10 Longest Rivers of the World

There has long been disagreement as to whether the Amazon or the Nile is the world’s longest river. The length of a river is hard to calculate. It depends on the identification of the source, the identification of the mouth, and the precise measurement of the river length between source and mouth.As a result, the length measurements of many rivers are only approximations.

Here I have compiled some of the longest river in the world. I hope you will like it.

Nile



The longest river in the world, the river Nile, starts at the Tributaries of Lake Victoria, Africa and runs into the Mediterranean Sea. It is 4180 miles long.

Amazon

The Amazon River starts in Glacier-fed lakes, Peru and ends in the Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 3912 miles long.

Mississippi

The Mississippi river’s source begins at the Source of Red Rock, Montana and ends in the Gulf of Mexico. It is 3710 miles long.

Yangtze

The Chang Jiang or Yangtze River begins at the Tibetan plateau, China and leads to the China Sea. It is 3602 miles long.

Ob

The river Ob starts at the Altai Mountains, Russia and ends at the Gulf of Ob. It is 3459 miles long.

Huang He

The Huang He or Yellow river, one of the longest rivers in the world, begins its journey in the Eastern part of the Kunlan Mountains, West China and ends in the Gulf of Chihli. It is about 2900 miles long.

Yenisei

The Yenisei River begins in the Tannu-Ola Mountains, western Tuva, Russia eventually running to the Arctic Ocean. It is about 2800 miles long.

Parana

The Parana River in Argentina starts its journey from the Confluence of Paranaiba and Grande rivers and terminates at the Río de la Plata. It is 2795 miles long.

Irtish

The Irtish River’s source lies in the Altai Mountains, Russia and joins the Ob River over 2,700 miles away. Irtish River is about 2758 miles long.

Zaire

The last entry on our list of the top ten longest rivers in the world is the Zaire or Congo River, which starts at the Confluence of Lualab and Luapula rivers, Congo and runs into the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 2716 miles long.