Major Rivers of the World
Largest River: The Amazon in South America flows into the South Atlantic Ocean. Though, the Amazon river is 222 km shorter in length than the Nile, it is still considered the largest river because of greater flow of water and the highest river basin in the world. Longest River, the Nile in Africa, flowing into the Mediterranean Sea.
Important Rivers
| River | Location/Country | Length (km) | Source | Outflow Into |
| Nile | Africa/Egypt | 6670 | Lake Victoria | Mediterranean |
| Missouri-Mississippi | North America/USA | 6300 | Red Rock Montana | Gulf of Mexico |
| Amazon | South America/Brazil | 6448 | Andes in Peru | Atlantic Ocean |
| Yangtze-Kiang | Asia/China | 5490 | Tibetan Plateau | China Sea (Pacific) |
| Hwang-Ho | Asia/China | 4840 | Tibet | Pacific Ocean |
| Yenisei | Asia/Siberia | 5300 | Mount Tannuola | Arctic Ocean |
| Lena | Europe/Russia | 4800 | Lake Baikal | Laptev Sea of Arctic Ocean |
| Niger | Africa/Nigeria | 4800 | Sierra Leone | Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic) |
| Congo | Africa/Zaire | 4800 | Confluence of Lualuba and Luapula | Atlantic |
| Ob | Asia/Siberia | 4150 | Altai Mountains | Gulf of Ob (Pacific) |
| Indus | Asia/India and Pakistan | 3180 | Mount Kailash | Arabian Sea |
| Brahmaputra | Asia/India | 2960 | Tibet | Bay of Bengal |
| Danube | Europe/Austria, Hungary, Czech Slovakia, and Yugoslavia | 2820 | Near Baden in Germany | Black Sea |
| Murray | Australia | 3720 | Alps | Indian Ocean |
| Volga | Asia/Russia | 3700 | Valdia Plateau (Moscow) | Caspian Sea |
| Amur | Asia/Siberia | 4510 | Pamirs | Pacific Ocean at the Sea of Okhotsk |