Top 10 Largest Rivers in the World


A river is usually a natural water source flowing mostly freshwater flows from land or mountains toward the sea, ocean, lake, or another river.  A river is defined as a ribbon-like body of water that flows downhill from a height due to the force of gravity. Here we will discuss the top 10 largest rivers in the world.

1- Neil

The Neil is the 1st of the largest rivers in the world, this is the major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It goes into the Mediterranean Sea. This is also the largest river in Africa. Every aspect of life in Egypt depends on this river, which provides food, resources, land for agriculture, and a means to travel, to Egypt and this is the main source of drinking water in Egypt. The Neil is 6690 kilometers. The Neil river helped ancient Egypt develop into a great kingdom. This river is the source of trade and transport from the Era of ancient Egypt to now. This is not false to say that the Neil was one of the factors on which ancient Egypt civilization was based.

2- amazon

The Amazon is the 2nd of the largest rivers in the world. this is the largest river by the discharge volume of water in the world. The mouth of this river is in the Atlantic Ocean. This river goes across Peru, Columbia, and Brazil. This is also considered the widest river in the world because in the dry season the width is 2 to 6 miles but in the wet rainy season the length increases up to 30 miles. This driver supports some areas with the greatest biodiversity in the world. this is an ancient river that came into existence about 2.4 million years. This is also the longest river without any bridge on it.

3- Yangtze River

Yangtze River is also known as Chang Jiang river this is the largest river in Asia. This is the longest river in the world, entirely in one country. This is the third of the longest rivers in the world and 1st in china. The reign of the Yangtze River is home to more than 400 million people and about one-third of the total population of china lived in this region. This is the most important river in china and this is the country’s principal waterway. In Chinese, Yangtze means “children of the ocean” this was called this name by the westerners. In this river, china built the world’s biggest hydroelectric gravity dam with a water storage capacity of 39.3 km3. This has the world’s biggest power station in terms of capacity

4- Mississippi River

This is the largest river in the United States and the chief river of the second-largest drainage in North America. The length of the Mississippi River is 6270 km. This river starts in Canada flows mainly in the USA and goes into the Gulf of Mexico. This is the third largest river basin in the world, this is home to 25% of the fish life of North America. This flows through 10 states of the United States. You can drive alongside most of this river, the reason for that is the Great river road is the road which follows the Mississippi River along with the ten states of USA for about 3300 kilometers.

5- Yenisei River

Yenisey also known as Yenisei or Enisei, is the fifth of the largest rivers in the world and the largest drain into the arctic ocean. This river is a great source of hydroelectric power the reason is that Russia built the Krasnoyarsk Dam (a hydroelectric gravity dam) in 1972. This hydroelectric power plant supplies about 6000 MW of electricity. This river flows from south to north, as this begins at magnolia and goes into the Kara sea an extension of the Atlantic Ocean. The total length of the Yenisei River is 5550 km.

6- Yellow River

Yellow River or Huang He river is the second-longest river in China after the Yangtze river and this is the sixth river system in the largest rivers in the world. The length of this river is 5464 km. The valley of this river is the birthplace of Chinese civilization. It is referred to as “the Mother River” and also “the cradle of Chinese civilization”. Traditionally it is believed that Chinese civilization originated from the basin of the Yellow River. The reason behind the name yellow river is because its water carries silt, which gives the river its yellow-brown color.

7- Ob River

The Ob River is a major river in Russia. It is in west Siberia and together with the Irtysh, it forms the world’s 7th longest river system. The Ob river serves as a major navigable waterway and one facilitating the transport of cargo from the interior of Russia to the prime trade center and major cities of the country. This River flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and Kara sea. The total length of the Ob river is 5410 kilometers. The main source of the Ob river is situated in Russia, this River flows from Russia to China, then Kazakhstan, and also to Magnolia

8- The Parana River

The Parana River is a river in South America this is running from Brazil and Argentina. The total length of this river is 4880 kilometers. This river has a rich and varied animal life that includes many species of edible fishes. There are also piranha fishes in this river. In the rivers of South America where we can find this freshwater fish with very sharp teeth. This river is the habitat of many other aquatic animals like migratory fish, Atlantic saber tooth anchovy as well as other fishes like catfish and many other fishes.

9 – Congo river

Congo River is also known as the Zaire River. This is the 9th of the largest rivers in the world and it is the second-longest river in Africa this is shorter than Neil. This is also the deepest recorded river in the world with a depth of 220 meters. The length of this river is 4700 kilometers. This river is named Congo after an ancient tribe which lined here named Kongo. They lived in west-central Africa where north Angola is situated at the present day. By discharge volume, this is the second-largest river in the world after only the amazon river.

The discharge rate of this river is, even more, double of the Nile the longest river in the world. This is the only major river that crosses the Equator two times. This river has a total drainage area of 1440000 miles, this is the river with the second largest basin in the world. First is the amazon river the second largest river in the world.

10- Amur River

Amur River is the tenth longest river in the world and it forms a border between Russia and northeastern China. The length of the Amur river is 4368 kilometers. This is also known as the black river and this name was used in the Manchu and Qing dynasties. They always regard this river as this scared. This is also very important for the economy of both countries. The reason is that its basin has iron mining nonferrous mining coal and gold mining. They cultivate millet wheat and soybeans on this land. This river is also a waterway for the trade of these countries

 


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