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Rivers have been of great importance in Indian culture. By the way, rivers have paved the way for the development of every civilization. One of the biggest rivers in the world is the Ganges River, which is seen as very sacred and a symbol of faith in India, but do you know that the river Ganga may be the largest river in the country but depending on the length It is not named among the 10 largest rivers of the world.
01 Nile River
The world’s longest river is the Nile River flowing in North-East Africa. The length of the Nile River is 6650 kilometers i.e. 4132 miles. The Nile originates from Africa’s largest lake Victoria, crossing the eastern part of the vast Sahara Desert and landing in the Mediterranean in the north. It originates from areas of heavy rainfall near the equator and forms a long valley flowing from south to north through Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt respectively.
02 Amazon River
The Amazon River flowing in South America is the second largest river in the world. Its length is 6400 kilometers i.e. 4000 miles. It is the largest river in the world in terms of volume (length-width), but if you talk only by the length, then another. It flows through Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador. It flows eastward from the Andes Mountains of Peru and joins the Atlantic Ocean. There is not a single bridge on this river.
03 Yangtze River-
The Yangtze River is Asia’s largest and world’s third largest river, which flows into China. Its length is 6300 kilometers i.e. 3917 miles. China has also built a metro rail line across the Yangtze River to connect the two most densely populated cities of Wuhan. This railway line was started two years ago. The Yangtze River is also known as Chen Jiang in China. The river originates from the Qinghai Tibet Plateau and passes through southwest China, central China, and east China into Shanghai and seeps into the eastern part of China.
04 Mississippi-Missouri
The Mississippi-Missouri River is the largest in America by length and the fourth largest in the world. It has a length of 6275 kilometers (3902 miles). The Mississippi River’s source is generally considered Lake Itasca, but the most remote source of the Mississippi is the Jefferson River. The Jefferson River is a tributary of the Missouri River, just as the Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi. When the length of the Mississippi is measured from this mouth to the farthest source, it is called Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson.
05 Yenise-Angara-Selenga
The Yenise-Angara-Selenga River is the fifth longest river in the world, flowing into Russia. The length of this river is 5539 kilometers i.e. 3445 miles. These are the three rivers, which continue to connect with each other. This river originates from the central part of Mongolia and flows into several regions of Russia and joins the Arctic Ocean.
06 Brahmaputra (Yellow) River
The Brahmaputra (Yellow) River is the main river of Central and South Asia, which is the sixth longest river in the world. Its length is 5464 kilometers i.e. 3398 miles. It flows through China, Tibet, India and Bangladesh. The Brahmaputra originates in the south of Tibet, near the Mansarovar, from the Himvah called Chemayung Dung. Its name is Ya-Lu-Tsang-Pu Chiang (Yellow) in China, Sampo in Tibet, Dihun in Arunachal and Brahmaputra in Assam. This river flows south into the border of Bangladesh in the name of Jamuna and merges with Padma, the original branch of the Ganges, into the Bay of Bengal. It is the deepest river in the world.
07 Ob-Irtis River
The Ob-Eratis River or Obi River is a river in the Western Siberia region of North Asia and is the seventh longest river in the world. Along with the Yenisei River and the Lena River, it is considered the third great Siberian river flowing into the Arctic Sea. The Ob River begins at the confluence of the Bia River and the Katun River, 26 km southwest of the city of Bišk in the Altai Krai region of Russia. The length of this river is 5410 kilometers (3364 mi).
08 Parana River
The Paraná River is a river flowing in South Central America. It travels 4,880 kilometers (3,030 mi), flowing through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. It is the second largest river in South America after the Amazon River. The name of the river Parana means ‘huge like the sea’. It first joins the Paraguay River and then falls further down into the Uruguay River and joins the Atlantic Ocean, forming the mouth of the Río de la Plata River.
09 Congo River
The Congo River is also known as the Jeyre River. It is a major river of Africa. The river, covering a distance of 4700 kilometers (2922 mi), is the largest in West-Central Africa and the longest river in Africa after the Nile. The river takes seven miles wide form at its mouth and falls into the sea. It releases water containing 2 million cubic feet of mud per second into the ocean, which is four times the average of the entire Mississippi. Its sludge water appears distinctly different from seawater up to 100 miles away from the seashore and up to a depth of 4,000 feet.
10 Amur-Argun River
The Amur River is the 9th longest river in the world. The river is also the international border between the far eastern regions of Russia and northeast China. The Amur River played an important role in land conflicts between Russia and China that began in the 17th century and lasted until the 20th century. The Amur River originates at an elevation of 303 m from the amalgamation of the Shilka River and the Argun River in the hills of western Manchuria. Its length is 4444 kilometers i.e. 2763 miles.
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