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Top Ten Largest Or Longest Rivers Of The World Or Earth By Area

Mohsin Ali | Dec 20, 2009 | Comments 1

The largest or longest river of the world by area or length is the Nile which is also the largest river of Africa. Other top nine rivers are given here.

No. River Location Length In Kilometers/Miles
1. Nile Tanzania-Uganda-Sudan-Egypt 6670/4145
2. Amazon Peru-Brazil 6448/4007
3. Yangtze-Kiang China 6300/3915
4. Mississippi-Missouri USA 5971/3710
5. Yenisey-Angara Mangolia-Russia 5540/3442
6. Huang Hu- Yellow River China 5464/3395
7. Ob-Irtysh Mangolia-Kazakhstan-Russia 5410/3362
8. Congo Angola-Demo. Republic Of Congo 4700/2920
9. Lena-Kirenga Russia 4400/2734
10. Mekong Tibet-China-Burma-Laos-Vietnam 4350/2703
Longest River In The World

Longest River In The World

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  1. Dr Shaochuang Liu says:
    March 17, 2010 at 4:03 am

    Top 10 longest rivers of the world
    1. Nile 7,088 km
    2. Amazon 6,575 km
    3. Yangtze 6,236 km
    4. Mississippi-Missouri 6,084 km
    5. Yenisy 5,816 km
    6. Yellow 5,778 km
    7. Ob-Irtysh 5,525 km
    8. Amur(Heilongjiang) 5,498 km
    9. Congo(Zaire) 5,118 km
    10.Mekong(Lancangjiang) 4,909 km

    The link below will give you details on the sources and lengths of the top 10 longest rivers of the world

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