Top 5 Longest Rivers in the World

longest river in the world

1 Nile River

                                             
Length 6,693 km

• The Nile is the longest river in the world and  major river in Africa.
• The Nile river flows almost entirely through desert,from into Egypt.
• The Nile river has two major tributaries,the White Nile and Blue Nile.

2 Amazon River

                                     
Meeting of Waters is the confluence of the Rio Negro (black) and the Rio Solimões (sandy) near Manaus, Brazil.

Length 6,436 km

• The Amazon river is the second longest river in the world.
• the Amazon river of South America is the largest river in the world by volume, with total Amazon river flow greater than the next eight largest rivers combined.
• The Amazon river,which has the largest drainage basin in the world, acounts for apporximately on fifith of the worlds total river flow.

3 Yangtze River

                           
 The first turn of the Yangtze at Shigu , Yunnan Province, where the river turns 180 degrees from south- to north-bound.

Length 5,463 km

• The Yangtze River is also called Chang Jiang River.Yangtze river is the longest riverin in Asia.It is located in China and also third longest river in the world.
• The Yangtze River flows from its source in Qinghai Province,eastwards into the East China Sea at Shanghai.

4 Huang He River

                             
             The Yellow River, near Xunhua, in Eastern Qinghai. Note the yellowish water, caused by loess.

Length 5,463 km

• The Huang He also called Yellow river and Hwang Ho river is the fourth longest river in the world and second longest river in China.
• Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine province of China and empties into the Bohai Sea. 

5 Ob-Irtysh River

                               
                              Irtysh at Cherlak, between the Kazakh-Russian border and Omsk

Length 5,410 km

• The Ob-Irtysh river from a major basin in Asia,encompassing most of Western Siberia and the Altay Mountains.
• Origin Altay Mountains
• Mouth Ob River
• Basin countries Russia,Kazakhstan,China,Mongolia