This page started partially from geography projects and partially from the need to revise for the worlwise quiz. We have tried to find the correct length of the rivers, but it is not always possible to know which one is the correct measurement as different sources give different lengths.
| River | Countries | Length (km) | Mouth | Comments |
Aisne |
France |
280 |
Oise |
|
Allegheny |
USA |
523 |
Monongahela |
joins at Pittsburgh to form Ohio |
Amazon |
Brasil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela |
6275 |
Atlantic Ocean |
largest river in the world, measured watershed area |
Amur |
Russia, China, Siberia |
2824 |
Tatar Strait |
confluence of Shilka and Argun |
Arno |
Italy |
241 |
Ligurian Sea |
|
Avon, Lower |
United Kingdom |
120 |
Severn Estuary |
|
Avon, Upper |
United Kingdom |
155 |
left arm of the Severn |
|
Beresina |
585 |
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Blackwater |
Ireland |
0 |
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Boyne |
Ireland |
0 |
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Brahmaputra |
Tibet, China, India, Bangladesh |
2900 |
Bay of Bengal |
|
Bug |
Ukraine, Poland |
0 |
Vistula |
|
Calabar |
Nigeria |
0 |
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Cam |
United Kingdom |
0 |
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Cauto |
Cuba |
240 |
Gulf of Guacanayabo |
longest river in Cuba |
Clyde |
United Kingdom |
157 |
North Sea |
|
Colorado |
Andes, Argentina |
860 |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
Colorado |
USA |
1438 |
Gulf of Mexico |
|
Colorado |
USA, Mexico |
2333 |
Gulf of California |
|
Congo |
Zaire, Congo, Angola |
4377 |
Atlantic Ocean |
aka Zaire |
Cumberland |
0 |
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Danube |
Germany,Aust ria,Slovak Rep, Hungary,Croa tia,Yogoslavia |
2850 |
Black Sea |
|
Daugava |
Russia, Belarus, Latvia |
1022 |
Baltic Sea |
aka Western Dvina |
Dee |
North East Scotland |
140 |
North Sea |
|
Dnieper |
Belarus, Ukraine |
2285 |
Black Sea |
|
Dniester |
Ukraine, Moldova, Ukraine |
1370 |
Black Sea |
|
Don |
Russia |
1967 |
Asowsian Sea |
|
Don |
Scotland |
132 |
North Sea |
|
Don |
England |
112 |
Ouse |
|
Douro |
Spain, Portugal |
0 |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
Earn |
United Kingdom |
73 |
North Sea |
|
Ebro |
Spain |
930 |
Mediterranean Sea |
|
Elbe |
Czech Republic, Germany |
1165 |
North Sea |
aka Labe |
Ems |
Germany |
320 |
North Sea |
|
Exe |
United Kingdom |
0 |
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Findhorn |
United Kingdom |
0 |
||
Forth |
United Kingdom |
106 |
North Sea |
|
Ganges |
India, Bangladesh |
2700 |
Bay of Bengal |
|
Garonne |
Spain, France |
650 |
Bay of Biscay - Atlantic Ocean |
|
Glatzer Neisse |
Poland |
244 |
Oder |
aka Nysa or Neisse |
Green River |
USA |
730 |
Colorado |
|
Guadalquivir |
Spain |
579 |
Atlantic Ocean |
deepest river in Spain |
Guadiana |
Spain, Portugal |
0 |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
Hudson |
USA |
492 |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
Humber |
United Kingdom |
40 |
North Sea |
|
Ill |
France |
205 |
Rhine |
|
Illinois |
USA |
439 |
Mississippi |
|
Irrawaddy |
India, Burma |
2012 |
Bay of Bengal |
|
Isere |
France |
0 |
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Jordan |
Palestina |
260 |
Dead Sea |
|
Kama |
Russia |
1805 |
Volga |
|
Kankakee |
USA |
676 |
together with Illinois |
|
Labe |
Czech Republic, Germany |
1165 |
North Sea |
aka Elbe |
Lena |
Siberia |
4400 |
Laptev Sea |
|
Liffey |
Ireland |
80 |
Dublin Bay |
|
Loire |
France |
1020 |
Bay of Biscay - Atlantic Ocean |
longest river in France |
Maas |
France, Belgium, Netherlands |
926 |
North Sea |
aka Meuse |
MacKenzie |
Canada |
4210 |
Arctic Ocean |
longest river in Canada |
Main |
Germany |
500 |
Rhine |
|
Marne |
France |
525 |
Seine |
|
Mekong |
Laos, Thailand |
4350 |
Gulf of Thailand |
|
Meuse |
France, Belgium, Netherlands |
926 |
North Sea |
aka Maas |
Minho |
Spain, Portugal |
0 |
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Mississippi |
USA |
3780 |
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Missouri |
USA |
4040 |
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Monongahela |
USA |
206 |
joins Allegheny to form Ohio |
|
Murray |
Australia |
1632 |
Southern Ocean |
|
Murray-Darling |
Australia |
3490 |
Southern Ocean |
longest river in Australia |
Neckar |
Germany |
367 |
Rhine |
|
Neisse |
Czech Republic, Poland, Germany |
225 |
aka Lusatian Neisse |
|
Neisse |
Poland |
244 |
Oder |
aka Nysa or Glatzer Neisse |
Niger |
Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, Nigeria |
4160 |
Gulf of Guinea |
|
Nile |
Sudan, Egypt |
6671 |
Mediterranean Sea |
longest river in the world, two headwaters: white,blue) |
North Platte |
USA |
0 |
||
Nysa |
Poland |
244 |
Oder |
aka Neisse or Glatzer Neisse |
Ob |
Mongolia, Russia |
3680 |
Arctic Ocean |
&Katun |
Ocoee |
0 |
Tennessee |
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Oder |
Czech Republic, Poland, Germany |
907 |
Baltic Sea |
joins river Neisse |
Ohio |
USA |
1577 |
Mississippi |
|
Orinoco |
Venezuela, Brasil |
2736 |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
Ouse |
United Kingdom |
269 |
Trent |
|
Pamir |
0 |
|||
Paraguay |
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina |
0 |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
Parana |
0 |
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Petschora |
USSR |
1789 |
Barents Sea |
|
Piave |
Italy |
220 |
Adriatic Sea |
|
Pineos |
Greece |
200 |
Aegean Sea |
|
Po |
Italy |
676 |
Adriatic Sea |
longest river in Italy |
Rhine |
Switzerland, France, Germany, Netherlands |
1320 |
North Sea |
|
Rhone |
Switzerland, France |
812 |
Gulf of Lyon - Mediterranean Sea |
deepest river in France |
Rio Grande |
2800 |
aka Rio Bravo del Norte, border between Mexico and USA |
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Rio Grande |
Brasil |
0 |
Source of river Parana |
|
Rio Grande de Santiago |
Mexico |
935 |
Pacific Ocean |
longest river in Mexico |
Rio Guainia |
Columbia |
0 |
||
Rio Negro |
800 |
left arm of Uruguay |
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Rio Negro |
1500 |
Rio Negro |
left arm of amazon |
|
Rio Negro |
Argentina |
650 |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
Rio Salada |
0 |
Santa Fe |
right arm of river Parana |
|
Rio Sao Fracisco |
Brasil |
2897 |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
Rio Tinto |
Spain |
0 |
Gulf of Cadiz |
|
Rio del la Plata |
0 |
Atlantic Ocean |
||
Ruhr |
Germany |
235 |
Duisburg, Rhine? |
|
Sado |
Portugal |
0 |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
Seine |
France |
776 |
English Channel |
|
Selenga |
Mongolia |
1568 |
Lake of Baikal |
|
Severn |
United Kingdom |
354 |
Bristol Channel |
longest river in United Kingdom |
Severn |
USA |
680 |
Hudson Bay |
|
Shannon |
Ireland |
386 |
Atlantic Ocean |
longest river in Ireland |
Shenandoah |
USA |
240 |
Potomac |
|
Somme |
France |
245 |
English Channel |
|
Spey |
United Kingdom |
171 |
North Sea |
|
St. Lawrence |
Canada,USA |
3768 |
Golf of St. Lawrence |
|
Sutlej |
Tibet, India, Pakistan |
1450 |
Chenab |
|
Tagus |
Spain,Portugal |
1007 |
Atlantic Ocean |
aka Tejo |
Tay |
United Kingdom |
190 |
North Sea |
longest river in Scotland |
Tees |
United Kingdom |
128 |
North Sea |
|
Tejo |
Spain, Portugal |
1007 |
Atlantic Ocean |
aka Tagus |
Tennessee |
0 |
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Thames |
United Kingdom |
346 |
North Sea |
|
Tiber |
Italy |
405 |
Tyrrhenian Sea |
|
Trent |
United Kingdom |
274 |
Ouse |
joins Ouse to make Humber |
Tweed |
United Kingdom |
156 |
North Sea |
|
Tyne |
United Kingdom |
130 |
North Sea |
|
Ubangi |
DRC, Central African Republic |
1060 |
Congo |
|
Ural |
Russia |
2534 |
Caspian Sea |
|
Vistula |
Poland |
1069 |
Baltic Sea |
|
Volga |
Russia |
3688 |
Caspian Sea |
longest river in Europe |
Wabash |
USA |
960 |
right river arm of Ohio |
|
Warburton |
South Australia |
1632 |
Southern Ocean |
aka Murray river |
Weser |
Germany |
733 |
North Sea |
|
Yalu |
China |
800 |
Golf of Korea |
|
Yangtze |
Tibet, China |
5632 |
China Sea |
|
Yaqui |
Mexico |
620 |
Golf of California |
|
Yellow River |
China |
4150 |
Yellow Sea |
Hwang-Ho |
Yenisey |
Siberia |
4184 |
Kara Sea |
|
Yonne |
France |
293 |
left arm of Seine |
|
Yser |
France, Belgium |
86 |
North Sea |
|
Yukon |
Canada, USA |
2900 |
Bering Sea |
|
Zaire (Congo) |
Zaire, Congo, Angola |
4377 |
Atlantic Ocean |
|
Zambezi |
Zambia, Mozambique |
2660 |
Indian Ocean |