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Top 10 Longest Rivers in the World

The longest river systems on the planet, from source to mouth.

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  • 📏 Ranked by length
  • 🔄 Refreshed monthly
  • 📚 Source: Wikipedia (verified by hand)

  1. Nile

    Africa

    6,650 km

    No change

  2. Amazon

    South America

    6,400 km

    No change

  3. Yangtze

    China

    6,300 km

    No change
  1. 4Mississippi–MissouriUSA6,275 kmNo change
  2. 5YeniseiRussia / Mongolia5,539 kmNo change
  3. 6Yellow RiverChina5,464 kmNo change
  4. 7Ob–IrtyshRussia / Kazakhstan / China5,410 kmNo change
  5. 8ParanáSouth America4,880 kmNo change
  6. 9CongoAfrica4,700 kmNo change
  7. 10AmurRussia / China4,444 kmNo change

How this list is ranked

Length of the longest continuous river system. Measurements vary between sources; commonly cited figures are used.

Data from Wikipedia (verified by hand), refreshed monthly. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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