World's Twenty Longest Rivers

Geography

World's Twenty Longest Rivers

The following list summarizes the Earth's TOP TWENTY BIGGEST Rivers, listed in order of surface area.

The Twenty Biggest Rivers on Earth
Rivers, Ten Longest		Length in Miles	Length in Kilometers
1	Nile (Africa)	4,160	6,693
2	Amazon (S. America)	4,000	6,436
3	Chang Jiang (Yangtze) (China)	3,964	6,378
4	Huang He (Yellow River) (China)	3,395	5,463
5	Ob-Irtysh (Russia)	3,362	5,410
6	Amur (Asia)	2,744	4,415
7	Lena (Russia)	2,734	4,399
8	Congo (Africa)	2,718	4,373
9	MacKenzie (Canada)	2,635	4,241
10	Mekong (Viet Nam)	2,600	4,183
11	Niger (Africa)	2,590	4,167
12	Yenisey (Russia)	2,543	4,092
13	Parana (S. America)	2,485	3,998
14	Mississippi (U.S.)	2,340	3,765
15	Missouri (U.S.)	2,315	3,725
16	Murray-Darling (Australia)	2,310	3,717
17	Volga (Russia)	2,290	3,685
18	Purus (Brazil)	2,100	3,379
19	Madeira (Brazil)	2.013	3,239
20	Sao Francisco (Brazil)	1,988	3,199
	The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River. The Parana River is a tributary of the Rio de la Plata. The Purus River is a tributary of the Amazon River. The Madeira River is a tributary of the Amazon River.

World's Biggest Geographic Features
10 Largest Cities 10 Largest Countries 7 Largest Continents	20 Highest Mountains 20 Largest Deserts 20 Largest Islands 20 Largest Lakes 20 Longest Rivers

Disclaimer: I hope there are no errors.

This Vaughns 1-Pagers World's 20 Longest Rivers web page was updated on 2008-05-07.