World Important Rivers

River Length(Km) Area(km²) Outflow Countries
Aldan 2273729000Lena Russia
Amazon69927050000Atlantic Ocean Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
Amu Darya2620534739Aral Sea Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
Amur44441855000Sea of Okhotsk Russia, China, Mongolia
Anadyr 1120Gulf of Anadyr Russia
Araguaia 2627358125Tocantins Brazil
Aras 1072102000Kura Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran
Arkansas 2348505000Mississippi United States
Aruwimi1030Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
Athabasca 123195300Mackenzie Canada
Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy)2170411000Andaman Sea Myanmar, China
Belaya 1420142000Kama Russia
Beni 1599283350Madeira Bolivia
Benue 1400Niger Cameroon, Nigeria
Bermejo 1050Paraguay Argentina, Bolivia
Blue Nile 1600326400Nile Ethiopia, Sudan
Brahmaputra3848712035Ganges India (58.0%), China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
Brazos 1352Gulf of Mexico United States
Canadian 1223Arkansas United States
Chenab 1086Indus India, Pakistan
Chindwin 1158Ayeyarwady Myanmar
Chu River 106762500none Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
Chulym 1799134000Ob Russia
Churchill 1600Hudson Bay Canada
Cimarron 1123Arkansas United States
Colorado (Texas) 1438Gulf of Mexico United States
Colorado (western U.S.) 2333390000Gulf of California United States, Mexico
Columbia 2,250 (1,953) 415211Pacific Ocean United States, Canada
Congo47003680000Atlantic Ocean Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
Cooper1420Lake Eyre Australia
Cumberland 110546830Mississippi United States
Danube2888817000Black Sea Romania (28.9%), Hungary (11.7%), Austria (10.3%), Serbia (10.3%), Germany (7.5%), Slovakia (5.8%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Croatia (4.5%),
Daugava 102087900Gulf of Riga Latvia, Belarus, Russia
Desna 113088900Dnieper Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
Dnieper 2287516300Black Sea Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
Dniester 1,411 (1,352) 72100Black Sea Ukraine, Moldova
Don 1870425600Sea of Azov Russia, Ukraine
Draa 1100Atlantic Ocean Morocco
Elbe1252148268North Sea Germany, Czech Republic
Essequibo 1010Atlantic Ocean Guyana
Flinders River 1004109000Gulf of Carpentaria Australia
Fly 1050Gulf of Papua Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
Fraser 1368220000Pacific Ocean Canada
Gambia 1094Atlantic Ocean The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea
Ganges2620907000Bay of Bengal India, Bangladesh, Nepal, China
Ghaghara 1080127950Ganges India, Nepal, China
Gila 1015Colorado (western U.S.) United States
Godavari 1465312812Bay of Bengal India
Grande 1360ParanBrazil
Green 1175Colorado (western U.S.) United States
Guapor1749MamorBrazil, Bolivia
Guaviare 1497Orinoco Colombia
Han 1532Yangtze P. R. China
Helmand 1130Hamun-i-Helmand Afghanistan, Iran
Huai River 1078270000Yangtze China
Huallaga 1100MaraPeru
I1575Amazon Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
Igua1320ParanBrazil, Argentina
Ili (Yili) 1400Lake Balkhash P. R. China, Kazakhstan
Indigirka 1726360400East Siberian Sea Russia
Indus3610960000Arabian Sea Pakistan (93%), India, China, Kashmir (Disputed region between Pakistan, India and China)
Iriri 1300Xingu Brazil
Ishim 2450177000Irtysh Kazakhstan, Russia
James (Dakotas) 1143Missouri United States
Japur2615242259Amazon Brazil, Colombia
Jialing River 1119Yangtze P. R. China
Jubba1580Indian Ocean Ethiopia, Somalia
Juru2410200000Amazon Peru, Brazil
Juruena 1240TapajBrazil
K?z?l River 1182115000Black Sea Turkey
Kama 1805507000Volga Russia
Kapuas 1143South China Sea Indonesia
Kasai 2153880200Congo Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Khatanga 1600Laptev Sea Russia
Khoper 101061100Don Russia
Kolyma 2513644000East Siberian Sea Russia
Krishna 1300Bay of Bengal India
Kura/Mt'k'vari 1515188400Caspian Sea Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan
Kuskokwim 1050Bering Sea United States
Kwango 1100263500Kasai Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lachlan River 133884700Murrumbidgee River Australia
Lena 44002490000Laptev Sea Russia
Lerma1270119543Pacific Ocean Mexico
Liao 1345Bohai Sea P. R. China
Liard 1115Mackenzie Canada
Limpopo 1800413000Indian Ocean Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana
Loire 1012115271Atlantic Ocean France
Lomami1280Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lower Tunguska 2989473000Yenisei Russia
Mackenzie42411790000Beaufort Sea Canada
Madeira33801485200Amazon Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
Madre de Dios 1130125000Beni Peru, Bolivia
Magdalena 1550263858Caribbean Colombia
Mara1415Amazon Peru
Mekong (Lancang Jiang) 4350810000South China Sea China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
Milk 1173Missouri United States, Canada
Mississippi62752980000Gulf of Mexico United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
Murray3,6721061000Southern Ocean Australia
Murrumbidgee River 148584917Murray River Australia
Narmada 1289Arabian Sea India
Negro 2250720114Amazon Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia
Nelson25701093000Hudson Bay Canada, United States
Nen (Nonni)1190Songhua P. R. China
Niger 42002090000Gulf of Guinea Nigeria (26.6%), Mali (25.6%), Niger (23.6%), Algeria (7.6%), Guinea (4.5%), Cameroon (4.2%), Burkina Faso (3.9%), C
Nile68533254555Mediterranean Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
North Saskatchewan 1220Saskatchewan Canada
Northern Dvina1302357052White Sea Russia
Northern Salado 2010ParanArgentina
Ob54102990000Gulf of Ob Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
Oder1045118861Baltic Sea Poland, Germany, Czech Republic
Ohio2102490603Mississippi United States
Oka 1500245000Volga Russia
Okavango 1600Okavango Delta Namibia, Angola, Botswana
Olenyok 2292219000Laptev Sea Russia
Olyokma 1320Lena Russia
Orange 2092Atlantic Ocean South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
Orinoco 21011380000Atlantic Ocean Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana
Ottawa 1271146300Saint Lawrence Canada
Para1120Atlantic Ocean Brazil
Paraguay (Rio Paraguay) 2549900000ParanBrazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
Paran48802582672RBrazil (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%)
Pearl2200437000South China Sea China (98.5%), Vietnam (1.5%)
Pechora 1809322000Barents Sea Russia
Pecos 1490Rio Grande United States
Pilcomayo 2500270000Paraguay Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
Platte 1594Missouri United States
Pur321163166Amazon Brazil, Peru
R1438102600Ichilo Bolivia
Red (Asia) 1149143700Gulf of Tonkin China, Vietnam
Red (USA) 218878592Mississippi United States
Rhine 1233185000North Sea Germany (57.3%), Switzerland (15.1%), Netherlands (12.3%), France (12.2%), Luxembourg (1.4%), Austria (1.3%), Belgium (0.4%), Liechtenstein (0.1%), Italy (0.03%)
Rio Grande 3057570000Gulf of Mexico United States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%)
S3,180610000Atlantic Ocean Brazil
Saint Lawrence30581030000Gulf of Saint Lawrence Canada (52.1%), United States (47.9%)
Salween (Nu Jiang)3060324000Andaman Sea China (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand (3.7%)
Sankuru 1150Kasai Democratic Republic of the Congo
Senegal 1641419659Atlantic Ocean Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania
Sepik 112677700Pacific Ocean Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
Seversky Donets 1,078 (1,053) 98900Don Russia, Ukraine
Shatt al-Arab3596884000Persian Gulf Iraq (60.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Syria (14.7%)
Shire 1200Zambezi Mozambique, Malawi
Snake 1670279719Columbia United States
Songhua 1927Amur P. R. China
Stony Tunguska 1865240000Yenisei Russia
Sutlej 1372Chenab China, India, Pakistan
Syr Darya3078219000Aral Sea Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
Tagus (Tajo/Tejo)100680100Atlantic Ocean Spain, Portugal
Tapaj1900Amazon Brazil
Tarim 2100557000Lop Nur P. R. China
Tennessee 1049Ohio United States
Tiet1130ParanBrazil
Tigris 1950Shatt al-Arab Turkey, Iraq, Syria
Tobol 1591Irtysh Kazakhstan, Russia
Tocantins3650950000Atlantic Ocean, Amazon Brazil
Ubangi2270772800Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
Upper Mississippi 1236Mississippi United States
Upper Ob2490Ob Russia
Upper Yenisei1480Yenisei Russia, Mongolia
Ural 2428237000Caspian Sea Russia, Kazakhstan
Uruguay 1610370000Atlantic Ocean Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil
Vaal 1210Orange South Africa
Vilyuy 2650454000Lena Russia
Vistula-Bug 1213194424Baltic Sea Poland, Belarus, Ukraine
Vitim 1978Lena Russia
Volga 36451380000Caspian Sea Russia
Volta 1600Gulf of Guinea Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, C
Vyatka 1370129000Kama Russia
Vychegda 1130121000Northern Dvina Russia
Warburton1400365000Lake Eyre Australia
White 1102Mississippi United States
Wu 115080300Yangtze China
Xingu 2100Amazon Brazil
Yalong 1323Yangtze P. R. China
Yamuna 1370366223Ganges India
Yangtze (Chang Jiang; Long River) 63001800000East China Sea China
Yellow River (Huang He) 5464745000Bohai Sea China
Yellowstone 1080114260Missouri United States
Yenisei55392580000Kara Sea Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
Yukon 3185850000Bering Sea United States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
Zambezi (Zambesi)26931330000Mozambique Channel Zambia (41.6%), Angola (18.4%), Zimbabwe (15.6%), Mozambique (11.8%), Malawi (8.0%), Tanzania (2.0%), Namibia, Botswana
Zeya 1242Amur Russia
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