Rivers of the world

29 of the longest and best-known rivers: how long they are, where they flow into and a city on their banks.

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where the river meets the sea or a lake where it begins, when the sources agree

#	River	Length	Flows into	Countries include	City on its banks
1	Nile	about 6,650 km (4,130 mi) *	Mediterranean Sea	Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda	Cairo
2	Amazon River	about 6,400 km (3,980 mi) *	Atlantic Ocean	Brazil, Colombia, Peru	Manaus
3	Yangtze	about 6,300 km (3,920 mi) *	East China Sea	China	Chongqing
4	Yellow River	about 5,460 km (3,400 mi)	Bohai Sea	China	Not listed
5	Congo River	about 4,700 km (2,920 mi)	Atlantic Ocean	Angola, DR Congo, Republic of the Congo, Zambia	Not listed
6	Lena River	about 4,400 km (2,730 mi)	Laptev Sea	Russia	Not listed
7	Mekong	about 4,350 km (2,700 mi)	South China Sea	China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam	Not listed
8	Niger River	about 4,200 km (2,610 mi)	Gulf of Guinea	Benin, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria	Bamako
9	Mississippi River	about 3,770 km (2,340 mi) *	Gulf of Mexico	United States	Memphis
10	Ob	about 3,700 km (2,300 mi) *	Kara Sea	Russia	Novosibirsk
11	Volga	about 3,650 km (2,270 mi)	Caspian Sea	Russia	Kazan
12	Yukon River	about 3,190 km (1,980 mi)	Bering Sea	Canada, United States	Not listed
13	Indus River	about 3,180 km (1,980 mi)	Arabian Sea	China, India, Pakistan	Sukkur
14	St. Lawrence River	about 3,060 km (1,900 mi)	Gulf of St. Lawrence	Canada, United States	Not listed
15	Rio Grande	about 3,060 km (1,900 mi)	Gulf of Mexico	Mexico, United States	Reynosa
16	Danube	about 2,890 km (1,800 mi)	Black Sea	Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Croatia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia	Vienna
17	Amur	about 2,820 km (1,760 mi) *	Sea of Okhotsk	China, Russia	Khabarovsk
18	Euphrates	about 2,800 km (1,740 mi)	Shatt al-Arab	Iraq, Syria, Türkiye	Nasiriyah
19	Zambezi	about 2,740 km (1,700 mi)	Indian Ocean	Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe	Not listed
20	Ganges	about 2,530 km (1,570 mi)	Bay of Bengal	India	Prayagraj
21	Dnieper	about 2,290 km (1,420 mi)	Black Sea	Belarus, Russia, Ukraine	Kyiv
22	Columbia River	about 2,250 km (1,400 mi)	Pacific Ocean	Canada, United States	Portland
23	Tigris	about 1,950 km (1,210 mi)	Shatt al-Arab	Iraq, Syria, Türkiye	Baghdad
24	Don	about 1,870 km (1,160 mi)	Sea of Azov	Russia	Rostov-on-Don
25	Limpopo River	about 1,800 km (1,120 mi)	Indian Ocean	Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe	Not listed
26	Rhine	about 1,230 km (770 mi)	North Sea	Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France, Liechtenstein	Not listed
27	Elbe	about 1,110 km (690 mi) *	North Sea	Czechia, Germany	Hamburg
28	Vistula	about 1,050 km (650 mi) *	Baltic Sea	Poland	Not listed
29	Loire	about 1,010 km (630 mi)	Atlantic Ocean	France	Tours

* Nile: Sources disagree on its length: from about 6,650 to 7,088 km.
* Amazon River: Sources disagree on its length: from about 6,400 to 6,992 km.
* Yangtze: Sources disagree on its length: from about 6,300 to 6,418 km.
* Mississippi River: With its longest tributaries, the whole river system is about 6,275 km long.
* Ob: With its longest tributaries, the whole river system is about 5,410 km long.
* Amur: With its longest tributaries, the whole river system is about 4,444 km long.
* Elbe: With its longest tributaries, the whole river system is about 1,252 km long.
* Vistula: With its longest tributaries, the whole river system is about 1,213 km long.

Lengths from the Wikipedia list of river systems by length (or the river's article), checked against Wikidata. The length of a river depends on where you measure its source and its mouth, so every length is approximate and some are disputed. Mouth, countries and cities are shown only where Wikipedia and Wikidata agree.