List of rivers
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This is a list of the 600 best-known rivers, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.
| # | Name | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  NileMajor river in northeastern Africa | 6,650 km |
| 2 | .jpg/120px-Amazon_CIAT_(2).jpg){kind=small} Amazon RiverRiver in South America | 6,992 km |
| 3 |  DanubeSecond-longest river in Europe | 2,850 km |
| 4 |  RhineRiver in Western Europe to the North Sea | 1,233 km |
| 5 |  VolgaRiver in Russia; the longest river in Europe | 3,530 km |
| 6 |  GangesMajor river in India | 2,525 km |
| 7 |  Mississippi RiverPrimary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States | 3,766 km |
| 8 | .JPG/120px-Sunrise_near_Mossaka_(Congo).JPG){kind=small} River CongoRiver in central Africa | 4,700 km |
| 9 |  Yangtze RiverLongest river in Asia and third-longest in the world | 6,300 km |
| 10 |  Indus RiverRiver in Asia | 3,180 km |
| 11 | .jpg/120px-Niger_River_View%2C_Djenne_(6861797).jpg){kind=small} Niger RiverRiver in West Africa | 4,180 km |
| 12 |  Yellow RiverMajor river in China | 5,464 km |
| 13 |  EuphratesRiver in Asia | 2,800 km |
| 14 |  River ThamesRiver in southern England | 334 km |
| 15 |  SeineRiver in France | 777 km |
| 16 |  TigrisRiver flowing from Turkey through Iraq and Syria | 1,850 km |
| 17 |  DnieperRiver in Eastern Europe | 2,285 km |
| 18 |  Jordan RiverRiver in West Asia which flows to the Dead Sea | 252 km |
| 19 |  ElbeMajor river in Central Europe | 1,094 km |
| 20 |  VistulaRiver in East-Central Europe | 1,047 km |
| 21 |  Mekong RiverMajor river in Southeast Asia | 4,350 km |
| 22 | _shore.jpg/120px-Heilongjiang_(Amur)_shore.jpg){kind=small} Amur RiverMajor river in eastern Russia and northeastern China, with tributaries also in Mongolia | 2,824 km |
| 23 |  Brahmaputra RiverRiver in China, India, and Bangladesh | 2,900 km |
| 24 | .jpg/120px-Lena_2007_(synchroswimr).jpg){kind=small} Lena RiverRiver in Eastern Siberia, Russia | 4,294 km |
| 25 |  ObSecond-longest river in Russia | 3,650 km |
| 26 |  Ural RiverRiver in Russia and Kazakhstan | 2,428 km |
| 27 | .jpg/120px-Don_(Voronezh_Oblast).jpg){kind=small} DonRussian river, fifth-longest river in Europe | 1,870 km |
| 28 |  Missouri RiverMajor river in central United States | 3,726 km |
| 29 |  LoireLongest river in France | 1,006 km |
| 30 |  PoLongest river in Italy | 652 km |
| 31 |  OderRiver in Central Europe flowing from the Czech Republic and along the Poland–Germany border | 854 km |
| 32 |  RhôneRiver in Switzerland and France | 812 km |
| 33 |  DniesterRiver in Eastern Europe | 1,352 km |
| 34 |  St. Lawrence RiverMajor river in eastern Canada and the United States, flowing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence | 3,058 km |
| 35 |  TiberRiver in Italy | 405 km |
| 36 | _-_2.jpg/120px-Yenisei_River_near_Krasnoyarsk_(2026-03-05)_-_2.jpg){kind=small} YeniseiRiver in Asia; the 5th-longest in the world | 3,487 km |
| 37 | .jpg/120px-Amudarya_by_Nukus%2C_Uzbekistan_(%D0%90%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81).jpg){kind=small} Amu DaryaMajor river in Central Asia | 2,620 km |
| 38 |  Tagus RiverLongest river in the Iberian Peninsula | 1,007 km |
| 39 |  Orinoco RiverRiver in South America | 2,140 km |
| 40 | .jpg/120px-Grand_Canyon_Horseshoe_Bend_(crop_2).jpg){kind=small} Colorado RiverMajor river in the western United States and Mexico | 2,334 km |
| 41 |  YamunaRiver in India | 1,376 km |
| 42 |  NevaRiver in Russia connecting Lake Ladoga and the Baltic Sea | 75 km |
| 43 |  IrtyshRiver in Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan and Russia | 4,248 km |
| 44 |  Blue NileRiver originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia that is a tributary of the Nile River | 1,783 km |
| 45 |  DaugavaRiver in Latvia, Belarus and Russia | 1,020 km |
| 46 |  MeuseRiver in western Europe | 950 km |
| 47 |  Syr DaryaRiver in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan | 2,212 km |
| 48 | .jpg/120px-Yukon_River%2C_Whitehorse_(16209595096).jpg){kind=small} Yukon RiverRiver in the Yukon Territory, Canada and Alaska, United States of America | 3,190 km |
| 49 |  Columbia RiverRiver in North America; flows from British Columbia, through Washington, and along the Washington-Oregon border to the Pacific Ocean | 2,000 km |
| 50 |  EbroRiver in Spain | 910 km |
| 51 |  Hudson RiverRiver in New York State, United States | 492 km |
| 52 |  Rio GrandeRiver originating in Colorado, flowing south through New Mexico, and forming part of the US-Mexico border along Texas until emptying into the Gulf of Mexico | 3,051 km |
| 53 |  Limpopo RiverRiver in southern Africa | 1,750 km |
| 54 |  MainRight tributary of Rhine river in Germany | 524 km |
| 55 | .jpg/120px-Vila_Nova_de_Foz_Coa_rio_Douro_(14282784962).jpg){kind=small} Douro RiverRiver in Spain and Portugal | 897 km |
| 56 |  Ohio RiverRiver in the midwestern United States | 1,579 km |
| 57 |  Paraná RiverRiver in South America | 4,880 km |
| 58 |  White NileRiver in Africa and tributary of the Nile River | 2,620 km |
| 59 |  MoselleRiver in Western Europe | 544 km |
| 60 |  Murray RiverRiver in Australia | 2,530 km |
| 61 |  Orange RiverMajor river of southern Africa | 2,200 km |
| 62 |  Río de la PlataEstuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River on the border between Argentina and Uruguay | 290 km |
| 63 |  TiszaRiver in Europe | 966 km |
| 64 |  Godavari RiverRiver in India | 1,465 km |
| 65 |  VltavaRiver in Czechia | 430 km |
| 66 |  Irrawaddy RiverRiver in Myanmar and China | 2,170 km |
| 67 |  Moskva RiverRiver in Russia, Moscow region | 502 km |
| 68 |  Uruguay RiverRiver in South America | 1,790 km |
| 69 |  Senegal RiverRiver in West Africa | 1,050 km |
| 70 | _-_0_2.jpg/120px-Glazkovsky_bridge_(September_2025)_-_0_2.jpg){kind=small} AngaraRiver in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia | 1,779 km |
| 71 |  Gambia RiverRiver in West Africa | 1,130 km |
| 72 |  GaronneRiver in southwest France and northern Spain | 647 km |
| 73 |  KamaRiver in Russia, tributary to the Volga | 1,805 km |
| 74 |  Paraguay RiverRiver in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, tributary of the Paraná | 2,621 km |
| 75 |  SavaRiver in Southeast Europe | 945 km |
| 76 |  Krishna RiverThird longest river in central−southern India | 1,400 km |
| 77 |  OkaRiver in Russia, tributary of Volga | 1,500 km |
| 78 |  Rio NegroTributary of the Amazon river | 2,250 km |
| 79 |  Aras RiverRiver located in and along the countries of Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran | 1,072 km |
| 80 |  Kura RiverRiver in South Caucasus | 1,360 km |
| 81 |  Mackenzie RiverLargest river system in Canada | 1,738 km |
| 82 |  Madeira RiverRiver in Bolivia and Brazil | 1,450 km |
| 83 |  PechoraRiver in Northern Russia | 1,809 km |
| 84 |  GuadalquivirRiver in Spain | 657 km |
| 85 |  InnRiver in Switzerland, Austria and Germany, a right tributary of the Danube | 517 km |
| 86 |  NemanRiver in eastern Europe | 937 km |
| 87 |  KolymaRiver in Magadan Oblast and Yakutia, Russia | 2,129 km |
| 88 |  Magdalena RiverRiver in Colombia | 1,528 km |
| 89 |  Okavango RiverRiver in southwestern Africa | 1,600 km |
| 90 |  ScheldtRiver in France, Belgium and the Netherlands | 355 km |
| 91 |  AdigeRiver in northern Italy | 410 km |
| 92 |  NeckarRight tributary of Rhine river in Germany | 362 km |
| 93 |  Shatt al-ArabRiver in Southwest Asia, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris in the town of al-Qurnah in the Basra Governorate of southern Iraq | 200 km |
| 94 |  Volta RiverRiver system in West Africa | 1,500 km |
| 95 |  Northern DvinaRiver in Arkhangelsk and Vologda Oblasts, Russia | 744 km |
| 96 |  Ubangi RiverLargest tributary of the Congo River in the region of Central Africa | 1,060 km |
| 97 | _-_img_06.jpg/120px-Lunch_at_Rongros%2C_Bangkok_(Jan_2021)_-_img_06.jpg){kind=small} Chao Phraya RiverLargest river in Thailand | 372 km |
| 98 |  Chenab RiverMajor river of India and Pakistan | 1,974 km |
| 99 |  DravaRiver in Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary | 720 km |
| 100 |  Potomac RiverRiver in the mid-Atlantic United States | 665 km |