Famous Rivers of the World , their Origin and Length
River
|
Origin
|
Falls in
|
Length (Km.)
|
Nile
|
Victoria lake
|
Mediterranean Sea
|
6,650
|
Amazon
|
Andes (Peru)
|
Atlantic Ocean
|
6,428
|
Mississippi Missouri
|
Itasca lake (USA)
|
Gulf of Mexico (USA)
|
6,020
|
Yangtze
|
Tibetan Kin Plateau
|
China Sea
|
5,494
|
Ob
|
Altai Mts., Russia
|
Gulf of Ob
|
5,410
|
Huang Ho
|
Kunlun Mts.
|
Gulf of Chibli
|
4,344
|
Yenisei
|
Tannu-Ola Mts.
|
Arctic Ocean
|
3,804
|
Conga
|
Lualaba & Luapula rivers
|
Atlantic Ocean
|
3,700
|
Niger
|
Guinea
|
Gulf of Guinea
|
4,180
|
Mekong
|
Tibetan highlands
|
South China sea
|
4,180
|
Volga
|
Voldai Plateau, Russia
|
Caspian Sea
|
3,690
|
St. Lawrence
|
Lake Ontario
|
Gulf of St. Lawrence
|
3,058
|
Brahmaputra
|
Lake Mansarovar
|
Bay of Bengal
|
2,900
|
Indus
|
Near lake Mansarovar
|
Arabian sea
|
2,880
|
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