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

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