10 longest rivers in the world

10. Niger River

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• length: 4,184 km
• catchment area: 2,117,700 km²
• average flow: 6,925 m³/s
• countries: Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, Nigeria
• source: Loma Mountains
• estuary: Gulf of Guinea

9. Mackenzie River

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• length: 4,241 km
• catchment area: 1,760,000 km²
• average flow: 10,300 m³/s
• country: Canada
• source: Great Slave Lake
• estuary: Mackenzie Bay

8. Congo River

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• length: 4,374 km
• catchment area: 3,690,000 km²
• average flow: 40,000 m³/s
• countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Angola
• source: Kundelungu Mountains
• estuary: Atlantic Ocean

7. Lena

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• length: 4,400 km
• catchment area: 2,490,000 km²
• average flow: 16,400 m³/s
• country: Russia
• source: Baikal Mountains
• estuary: Arctic Ocean

6. Paraná River

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• length: 4,700 km
• catchment area: 3,100,000 km²
• average flow: 16,800 m³/s
• countries: Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
• source: Brazilian highlands
• estuary: Atlantic Ocean

5. Mekong

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• length: 4,880 km
• catchment area: 795,000 km²
• average flow: 16,000 m³/s
• countries: China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
• source: Tibetan plateau
• estuary: South China Sea

4. Yellow River

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• length: 5,464 km
• catchment area: 752,400 km²
• average flow: 1,210 m³/s
• country: China
• source: Bayan Har Shan
• estuary: Pohaj Bay, Yellow Sea

3. Yangtze

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• length: 6,300 km
• catchment area: 1,807,199 km²
• average flow: 31,060 m³/s
• country: China
• source: Tibetan plateau, Tangla
• estuary: East China Sea

2. Nile

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• length: 6,650 km
• catchment area: 2,870,000 km²
• average flow: 2,830 m³/s
• countries: Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia
• source: Lake Tana, Ethiopia
• estuary: Mediterranean Sea

1. Amazon

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• length: 7,040 km
• catchment area: 7,050,000 km²
• average flow: 209,000 m³/s
• countries: Brazil, Peru, Colombia
• source: Quehuisha, Andy
• estuary: Atlantic Ocean