Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Largest Rivers In The World

1. Amazon River

The Most popular and Crucial River, it has largest in water flow with discharge of around 209,000 cubic meters per second, the River sharing 3 countries that is to say Brazil, Colombia and Peru. It has over 1,100 tributaries, 17 are over 1500 kilometers in length.

Water Basin: 7,050,000 km2
Length: 6,400 Km


2. Nile River















Nile River is the longest in the World shared by 11 countries namely Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DP Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan and Egypt. The main tributaries are White Nile and the Blue Nile which considered being the primary stream.

Water Basin: 3,400,000 km2
Length: 6,650 Km

3. Yangtz River















The Yangtze River completely in the country of China is the largest river in Asia it flows through many notable cities of china and different landscapes including rain forests, deserts, valleys, Rocky Mountains and Ice mass. Yangtze River is the most important one for people’s life and economy in the history of China.

Water Basin: 1,808,500 km2
Length: 6,300 Km


4. Yellow River















This river also located entirely in China, originating in Bayan Har Mountains, it flows through nine states and is the second largest river Asia after Yongtze River.

Water Basin: 752,000 km2
Length: 5,464 Km


5. Parana River















Rio de la Plata is the outflow of the river and shared countries in the drainage basin namely Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay.

Water Basin: 2,582,672 km2
Length: 4,880 Km

6. Mississippi-Missouri River System

















Over 98.5% of the River system located in United States and rest in Canada, the Three River gather namely Mississippi (3,767 km), Missouri (3,766 km) and Jefferson (83 miles) which the total length of 6,275 km.

Water Basin: 1,151,000 529,350 km2
Length: 6,275 Km

7. Yenisei–Angara–Selenge River System



















Mainly called Yensei River is the located in Russia and just 2.9% in Mongolia, Outflow to Kara Sea, and its main tributaries are Angara and Selenge River.

Water Basin: 2,580,000km2
Length: 5,539 Km

[Help Source: http://www.listnbest.com/20-worlds-longest-largest-rivers/]

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