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jeudi 29 avril 2010

Biggest Rivers in the World

Rivers are always a fantastic feature of Nature. Some of Earth's rivers are really big and actually pass through several different countries. I'll make a quick list with the World's biggest rivers.

Amazon River (world biggest river)
  • Length (km): 6,937.08
  • Length (miles): 4,300
  • Drainage area (km²): 6,915,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 219,000
  • Outflow: Atlantic Ocean
  • Countries in the drainage basin: Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana


Nile River (world second biggest river)
  • Length (km): 6,650
  • Length (miles): 4,132
  • Drainage area (km²): 3,349,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 5,100
  • Outflow: Mediterranean Sea
  • Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo


Yangtze River (world third biggest river)
  • Length (km): 6,300
  • Length (miles): 3,917
  • Drainage area (km²): 1,800,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 31,900
  • Outflow: East China Sea
  • Countries in the drainage basin: China


Mississippi – Missouri River (world forth biggest river)
  • Length (km): 6,275
  • Length (miles): 4,300
  • Drainage area (km²): 2,980,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 16,200
  • Outflow: Gulf of Mexico
  • Countries in the drainage basin: United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)


Yenisei – Angara – Selenga River (world fifth biggest river)
  • Length (km): 5,539
  • Length (miles): 4,300
  • Drainage area (km²): 2,580,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 19,600
  • Outflow: Kara Sea
  • Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, Mongolia