов мирового населения. Азия имеет чрезвычайно разнообразный рельеф и климат, а также большое разнообразие этнических групп. В Азии говорят более чем на 2000 языках, крупнейшими из которых являются китайский, хинди, арабский и русский.

Africa is the second-largest continent after Asia. Its area is about 30.2 million square kilometers, or about 20.4% of the world’s land area. Africa’s population is a little over one billion people, or about fifteen percent of the world’s population. African fauna (animal life) is rich and diverse and includes a large number of species of animals and birds, such as elephants, antelopes, gnus, buffaloes, camels, giraffes, zebras, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals, gorillas, chimpanzees, monkeys, flamingos, pelicans, herons, storks, ostriches, and many others.

Африка – второй по величине континент после Азии. Её площадь составляет около 30,2 миллионов квадратных километров, или около 20,4% мировой суши. Население Африки – немного более одного миллиарда человек, или около пятнадцати процентов населения мира. Африканская фауна (животный мир) богата и разнообразна и включает большое количество видов животных и птиц, таких как слоны, антилопы, гну, буйволы, верблюды, жирафы, зебры, носороги, гиппопотамы (бегемоты), крокодилы, львы, леопарды, гепарды, гиены, шакалы, гориллы, шимпанзе, обезьяны, фламинго, пеликаны, цапли, аисты, страусы и многие другие.

North America and South America are the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. They are bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and by the Pacific Ocean on the west. North America and South America rank third and fourth largest by area, with 16.5% and 12% of the world’s land area respectively. In terms of population, North America and South America rank fourth and fifth largest among the continents (8% and 6% respectively of the total world population).

Северная Америка и Южная Америка – два континента Западного полушария. Они ограничены Атлантическим океаном на востоке и Тихим океаном на западе. Северная Америка и Южная Америка занимают третье и четвёртое место по площади, имея 16,5% и 12% мировой площади суши соответственно. Что касается населения, Северная Америка и Южная Америка занимают четвёртое и пятое место среди континентов (8% и 6% соответственно от всего мирового населения).

Antarctica is the fifth-largest and the southernmost continent. About 98% of its surface is covered with a thick layer of ice, which, on average, is about two kilometers thick. Antarctica’s climate is the coldest on Earth. The lowest natural temperature recorded in Antarctica is 89°C below zero.

Антарктида – пятый по величине и самый южный континент. Почти 98% её поверхности покрыто толстым слоем льда, который, в среднем, имеет толщину около двух километров. Климат Антарктиды – самый холодный на Земле. Самая низкая природная температура, зарегистрированная в Антарктиде: 89°C ниже нуля.

Europe ranks sixth in size among the continents and is the third most populous. Nearly eleven percent of the world’s population live in Europe. It is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Europe is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the west. Its eastern boundary is formed by the Ural Mountains.

Европа занимает шестое место по величине среди континентов и является третьей по количеству населения. Почти одиннадцать процентов мирового населения живут в Европе. Это одна из наиболее густонаселённых областей мира. Европа омывается Атлантическим океаном на западе. Её восточную границу образуют Уральские горы.

Eurasia is Europe and Asia considered as a unit. (Europe is also considered to be a large peninsula of Eurasia.) The dividing line between Europe and Asia follows the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, the Black Sea, the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles.

Евразия – Европа и Азия, рассматриваемые как одно целое. (Европа также считается большим полуостровом Евразии.) Разделительная линия между Европой и Азией проходит по Уральским горам, реке Урал, Каспийскому морю, Кавказским горам, Чёрному морю, проливу Босфор, Мраморному морю и проливу Дарданеллы.

Australia is the smallest continent in the world. It occupies about six percent of the world’s land area and has less than one-half percent of the world’s population. There are many unique varieties of animal life in Australia, for example, the kangaroo, wallaby, koala, wombat, platypus, echidna, and some others.

Австралия – самый маленький континент в мире. Она занимает около шести процентов площади мировой суши и имеет менее половины одного процента мирового населения. В Австралии много уникальных видов животного мира, например, кенгуру, кенгуру-валлаби, коала, вомбат, утконос, ехидна и некоторые другие.

Words and phrases

Слова и фразы

Eurasia [yu’reizhə], [yu’reishə]

Евразия

Asian [‘eizhən], [‘eishən]

азиатский

European [,yurə’piən]

европейский

Australian [o:’streilyən]

австралийский

the Sea of Marmara [‘si: əv ‘ma:rmərə]

Мраморное море

the Bosporus [‘bospərəs], the Bosphorus [‘bosfərəs]

пролив Босфор

the Dardanelles [,da:rdə’nelz]

пролив Дарданеллы

land mass, landmass [‘lændmæs] – a very large area of land

суша, массив суши; континентальный массив

continent [‘kontinənt], [‘kontənənt] – In English literature, continents are the main land masses of the globe, such as Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

континент, материк – В английской литературе, континенты – основные массивы суши земного шара, такие как Азия, Африка, Северная Америка, Южная Америка, Антарктида, Европа и Австралия.

the largest in the world; the world’s largest

самый большой в мире

the second-largest continent; it is the second largest – Adjectives like «second-largest, third-longest» are written with a hyphen before a noun; without a hyphen after a verb without a noun. In scientific literature, the hyphen is often omitted in both cases.

второй по величине континент; он второй по величине – Прилагательные типа «second-largest, third-longest» пишутся с дефисом перед существительным; без дефиса после глагола без существительного. В научной литературе дефис часто опускается в обоих случаях.

(Degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs are described in Degrees of Comparison in the section Miscellany.)

(Степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий описаны в материале Degrees of Comparison в разделе Miscellany.)

population [,popyu’leishən], [,popyə’leishən]

население

populous [‘popyuləs], [‘popyələs]

густонаселённый, с большим населением

area [‘eəriə]

площадь (поверхности); местность, район; область, зона

territory BrE [‘teritəri], AmE [‘teri,to:ri]

территория (управляемая, принадлежащая кому-то)

boundary [‘baundəri]

граница, указывающая пределы чего-то

border [‘bo:rdər]

граница, ограничительная линия, разделительная линия между странами

is bounded by

ограничен чем-то (находится в пределах)

is bordered by

ограничен чем-то; окаймлён чем-то

metre, kilometre (BrE); meter, kilometer (AmE)

метр, километр (британское, американское написание)

30.2 – pronounced «thirty-point-two»

30.2 – произносится «thirty-point-two» (тридцать целых и две десятых)

20.4% – pronounced «twenty-point-four percent» [pər’sent]

20.4% – произносится «twenty-point-four percent» (20,4 процента)

89°C – eighty-nine degrees Celsius [‘selsiəs]

89 градусов по Цельсию

(The rules of pronunciation of numbers, including large numbers, percent and decimals, are described in Numbers and Numerals; various examples are given in Numbers in Situations in the section Miscellany.)

(Правила произношения чисел, включая большие числа, проценты и десятичные дроби, описываются в материале Numbers and Numerals; различные примеры даны в материале Numbers in Situations в разделе Miscellany.)

Nature [‘neichər]; natural [‘næchərəl]

природа; природный, естественный

elephant [‘eləfənt]; antelope [‘æntəloup]; gnu [nu:]; buffalo [‘bʌfəlou]; camel [‘kæməl]; zebra [‘zi:brə]

слон, антилопа, антилопа гну, буйвол, верблюд, зебра

giraffe [jə’ræf], [jə’ra:f]; rhinoceros [rai’nosərəs]; hippopotamus [,hipə’potəməs]; crocodile [‘krokədail]

жираф, носорог, гиппопотам, крокодил

lion [‘laiən]; leopard [‘lepərd]; cheetah [‘chi:tə]; hyena [hai’i:nə]; jackal [‘jækəl]

лев, леопард, гепард, гиена, шакал

gorilla [gə’rilə]; chimpanzee [,chimpæn’zi:]; monkey [‘mʌŋki]

горилла, шимпанзе, обезьяна

flamingo [flə’miŋgou]; pelican [‘pelikən]; heron [‘herən]; stork [sto:rk]; ostrich [‘ostrich]

фламинго, пеликан, цапля, аист, страус

carnivore [‘ka:rnə,vo:r]; carnivorous [ka:r’nivərəs]

плотоядное животное; плотоядный

herbivore [‘hərbi,vo:r]; herbivorous [hər’bivərəs]

травоядное животное; травоядный

kangaroo [,kæŋgə’ru:]

кенгуру

wallaby [‘woləbi] (plural: wallabies)

кенгуру-валлаби (мн. число: wallabies)

koala [kou’a:lə]

коала, сумчатый медведь

wombat [‘wombæt]

вомбат

platypus [‘plætipəs], or duckbill

утконос

echidna [i’kidnə], or spiny anteater [‘spaini ‘ænt,i:tər]

ехидна, австралийская ехидна

Oceans

Океаны

the Pacific Ocean [pə’sifik ‘oushən], the Pacific

Тихий океан

the Atlantic Ocean [æt’læntik ‘oushən], the Atlantic

Атлантический океан

the Indian Ocean [‘indiən ‘oushən]

Индийский океан

the Southern Ocean [‘sʌðərn ‘oushən], the Antarctic Ocean [ænt’a:rktik ‘oushən]

Южный океан, Антарктический океан

the Arctic Ocean [‘a:rktik ‘oushən]

Северный Ледовитый океан

Examples in sentences

Примеры в предложениях

Almost three-quarters of the Earth’s surface is covered with water, including the water in the oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, streams, and glaciers. Fresh water constitutes less than three percent of the Earth’s surface water, and most of this quantity is in the form of glacial ice.

Почти три четверти поверхности Земли покрыто водой, включая воду в океанах, морях, озёрах, реках, ручьях и ледниках. Пресная вода составляет менее трёх процентов воды на поверхности Земли, и большая часть этого количества – в форме ледников.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and the deepest of the oceans. Its greatest known depth is about 11 kilometers, and its mean depth is about 4.3 kilometers. The Pacific is bordered by Asia, Australia, and the American continents.

Тихий океан самый большой и самый глубокий из океанов. Его самая большая известная глубина около 11 километров, а его средняя глубина составляет около 4,3 километра. Тихий океан ограничен Азией, Австралией и континентами Америки.

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest ocean in the world. It separates Europe and Africa in the Eastern Hemisphere from North America and South America in the Western Hemisphere.

Атлантический океан – второй по величине океан в мире. Он отделяет Европу и Африку в Восточном полушарии от Северной Америки и Южной Америки в Западном полушарии.

The Indian Ocean is located south of Asia, between Africa and Australia. The Arctic Ocean, the smallest of the oceans, is the ocean around the North Pole.

Индийский океан расположен к югу от Азии, между Африкой и Австралией. Северный Ледовитый океан, самый маленький из океанов, это океан вокруг Северного полюса.

The Southern Ocean, or the Antarctic Ocean, is the ocean surrounding Antarctica. It comprises the southernmost parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans.

Южный океан, или Антарктический океан, это океан, окружающий Антарктиду. Он состоит из самых южных частей Тихого, Атлантического и Индийского океанов.

On average, the salt content of ocean water is about 35 grams per liter. Salinity may vary due to evaporation, precipitation, river inflow, and melting of ice. For example, Pacific waters near the equator are less salty because of heavy precipitation; Atlantic waters are considerably diluted with fresh water where the Amazon River flows into the ocean.

В среднем, содержание соли в океанской воде около 35 граммов на литр. Солёность может варьироваться из-за испарения, осадков, впадения рек и таяния льда. Например, тихоокеанские воды вблизи экватора менее солёные из-за выпадения большого количества осадков; Атлантические воды значительно разбавлены пресной водой там, где в океан впадает река Амазонка.

Words and phrases

Слова и фразы

the Earth [ərθ]

Земля (планета)

the Earth’s surface [‘ərθs ‘sərfis]

поверхность Земли

sea water; ocean water

морская вода; океанская вода

glacier [‘gleishər]

ледник

glacial ice [‘gleishəl ‘ais]

ледниковый лёд

south [sauθ]; southern [‘sʌðərn]; southernmost [‘sʌðərnmoust]

юг, южный; южный; самый южный

north [no:rθ]; northern [‘no:rðərn]; northernmost [‘no:rðərnmoust]

север, северный; северный; самый северный

the Eastern Hemisphere [‘i:stərn ‘hemisfiər]

Восточное полушарие

the Western Hemisphere [‘westərn ‘hemisfiər]

Западное полушарие

the Northern Hemisphere; the Southern Hemisphere

Северное полушарие; Южное полушарие

the equator [i’kweitər]

экватор

equatorial [,i:kwə’to:riəl], [,ekwə’to:riəl]

экваториальный

evaporation [i,væpə’reishən]

испарение

precipitation [pri,sipi’teishən]

выпадение атмосферных осадков

salinity [sə’liniti]

солёность, засоленность; содержание соли

mean depth, height, speed, etc.

средняя глубина, высота, скорость и т.д.

on average, on the average

в среднем

ocean current AmE [‘kərənt], BrE [‘kʌrənt], e.g., the Gulf Stream [‘gʌlf ,stri:m]

океанское течение, например, Гольфстрим

Largest lakes

Самые большие озёра

the Caspian Sea [‘kæspiən ‘si:]

Каспийское море

Lake Superior [‘leik sə’pi:riər], [su’pi:riər], [su’piəriər]

озеро Верхнее

Lake Victoria [‘leik vik’to:riə]

озеро Виктория

Lake Huron [‘leik ‘hyurən], [‘hyuron]

озеро Гурон

Lake Michigan [‘leik ‘mishəgən]

озеро Мичиган

Lake Tanganyika [‘leik ,tængən’yi:kə], [,tæŋgæn’yi:kə]

озеро Танганьика

Lake Baikal [‘leik bai’ka:l]

озеро Байкал

Great Bear Lake [‘greit ‘beər ‘leik]

Большое Медвежье озеро

Lake Malawi [‘leik ma:’la:wi:], Lake Nyasa (Nyassa) [‘nya:sa:], [nai’æsə]

озеро Малави, озеро Ньяса

Great Slave Lake [‘greit ‘sleiv ‘leik]

Большое Невольничье озеро

Examples in sentences

Примеры в предложениях

The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest inland body of salt water. (It is the largest salt-water lake in the world.) The Volga, the longest river in Europe, contributes about three-quarters of the sea’s water. The Caspian Sea has no outlet.

Каспийское море – самый большой в мире внутренний водоём с солёной водой. (Это самое большое солёное озеро в мире.) Волга, самая длинная река в Европе, вносит почти три четверти воды моря. У Каспийского моря нет стока.

Lake Superior is the largest body of fresh water in the world and the largest of the Great Lakes located in the central part of North America between the United States and Canada. The Great Lakes are a group of five lakes comprising Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario.

Озеро Верхнее – самый большой в мире водоём с пресной водой и самое большое из Великих озёр, расположенных в центральной части Северной Америки между США и Канадой. Великие озёра – группа из пяти озёр, включающих озеро Верхнее, озеро Гурон, озеро Мичиган, озеро Эри и озеро Онтарио.

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the second-largest freshwater lake in the world. Lake Tanganyika, in central Africa, is the second largest in Africa and the second deepest in the world (after Lake Baikal). Lake Malawi, also called Lake Nyasa, is the third-largest lake in Africa.

Озеро Виктория – самое большое озеро в Африке и второе по величине пресноводное озеро в мире. Озеро Танганьика, в центральной Африке, второе по величине в Африке и второе по глубине в мире (после озера Байкал). Озеро Малави, также называемое озеро Ньяса, третье по величине озеро в Африке.

Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is the deepest freshwater lake in the world. More than 300 rivers feed Lake Baikal, but its only outlet is the Angara River.

Озеро Байкал, в Сибири, самое глубокое пресноводное озеро в мире. Более 300 рек питают озеро Байкал, но только одна река Ангара вытекает из него.

Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake, both in the Northwest Territories of Canada, are navigable for four ice-free months a year.

Большое Медвежье озеро и Большое Невольничье озеро, оба в Северо-Западных территориях Канады, судоходны в течение четырёх свободных от льда месяцев в год.

Words and phrases

Слова и фразы

Lake Erie [‘leik ‘i:ri], [‘iəri]

озеро Эри

Lake Ontario [‘leik on’teəriou], [on’teriou]

озеро Онтарио

body of water

водное пространство, акватория, водный объект (включая ручьи, реки, озёра, моря и др.)

inland body of water

внутренний, внутриматериковый водоём

water reservoir [‘rezər,vwa:r]

водохранилище, водоём

pond [pond]

пруд

fresh water

пресная вода

freshwater, fresh-water

пресный (об озере), пресноводный

salt water

солёная вода; морская вода

saltwater, salt-water

солёный (об озере); обитающий в солёной воде, морской

outlet

выпуск, сток; река, вытекающая из озера

navigable [‘nævigəbl]

судоходный

ice-free

свободный от льда

Longest rivers

Самые длинные реки

the Nile [nail], the Nile River

Нил (река), река Нил

the Amazon [‘æmə,zon], [‘æməzən], the Amazon River

Амазонка (река), река Амазонка

the Yangtze [‘yæŋsi:], the Yangtze River

Янцзы (река), река Янцзы

the Mississippi [,misi’sipi], [,misə’sipi], the Mississippi River

Миссисипи (река), река Миссисипи

the Yenisei [,yeni’sei] (Yenisey), the Yenisei River

Енисей, река Енисей

the Yellow River [‘yelou ‘rivər], the Hwang Ho [‘hwa:ŋ ‘hou]

Жёлтая река, река Хуанхэ

the Ob [o:b], [ob], the Ob River

Обь, река Обь

the Congo [‘koŋgou], the Congo River

Конго (река), река Конго

the Amur [a:’mur], the Amur River

Амур (река), река Амур

the Lena [‘lenə], [‘li:nə], the Lena River

Лена (река), река Лена

Examples in sentences

Примеры в предложениях

The Nile, the longest river in the world, flows north from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea.

Нил, самая длинная река в мире, течёт на север от озера Виктория и впадает в Средиземное море.

The Amazon is the second-longest river in the world. It is more than 6400 kilometers long. The Amazon’s drainage basin is the largest in the world, covering about seven million square kilometers. The Amazon carries to the Atlantic about twenty percent of the total volume of water discharged into the seas and oceans by all the rivers in the world.

Амазонка – вторая по длине река в мире. Её длина более 6400 километров. Бассейн реки Амазонки – самый большой в мире, занимающий около семи миллионов квадратных километров. Амазонка приносит в Атлантический океан около двадцати процентов общего объема воды, изливаемой в моря и океаны всеми реками в мире.

The Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia, flows east from the Tibetan Plateau through central China to the East China Sea.

Река Янцзы, самая длинная река в Азии, течёт от Тибетского нагорья на восток через центральный Китай в Южно-Китайское море.

The Missouri, the largest tributary of the Mississippi, is the longest river in North America.

Миссури, крупнейший приток реки Миссисипи, является самой длинной рекой в Северной Америке.

The Yellow River, the second-longest river in China after the Yangtze, received its name because its high content of silt gives it yellowish color.

Жёлтая река, вторая по длине река в Китае после реки Янцзы, получила своё название из-за того, что большое содержание ила придаёт ей желтоватый цвет.

The Yenisei, the Ob, the Amur, and the Lena are major Russian rivers. The Ob, Yenisei and Lena rivers flow north to the Arctic Ocean.

Енисей, Обь, Амур и Лена – крупнейшие русские реки. Реки Обь, Енисей и Лена текут на север в Северный Ледовитый океан.

The Yenisei is the second-longest river in Asia and the longest in Russia. The Yenisei divides Siberia into western Siberia and eastern Siberia.

Енисей – вторая по длине река в Азии и самая длинная в России. Енисей делит Сибирь на Западную Сибирь и Восточную Сибирь.

The Ob is the seventh-longest river in the world. The Ob is formed by the confluence of its headwaters, the Katun River and the Biya River, which rise in the Altai Mountains.

Обь – седьмая по длине река в мире. Обь образуется слиянием в её верховье реки Катунь и реки Бия, которые берут начало в Алтайских горах.

The Lena River originates in the Baikal Mountains and flows north to the Laptev Sea located between the Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands. At its mouth, the Lena forms a large delta that is about 400 kilometers wide and about 30,000 square kilometers in area.

Река Лена берёт начало на Байкальском хребте и течёт на север в море Лаптевых, расположенное между полуостровом Таймыр и Новосибирскими островами. В своем устье, Лена образует большую дельту шириной около 400 километров и площадью около 30000 квадратных километров.

The Amur is about 4440 kilometers long. It flows east and enters the Sea of Okhotsk. Its mouth is at the Tatar Strait, which separates Sakhalin Island from the mainland. The Amur forms part of the border between Russia and China.

Амур имеет длину около 4440 километров. Он течёт на восток и впадает в Охотское море. Его устье расположено у Татарского пролива, отделяющего остров Сахалин от материка. Амур образует часть границы между Россией и Китаем.

Words and phrases

Слова и фразы

the Missouri [mi’zuri], the Missouri River

Миссури (река), река Миссури

the Volga [‘vo:lgə], [‘volgə], the Volga River

Волга (река), река Волга

the Tibetan plateau [ti’betən plæ’tou]

Тибетское нагорье

plateau BrE [‘plætou], AmE [plæ’tou]; plural: plateaus, plateaux BrE [‘plætouz], AmE [plæ’touz]

плоскогорье, плоская возвышенность, плато; множественное число: plateaus, plateaux

Siberia [sai’bi:riə], [sai’biəriə]

Сибирь

tributary BrE [‘tribyutəri], AmE [‘tribyə,teri], [‘tribyu,teri]

приток реки

to rise; to originate

брать начало, начинаться

the source of a river

исток реки

confluence [‘konflu:əns], [‘konfluəns]

слияние (рек)

headwaters [‘hed,wo:tərz]

верховье реки; притоки в верховье реки

the mouth of a river

устье реки

delta [‘deltə]

дельта реки

estuary BrE [‘eschuəri], AmE [‘eschu:,eri]

эстуарий

the bed of a river, river bed, riverbed

русло реки, ложе реки, дно реки

the bottom of a river, sea, lake, ocean, etc.

дно реки, моря, озера, океана и т.д.

to flow into the sea (to drain into, to empty into)

впадать в море (впадать в)

to flow to the sea

течь по направлению к морю (и впадать)

the flow of a river

течение реки

stream

ручей, поток, течение

torrent [‘to:rənt]

стремительный поток

brook

ручей, ручеёк

spring; e.g., a mountain spring

родник; например, горный родник

drainage basin, drainage area, watershed

бассейн реки, водосборная площадь

Highest mountains

Самые высокие горы

Major mountain ranges

Крупнейшие горные цепи

the Andes [‘ændi:z]

Анды

the Himalayas [,himə’leiəz], the Himalaya, the Himalaya Mountains [,himə’leiə ‘mauntənz]

Гималаи, Гималайские горы

the Karakoram [,ka:rə’ko:rəm], the Karakoram Range [,ka:rə’ko:rəm ‘reinj]

Каракорум

the Hindu Kush [‘hindu: ‘kush], the Hindu Kush Mountains

Гиндукуш

the Pamir [pə’mi:r], [pə’miər], the Pamirs [pə’mi:rz]

Памир

the Tien Shan [ti’en ‘sha:n], [‘tyen ‘sha:n], the Tian Shan [‘tya:n ‘sha:n]

Тянь-Шань

the Kunlun [‘kun’lun]

горы Куньлунь

the Rocky Mountains, the Rockies

Скалистые горы

the Atlas Mountains [‘ætləs ‘mauntənz]

горы Атлас

the Alps [ælps]

Альпы

the Caucasus [‘ko:kəsəs], the Caucasus Mountains

горы Кавказ, Кавказские горы

the Altai Mountains [æl’tai ‘mauntənz], [a:l’tai], [‘æltai], the Altay Mountains

Алтайские горы

the Ural Mountains [‘yurəl ‘mauntənz], [‘yuərəl], the Urals [‘yurəlz]

Уральские горы, горы Урал

the Appalachian Mountains [,æpə’leichiən ‘mauntənz], [,æpə’læchiən], the Appalachians

горы Аппалачи

Examples in sentences

Примеры в предложениях

The longest mountain chains are the Andes (7000 km), the Rocky Mountains (4800 km), the Ural Mountains (2500 km), the Atlas Mountains (2500 km), the Himalayas (2400 km), the Appalachian Mountains (2400 km).

Самые длинные горные цепи – Анды (7000 км), Скалистые горы (4800 км), Уральские горы (2500 км), горы Атлас (2500 км), Гималаи (2400 км), горы Аппалачи (2400 km).

The Andes stretch along the western side of South American continent and form the longest mountain chain in the world.

Анды простираются вдоль западной стороны южноамериканского континента и образуют самую длинную горную цепь в мире.

The Himalayas are the highest mountain range in the world. The complex of the world’s highest mountains including the Kunlun on the north, the Himalayas on the south and the Karakoram on the west is often called «the roof of the world».

Гималаи – самая высокая горная цепь в мире. Комплекс самых высоких гор мира, включающий горы Куньлунь на севере, Гималаи на юге и горы Каракорум на западе, часто называют «крышей мира».

Note:

Примечание:

the Cordilleras [,ko:rdil’yeərəz], [ko:r’dilərəz], the Cordillera [,ko:rdil’yeərə]

Кордильеры

The word «cordillera» means «a mountain chain». The Cordillera may denote the following: 1. a mountain system in South America, including the Andes and their component mountain ranges; 2. a mountain system in North America, including the Sierra Nevada, the Cascade Range, the Coast Ranges, the Rocky Mountains, etc.; 3. the entire chain of mountain ranges extending from Cape Horn to Alaska along the Pacific coast of South America and North America.

Слово «cordillera» значит «горная цепь». Кордильеры могут обозначать следующее: 1. горная система в Южной Америке, включающая горы Анды и составляющие их горные хребты; 2. горная система в Северной Америке, включающая горы Сьерра-Невада, Каскадные горы, Береговые хребты, Скалистые горы и др.; 3. вся цепь горных хребтов, простирающихся от мыса Горн до Аляски вдоль тихоокеанского побережья Южной Америки и Северной Америки.

Highest mountain peaks

Самые высокие горные вершины

Several of the world’s highest mountain peaks (above 8000 m) are located in the Himalayas and the Karakoram: Mount Everest (Chomolungma), Mount Qogir (K2), Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Nanga Parbat, Annapurna. Mount Everest is the highest in the world (8848 m).

Несколько самых высоких горных вершин мира (выше 8000 м) находятся в Гималаях и Каракоруме: Эверест (Джомолунгма), Чогори (К2), Канченджанга, Лхотзе, Макалу, Чо-Ойю, Дхаулагири, Манаслу, Нангапарбат, Аннапурна. Гора Эверест – самая высокая в мире (8848 м).

Highest mountains by continent: Everest (Asia), Aconcagua (South America), McKinley (North America), Kilimanjaro (Africa), Elbrus (Europe), Kosciusko (Australia).

Самые высокие горы по континентам: Эверест (Азия), Аконкагуа (Южная Америка), Мак-Кинли (Северная Америка), Килиманджаро (Африка), Эльбрус (Европа), Косцюшко (Австралия).

Pronunciation of the names of some mountain peaks: Mount Everest [‘maunt ‘evərest]; Aconcagua [,a:ko:ŋ’ka:gwa:], [,ækəŋ’ka:gwə]; Mount McKinley [mə’kinli]; Mount Kilimanjaro [,kilimən’ja:rou]; Mount Elbrus [‘elbru:s]; Mont Blanc [,mo:ŋ ‘bla:ŋ].

Произношение названий некоторых горных вершин: Эверест, Аконкагуа, Мак-Кинли, Килиманджаро, Эльбрус, Монблан.

Pronunciation of miscellaneous largest

Произношение различных самых больших

Largest seas

Самые большие моря

the Mediterranean Sea [,meditə’reiniən ‘si:], the Mediterranean

Средиземное море

the South China Sea [‘sauθ ‘chainə ‘si:]

Южно-Китайское море

the Caribbean Sea [,kærə’biən ‘si:], [kə’ribiən ‘si:], the Caribbean

Карибское море

the Bering Sea [‘beriŋ ‘si:], [‘bi:riŋ ‘si:]

Берингово море

the Sea of Okhotsk [‘si: əv o’ho:tsk], [‘si: əv ou’kotsk]

Охотское море

the Arabian Sea [ə’reibiən ‘si:]

Аравийское море

the Sea of Japan [‘si: əv jə’pæn]

Японское море

the East China Sea [‘i:st ‘chainə ‘si:]

Восточно-Китайское море

the Andaman Sea [‘ændəmən ‘si:]

Андаманское море

the Black Sea [‘blæk ‘si:]

Чёрное море

Largest islands

Самые большие острова

Greenland [‘gri:nlənd], [‘gri:nlænd]

Гренландия

New Guinea [‘nyu: ‘gini]

остров Новая Гвинея

Borneo [‘bo:rniou]

остров Борнео

Madagascar [,mædə’gæskər]

Мадагаскар

Baffin Island [‘bæfin ‘ailənd]

остров Баффинова Земля

Sumatra [su’ma:trə]

Суматра (остров)

Honshu [‘honshu:], [‘ho:nshu:]

Хонсю (остров)

Great Britain [‘greit ‘britən]

Великобритания

Victoria Island [vik’to:riə ‘ailənd]

остров Виктория

Ellesmere Island [‘elzmiər ‘ailənd]

остров Элсмир

Largest deserts

Самые большие пустыни

the Sahara [sə’ha:rə], [sə’heərə], the Sahara Desert

Сахара (пустыня), пустыня Сахара

the Arabian Desert [ə’reibiən ‘dezərt]

Аравийская пустыня

the Gobi [‘goubi], the Gobi Desert

Гоби (пустыня), пустыня Гоби

the Kalahari Desert [,ka:la:’ha:ri ‘dezərt], the Kalahari

пустыня Калахари, Калахари (пустыня)

the Great Victoria Desert

Большая пустыня Виктория

the Syrian Desert [‘siriən ‘dezərt]

Сирийская пустыня

the Great Sandy Desert

Большая Песчаная пустыня

the Kara Kum [‘ka:ra: ‘kum]

Каракумы (пустыня)

the Kyzyl Kum [ki’zil ‘kum]

Кызылкум (пустыня)

the Thar Desert [‘ta:r ‘dezərt]

пустыня Тар

the Mojave Desert [mou’ha:vi], the Mohave Desert

пустыня Мохаве

Largest countries and cities

Самые большие страны и города

Largest countries

Самые большие страны

The largest countries by area are Russia, Canada, China, the United States, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Algeria.

Самые большие страны по площади – Россия, Канада, Китай, США, Бразилия, Австралия, Индия, Аргентина, Казахстан, Алжир.

The largest countries by population are China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Japan.

Самые большие страны по населению – Китай, Индия, США, Индонезия, Бразилия, Пакистан, Нигерия, Бангладеш, Россия, Япония.

You can find population figures for different countries in various lists in Wikipedia.

Вы можете найти данные о численности населения разных стран в различных списках в Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

Произношение

China [‘chainə]

Китай

India [‘indiə]

Индия

the United States of America [yu:’naitid ‘steits əv ə’merikə]

Соединённые Штаты Америки

Indonesia [,ində’ni:zhə], [,indou’ni:shə]

Индонезия

Brazil [brə’zil]

Бразилия

Pakistan [‘pæki,stæn], [,pa:ki’sta:n]

Пакистан

Nigeria [nai’ji:riə], [nai’jiəriə]

Нигерия

Bangladesh [,bæŋglə’desh], [,ba:ŋglə’desh]

Бангладеш

Russia [‘rʌshə]

Россия

Japan [jə’pæn]

Япония

Largest cities

Самые большие города

The largest cities by population within city limits are Shanghai, China; Istanbul, Turkey; Karachi, Pakistan; Mumbai, India; Moscow, Russia; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Beijing, China.

Самые большие города по населению в черте города – Шанхай, Китай; Стамбул, Турция; Карачи, Пакистан; Мумбаи, Индия; Москва, Россия; Сан-Паулу, Бразилия; Бейцзин, Китай.

The largest cities by population in metropolitan area (with suburbs) are Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Mexico City, Mexico; New York City, U.S.; Mumbai, India; Jakarta, Indonesia; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Delhi, India.

Самые большие города по населению в столичном округе крупного города (с пригородами) – Токио, Япония; Сеул, Южная Корея; Мехико, Мексика; Нью-Йорк, США; Мумбаи, Индия; Джакарта, Индонезия; Сан-Паулу, Бразилия; Дели, Индия.

You can find population figures for different cities in various lists in Wikipedia.

Вы можете найти данные о численности населения разных городов в различных списках в Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

Произношение

Names of the largest cities are arranged in alphabetical order in the list below.

Названия крупнейших городов расположены в алфавитном порядке в списке ниже.

Beijing [‘bei’jiŋ] (Peking [‘pi:’kiŋ])

Бейцзин (Пекин)

Buenos Aires [‘bweinəs ‘eəriz], [‘bweinous ‘aiəriz], [‘bounəs ‘eəri:z]

Буэнос-Айрес

Cairo [‘kairou]

Каир

Delhi [‘deli]

Дели

Istanbul [,istæn’bu:l], [,ista:n’bu:l]

Стамбул

Jakarta [jə’ka:rtə]

Джакарта

Karachi [kə’ra:chi]

Карачи

Los Angeles [lo:s ‘ænjələs], [los ‘ænjəli:z]

Лос-Анджелес

Manila [mə’nilə]

Манила

Mexico City [‘meksikou ‘siti]

Мехико

Moscow [‘moskou], [‘moskau]

Москва

Mumbai [mum’bai] (Bombay [bom’bei])

Мумбаи, Мумбай (Бомбей)

New York [,nu: ‘yo:rk], [,nyu: ‘yo:rk], New York City [‘nu: ,yo:rk ‘siti], [‘nyu: ,yo:rk ‘siti]

г. Нью-Йорк

Sao Paulo [‘saun ‘paulu]

Сан-Паулу

Seoul [sei’u:l], [soul]

Сеул

Shanghai [‘shæŋ’hai]

Шанхай

Tokyo [‘toukiou]

Токио

The world has many longest rivers but have you ever thought about which river is the longest? , Actually measuring rivers length is very difficult and the measurement of rivers in the sense of length will work only on approximations. There are many disagreements between the scientists that which river is the longest between Amazon and Nile. We are also listing the rivers around the world and the data is based on what the majority researchers agree upon. We will discuss about the longest rivers in the world.

There are three factors on which the researchers have listed the rivers namely length, drainage area, and the river’s average discharge. For billions of years, these rivers are flowing and have seen many civilization and empires rise and fall. Rivers can also be considered as nature beautiful creation where billions of waters flowing through the land and moving towards the sea. Below are the 15 longest rivers in the world,

1. Nile River- 6,650 km (4,132 miles)

It is one of the major rivers of North-East Africa. The river has a length of 6,650 km which makes it the longest river in the world. The water of the Nile River is shared by 11 countries namely Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt. One of the most famous rivers in the world, located in Africa has been formed by two major tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue Nile.

The Ancient Egyptian civilization was totally dependent on the Nile for food and drinking water. Also, Egypt has minimal rainfalls across the world, so the people are dependent on yearly floods that were caused by the heavy rainfall in Ethiopia because it supplies thick rich mud ideal for the cultivation of crops.

2. Amazon River- 6,400 km (3,976 miles)

The Amazon River has the length of 6,400 km that makes it the second-longest river in the world. The river is also one of the widest in the world. The river starts in South America and ends in the Atlantic Ocean. The river is so much power that it discharges 8 trillion of water from its mouth every day. Amazon ecosystem is also stated as ‘larger than life’ and it the most expansive rainforest in the world. The river is known for its fresh water, biodiversity and indispensable oxygen, However, 15 million years ago, It is believed that the Amazon River used to flow in the opposite direction.

Later, it took approximately 5 million years for freshwater lakes to be formed and the river to find its outlet in an ocean. Now it the world second largest river in the world pouring 12,540,000 cubic meters of water every minute. You will also find interesting reading about the fact about rivers.

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3. Yangtze River- 6,300 km (3,917 miles)

It is also called Chang Jiang. The rivers cover about 6,418 kilometers while it goes into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It originates from the glaciers of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai. The Yangtze River is the largest in the longest river in China and home to approximately one-third population of the country.

Though it is listed as the third largest river in the world after Nile and Amazon it is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. The river is discharging at over 30,000 cubic meters (1,059,440 cubic feet) a second making it the sixth largest river in the world by the volume of water is discharged. The third largest river in the world rises in in Tanggula Mountain and flows through the eastwards and pours itself into the East China Sea. The river flows across Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shanghai from west to east.

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4. Mississippi River- 6,275 km (3,902 miles)

The river is the chief source of the largest river system in North America. The river covers around 4,070 km. It flows entirely in the United States. The drainage basins of the river also reach Canada. The rivers pass through the borders of Minnesota, Lowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. The river has many tributaries and it is also rated as the fourth longest and tenth largest river in the world. These facts make it one of the most famous and longest rivers in the world.

The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers combined to form the longest river system in the USA and North America. The widest point of the river is over 11 kilometres in width. The river has its deepest spot in New Orleans near Algiers Point which is approximately 61 meters, however, the whole river can be divided into three sections the Upper Mississippi, the Middle Mississippi and the Lower Mississippi. From the Upper Mississippi the river from its headwaters to the confluence with the Missouri River, later on, the Middle Mississippi is considered as downriver from Missouri to the Ohio River and finally the Lower Mississippi that flows from Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico.

5.Yenisei River- 5,539km (3,445 miles)

The Yenisei can also be written as Yenisey. The river rises in Mongolia then flows through Russia and finally drains into the Kara Sea. It is the largest part of the Siberian Rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean making it one of the longest river in the world. The river tributaries include the Lower Tunguska, the Angara River and the Tunguska River and it flows through the city of Krasnoyarsk.

The ancient nomadic tribes lived on the banks of the Yenisei that includes the Yugh people, the Ket people, the Kotts, Asians and Arians. The average depth of the river os 14 metres, however, at certain places it is as deep as 24 metres. Also, read about incredible natural swimming pools in the world.

6. Yellow River- 5,464km (3,395 miles)

It is the third longest river in Asia. It flows around 5,464 kilometres before it drains into the Bohai Sea near the city of Dongying in Shandong province. The river additionally known as Huang is listed as the second longest river in China after the Yangtze River with a length of 5,464 kilometres. It is originating from the Bayankala Mountains in Qinghai province in western China and flows through the 9 provinces of China and empties into the Bohai Sea.

The headwater of the yellow river originates at an elevation of 4,500 meters. It is named yellow because of the huge amount of sediments that turn water yellow. It is quite slow and sluggish along most of its course and therefore known as the world’s muddiest major river that discharges three times the sediment of the Mississippi River.

7. Ob River- 5,410km (3,364 miles)

It is one of the most important rivers in western Siberia, Russia. It is also the junction of the Katun and Biya rivers. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian Rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean. The other two the Yenisei River and the Lena River. If we see them together they are one of the longest rivers in the world.

It is formed from the junction of the Biya and Katun rivers and later joined by the Tom River in the western lowlands of Siberia. The river splits into more than one arm after joining the large Irtysh tributary. The source of the Irtysh to the mounth of the Ob river, the river flows is the longest in Russia at 5,410 km.

8. Parana River- 4,880km (3,030 miles)

The source of the river is in South America. It flows through the three countries namely Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. If we consider the length it is the second largest river in South America and one of the longest rivers in the world. The river takes a course of 3,032 miles (4,880 km) till it joins the Uruguay River to form the extensive Río de la Plata estuary of the Atlantic Ocean.

The river drainage basin is one of the largest with an area of about 1,081,000 square miles (2,800,000 square km) that includes the area of Paraguay, southeastern Brazil, northern Argentina and southeastern Bolivia. The upper course of the river is known for its three tributaries, namely the Tiete, the Paranapanema, and the Iguacu and all these three tributaries have their sources near the Atlantic coast in southeastern Brazil.

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9. Congo River- 4,700km (2,922 miles)

The river originates in Africa. Along with the 9th longest river in the world. The river along with its whole tributaries flows along the Congo rainforest which is the second rainforest after Amazon Rainforest. In the past, it is also known as Zaire River. It is also the third largest river in the world by volume of water discharged. Nature has given many beautiful lakes around the world.

The river is the main source of transportation in Central Africa. The Congo River is the extremely powerful river in Africa with an average of 41,000 cubic meters flows into the Atlantic ocean every second from the river. It is also listed as the deepest river in the world with a depth of over 230 meters. Additionally known as Zaire River has got its name from the ancient Kongo Kingdom who lived across the mouth of the river. Th source of the river is in the mountains and highlands of the East African Rift including Lake Tanganyika and Lake Mweru.

10. Amur River- 4,444km (2,763 miles)

It is the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China and one of the longest river in the world. It is also known as Heilong Jiang. The river flows east forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China after that it will create a great arc towards the southeast where it will add many tributaries and passes through many small towns. The river is formed by the junction of Shilka River and the Argun River.

The former rises in rises in the Russian Federation and later in the Argun River. The main tributaries are the Sungari River and the Ussuri River that also forms part of the Manchurian-Siberian border. The drainage basin of the river is approximately 1,844,000 sq km that includes its 200 tributaries and has the tenth largest river basin in the world.

11. Lena River- 4,400 km (2,736 miles)

Lena River is the easternmost river of the three great Siberian rivers that flows into the Arctic Ocean. The other two rivers are Ob’ and the Yenisey. If we talk of the length it is the 11th longest river in the world. The annual discharge of the river is around 588 cubic kilometres per year. The longest river that flows into the Russian Federation. The source of the mountain is Baikal Mountains, south of the Central Siberian Plateau and river empties into the Laptev Sea, an area of the Arctic Ocean, in the northeast of the Russian Federation.

12. Mekong River- 4,350 km (2,705 miles)

The world’s 12th longest river in the world situated in Southeast Asia with an estimated length of 4,350 km (2,703 mi). The annual discharge of the water 475 km3 of water annually. Starting from the Tibetan Plateau, the river runs from China’s Yunnan Province, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In China, a river is known as Lancang Jiang, whilst in Thailand and in Laos it is called Mae Kong or Mae Nam Kong, both meaning “mother water”.

13. Mackenzie–Slave–Peace–Finlay- 4,241 km (2,637 miles)

Also known as Mackenzie River is one of the longest rivers in the world and the longest river system in Canada with an estimated length of 4,241 km (2,637 miles). The river flows through the vast region of forest and tundra entirely within the Canadian Northwest Territories along with other tributaries flowing through other parts of Canada. The mainstream of the river of length 1,738 kilometres that flow from Great Slave Lake into the Arctic Ocean.

14. Niger River- 4,200 km (2,611 miles)

Western Africa’s major river flows from south-eastern Guinea to Nigeria and later to the Atlantic Ocean’s Gulf of New Guinea. The source of the river is the Guinea Highlands. One of the longest rivers in the world with a length of 4,200 km (2,611 miles) with its main tributaries includes Sokoto River, Kaduna River, Benue River, and Bani River. One of the largest dams built on the river is the Kainji Dam which provides electricity and helps to control flooding.

15. Brahmaputra–Tsangpo- 3,848 km (2,391 miles)

One of the major rivers in Asia that flows through three countries China, India and Bangladesh has an estimated length of 3,848 km (2,391 miles). The river has its origins in the young Himalayan range through the Tibet and India and finally merges with the sea in Bangladesh by opening its streams like the roots of a large Banyan tree. The Chinese name of the river is Tsangpo.

These are the 15 longest rivers in th world. Do post your comments.