River Name |
Countries of Transit |
Outflow |
Length in Miles (KM) |
Nile |
Uganda - Sudan - Egypt |
Mediterranean Sea |
4,160 Miles (6,695 KM) |
Missouri-Mississippi |
United States |
Gulf of Mexico |
3,990 Miles (6,421 KM) |
Congo (Zaire) |
Saire - Congo - Angola |
Atlantic Ocean |
3,900 Miles (6,276 KM) |
Amazon |
Peru - Brazil |
Atlantic Ocean |
3,900 Miles (6,276 KM) |
Chang Jiang (Yangtze) |
China |
East China Sea |
3,200 Miles (5,150 KM) |
Lena |
Russia |
Arctic Ocean |
2,800 Miles (4,506 KM) |
Yenisei |
Russia |
Arctic Ocean |
2,800 Miles (4,506 KM) |
Huang He (Yellow River) |
China |
Gulf of Bohai |
2,800 Miles (4,506 KM) |
Missouri |
United States |
Mississippi River |
2,720 Miles (4,377 KM) |
Amur |
China - Russia |
Sea of Okhotsk |
2,700 Miles (4,345 KM) |
Mekong |
China - Burma - Thialand - Laos - Cambodia - Vietnam |
South China Sea |
2,600 Miles (4,184 KM) |
Niger |
Guinea - Mali - Niger - Nigeria |
Gulf of Fuinea |
2,600 Miles (4,184 KM) |
Mackenzie |
Canada |
Beaufort Sea |
2,525 Miles (4,064 KM) |
Ob |
Russia |
Gulf of Ob |
2,500 Miles (4,023 KM) |
Mississippi |
United States |
Gulf of Mexico |
2,470 Miles (3,975 KM) |
Volga |
Russia |
Caspian Sea |
2,325 Miles (3,742 KM) |
Maderia |
Brazil |
Amazon River |
2,100 Miles (3,380 KM) |
Paraná |
Brazil - Paraguay - Argentina |
Rio de la Plata |
2,050 Miles (3,299 KM) |
Purús |
Peru - Brazil |
Amazon River |
2,000 Miles (3,219 KM) |
Yukon |
Canada - United States |
Bering Sea |
2,000 Miles (3,219 KM) |
Indus |
Tibet - India - Pakistan |
Arabian Sea |
1,900 Miles (3,058 KM) |
Irtysh |
China - Kazakhstan - Russia |
Ob River |
1,840 Miles (2,961 KM) |
Rio Grande |
United States - Mexico |
Gulf of Mexico |
1,800 Miles (2,897 KM) |
São Francisco |
Brazil |
Atlantic Ocean |
1,800 Miles (2,897 KM) |
Japura |
Columbia - Brazil |
Amazon River |
1,750 Miles (2,816 KM) |
Salween |
China - Burma - Thialand - Laos - Cambodia - Vietnam |
Bay of Bengal |
1,750 Miles (2,816 KM) |
Danube |
Germany - Austria - Slovakia - Hungary - Croatia - Yugoslavia - Rumania - Bulgaria - Ukraine |
Black Sea |
1,725 Miles (2,776 KM) |
Tocantins |
Brazil |
Pará River |
1,700 Miles (2,736 KM) |
Euphrates |
Turkey - Syria - Iraq |
Persian Gulf |
1,700 Miles (2,736 KM) |
Brahmaputra |
Tibet - India - Bangladesh |
Ganges River |
1,700 Miles (2,736 KM) |
Zambezi |
Angola - Sambia - Zimbabwe - Mozambique |
Mozambique Channel |
1,650 Miles (2,655 KM) |
Orinoco |
Venezuela - Columbia |
Atlantic Ocean |
1,600 Miles (2,575 KM) |
Ganges |
India |
Bay of Bengal |
1,550 Miles (2,494 KM) |
Aldan |
Russia |
Lena River |
1,500 Miles (2,414 KM) |
Paraguay |
Brazil - Paraguay - Argentina |
Paraná River |
1,500 Miles (2,414 KM) |
Arkansas |
United States |
Mississippi River |
1,450 Miles (2,334 KM) |
Colorado |
United States - Mexico |
Gulf of California |
1,450 Miles (2,334 KM) |
Amu Darya |
Afghanistan - Tadzhikistan - Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan |
Aral Sea |
1,400 Miles (2,253 KM) |
Dnieper |
Russia - Byelorussia - Ukraine |
Black Sea |
1,400 Miles (2,253 KM) |
Negro |
Colombia - Brazil |
Amazon River |
1,400 Miles (2,253 KM) |
Ural |
Russia |
Caspian Sea |
1,400 Miles (2,253 KM) |
Red |
United States |
Mississippi River |
1,300 Miles (2,092 KM) |
Xingú |
Brazil |
Amazon River |
1,300 Miles (2,092 KM) |
Syr Darya |
Kirghizia - Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan |
Aral Sea |
1,300 Miles (2,092 KM) |
Orange |
Lesotho - South Africa |
Atlantic Ocean |
1,300 Miles (2,092 KM) |
Irrawaddy |
Burma |
Bay of Bengal |
1,250 Miles (2,012 KM) |
Xi Jiang |
China |
South China Sea |
1,250 Miles (2,012 KM) |
Columbia |
Canada - United States |
Pacific Ocean |
1,214 Miles (1,954 KM) |
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Lake Winnipeg |
1,205 Miles (1,939 KM) |
Kama |
Russia |
Volga |
1,200 Miles (1,931 KM) |
Don |
Russia |
Sea of Azov |
1,200 Miles (1,931 KM) |
Juruá |
Reru - Brazil |
Amazon River |
1,200 Miles (1,931 KM) |
Murray |
Australia |
Indian River |
1,200 Miles (1,931 KM) |
Salado |
Argentina |
Paraná River |
1,200 Miles (1,931 KM) |
Ucayali |
Peru |
Amazon River |
1,200 Miles (1,931 KM) |
Darling |
Australia |
Murray River |
1,160 Miles (1,867 KM) |
Angara |
Russia |
Yenisei River |
1,150 Miles (1,851 KM) |
Tigris |
Turkey - Syria - Iraq |
Euphrates River |
1,150 Miles (1,851 KM) |