Did you know that Nile river is the longest river in the world?
The Nile is stunning, 6,650 km/4,132 miles long. It has a 32,54,555 km2 drainage area, and also its average discharge is huge: 5,100 m3/Sec. The Nile River flows out in the Mediterranean sea and has a drainage basin in these countries: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan. With this indicator, the Nile river is the No.: 1. longest river on Earth.
The table below rank the rivers in the world by their length.
The research of the longest rivers in the world was carried out in 2014. For the length, drainage area, average discharge, outflow, and the drainage basin data, Driving Directions and Maps consulted numerous national and international sources and, in cases of large statistical inconsistencies, elected to publish cautious averages.
The longest rivers
| River | Source | Outflow | mi | km |
| Nile | Tributaries of Lake Victoria, Africa | Mediterranean Sea | 4,180 | 6,690 |
| Amazon | Glacier-fed lakes, Peru | Atlantic Ocean | 3,912 | 6,296 |
| Mississippi-Missouri-Red Rock | Source of Red Rock, Montana | Gulf of Mexico | 3,710 | 5,970 |
| Chang Jiang (Yangtze) | Tibetan plateau, China | China Sea | 3,602 | 5,797 |
| Ob | Altai Mountains, Russia | Gulf of Ob | 3,459 | 5,567 |
| Huang He (Yellow River) | Eastern part of Kunlan Mountains, West China | Gulf of Chihli | 2,900 | 4,667 |
| Yenisei | Tannu-Ola Mountains, western Tuva, Russia | Arctic Ocean | 2,800 | 4,506 |
| Paraná | Confluence of Paranaiba and Grande rivers | Río de la Plata | 2,795 | 4,498 |
| Irtish | Altai Mountains, Russia | Ob River | 2,758 | 4,438 |
| Zaire (Congo) | Confluence of Lualab and Luapula rivers, Congo | Atlantic Ocean | 2,716 | 4,371 |
| Heilong (Amur) | Confluence of Shilka (Russia) and Argun (Manchuria) rivers | Tatar Strait | 2,704 | 4,352 |
| Lena | Baikal Mountains, Russia | Arctic Ocean | 2,652 | 4,268 |
| Mackenzie | Head of Finlay River, British Columbia, Canada | Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean) | 2,635 | 4,241 |
| Niger | Guinea | Gulf of Guinea | 2,600 | 4,184 |
| Mekong | Tibetan highlands | South China Sea | 2,500 | 4,023 |
| Mississippi | Lake Itasca, Minnesota | Gulf of Mexico | 2,348 | 3,779 |
| Missouri | Confluence of Jefferson, Gallatin, and Madison rivers, Montana | Mississippi River | 2,315 | 3,726 |
| Volga | Valdai plateau, Russia | Caspian Sea | 2,291 | 3,687 |
| Madeira | Confluence of Beni and Maumoré rivers, Bolivia–Brazil boundary | Amazon River | 2,012 | 3,238 |
| Purus | Peruvian Andes | Amazon River | 1,993 | 3,207 |
| Sao Francisco | Southwest Minas Gerais, Brazil | Atlantic Ocean | 1,987 | 3,198 |
| Yukon | Junction of Lewes and Pelly rivers, Yukon Territory, Canada | Bering Sea | 1,979 | 3,185 |
| St. Lawrence | Lake Ontario | Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1,900 | 3,058 |
| Rio Grande | San Juan Mountains, Colorado | Gulf of Mexico | 1,885 | 3,034 |
| Brahmaputra | Himalayas | Ganges River | 1,800 | 2,897 |
| Indus | Himalayas | Arabian Sea | 1,800 | 2,897 |
| Danube | Black Forest, Germany | Black Sea | 1,766 | 2,842 |
| Euphrates | Confluence of Murat Nehri and Kara Su rivers, Turkey | Shatt-al-Arab | 1,739 | 2,799 |
| Darling | Central part of Eastern Highlands, Australia | Murray River | 1,702 | 2,739 |
| Zambezi | Zambia | Mozambique Channel | 1,700 | 2,736 |
| Tocantins | Brazil | Pará River | 1,677 | 2,699 |
| Murray | Australian Alps, New South Wales | Indian Ocean | 1,609 | 2,589 |
| Nelson | Head of Bow River, western Alberta, Canada | Hudson Bay | 1,600 | 2,575 |
| Paraguay | Mato Grosso, Brazil | Paraná River | 1,584 | 2,549 |
| Ural | Southern Ural Mountains, Russia | Caspian Sea | 1,574 | 2,533 |
| Ganges | Himalayas | Bay of Bengal | 1,557 | 2,506 |
| Amu Darya (Oxus) | Nicholas Range, Pamir Mountains, Turkmenistan | Aral Sea | 1,500 | 2,414 |
| Japurá | Andes, Colombia | Amazon River | 1,500 | 2,414 |
| Salween | Tibet, south of Kunlun Mountains | Gulf of Martaban | 1,500 | 2,414 |
| Arkansas | Central Colorado | Mississippi River | 1,459 | 2,348 |
| Colorado | Grand County, Colorado | Gulf of California | 1,450 | 2,333 |
| Dnieper | Valdai Hills, Russia | Black Sea | 1,419 | 2,284 |
| Ohio-Allegheny | Potter County, Pennsylvania | Mississippi River | 1,306 | 2,102 |
| Irrawaddy | Confluence of Nmai and Mali rivers, northeast Burma | Bay of Bengal | 1,300 | 2,092 |
| Orange | Lesotho | Atlantic Ocean | 1,300 | 2,092 |
| Orinoco | Serra Parima Mountains, Venezuela | Atlantic Ocean | 1,281 | 2,062 |
| Pilcomayo | Andes Mountains, Bolivia | Paraguay River | 1,242 | 1,999 |
| Xi Jiang (Si Kiang) | Eastern Yunnan Province, China | China Sea | 1,236 | 1,989 |
| Columbia | Columbia Lake, British Columbia, Canada | Pacific Ocean | 1,232 | 1,983 |
| Don | Tula, Russia | Sea of Azov | 1,223 | 1,968 |
| Sungari | China – North Korea boundary | Amur River | 1,215 | 1,955 |
| Saskatchewan | Canadian Rocky Mountains | Lake Winnipeg | 1,205 | 1,939 |
| Peace | Stikine Mountains, British Columbia, Canada | Great Slave River | 1,195 | 1,923 |
| Tigris | Taurus Mountains, Turkey | Shatt-al-Arab | 1,180 | 1,899 |