longest and biggest rivers

The River Nile is the longest river in the world. It measures 6,695 kilometres from its source in Burundi, along the White Nile, to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea. Officially, the shortest river is the D River, Oregon, USA, which is just 37 metres long.

The biggest river in the world, measured by the amount of water that flows down it, is the Amazon. On average 120,000 cubic metres (about 20 swimming pools’ worth) of water flows out of its mouth every second.

The longest river of Europe is the River Volga. It flows primarily in a southerly direction through Russia into the Caspian Sea. The second longest is the Danube, flows west to east before entering the Black Sea.

The longest Rivers of the World
River Name	Location	Length (miles approx)	Length (km approx)	Drainage Area (sq miles)	Flow at mouth (cubic m per second)
Nile	Africa	4,160	6,695	1,170,000	1,584
Amazon	South America	4,000	6,400	2,270,000	180,000
Yangtze	Asia (China)	3,900	6,240	698,000	35,000
Mississippi	USA	3,870	6,192	1,247,000	17,545
Ob	Asia (Russia)	3,459	5,534	1,154,000	12,600
Yenisei/ Angara	Asia (Russia)	3,440	5,504	996,000	19,600
Yellow River	Asia (China)	3,440	5,504	290,000	1,365
Congo	Africa (Zaire)	2,900	4,640	1,440,000	42,000
Amur	Asia	2,800	4,480	730,000	12,500
Parana	Uruguay	2,795	4,472	1,197,000	19,500
Lena	Asia (Russia)	2,700	4,320	961,000	16,400
Mackenzie	North America	2,640	4,224	697,000	7,500
Niger	Africa	2,600	4,160	850,000	5,700
Mekong	Asia	2,500	4,000	750,000	15,900
Volga	Europe	2,300	3,680	533,000	8,000
Murray-Darling	Australia	2,300	3,680	410,000	391
Rio-Grande	USA	1,885	3,016	310,000	82