Top 10 longest rivers in the world today

1. The longest Nile River in the world (6,650 km)

With a length of up to 6,650 km, the Nile is considered the longest river in the world today, flowing through 11 countries and emptying the Mediterranean Sea.

This river is associated with pride for the Ancient Egyptian civilization in Africa.

2. Amazon River (6,400 km)

The Amazon River has a length of up to 6,400 km, located right in the Amazon forest in South America. Not only is this the second longest river in the world, but this river is also known as the leading river in terms of water flow and accounts for one-fifth of the world's natural freshwater.

According to statistics, in the rainy season, the estuary area can be up to 325km wide, the widest part of the river can reach 40km.

3. Truong Giang River (6,300 km)

The Yangtze River (also known as the Yangtze River) is the third longest river in the world. This is also the longest river in Asia, originating in western China and emptying into the East China Sea, China.

4. Mississippi - Missouri - Jefferson River System (6,275 km)

This river system is located in North America, starting from Lake Itasca and ending at the Gulf of Mexico. This is also the largest river system in North America today.

5. Enisei – Angara – Selenge – Ider river system (5,539 km)

This river system is one of the largest river systems that empty into the Arctic Ocean. This river system has an average water volume of 1.5 times greater than that of the Mississippi-Missouri system in the United States.

Originating in Mongolia, it flows northward to empty into the Kara Sea, through Central Siberia, the longest of which is the Enisei-Angara-Selenga-Ider.

6. Yellow River (5,464 km)

The Yellow River is famous for its floods and for being accreted from many small tributaries. The Yellow River is also named by the Chinese people as the 'cradle of Chinese civilization'.

7. Obi – Irtysh River System (5,410 km)

The Obi - Irtysh river system in western Russia. This river system originates in the Altai Mountains and is one of the three great rivers in Siberia, which empty into the Arctic Ocean.

8. Parana River (4,880 km)

The Parana River is the second longest river in South America and the eighth longest in the world. After flowing through many different countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Brazil, the river empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

9. Congo River (4,700 km)

It is the second longest river in Africa after the Nile. The Congo River is the main and indispensable transport artery in the region. Although only the 9th longest in the world, the Congo River is one of the rivers with the largest watershed and flow in the world today.

10. River Amur (4,444 km)

The Amur - Argun (Heilongjiang) river system originates in the mountains of northeastern Mongolia and ends in the Pacific Ocean.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 07 April 2023