Longest Rivers In The World

The Amazon, believed to be at least 4,000 miles long, is considered the world's longest river, though it is shorter than the Nile, which is considered the world's longest. Image: education.nationalgeographic.org

The Nile, Africa's longest river, spans 6,650 kilometers and has a drainage basin covering 11 African countries. Image: education.nationalgeographic.org

The Yangtze River, the longest in China and Asia, spans 3,915 miles and is the third-longest river globally. Image: education.nationalgeographic.org

The Mississippi River, the second longest in North America, spans 2,350 miles from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico, while the Missouri River is 100 miles longer. Image: americanrivers.org

The Yenisey River, originating from the confluence of the Great Yenisey, spans 2,167 miles, primarily along the eastern-western Siberia border, before emptying into the Kara Sea. Image: worldatlas.com

The Huang He, China's second-longest river, spans over 5,400 kilometers and covers a drainage basin of 750,000 square kilometers, making it the third largest basin area in the country. Image: education.nationalgeographic.org

The Ob-Irtysh waterway, spanning 3,362 miles, is one of Asia's longest river systems and the seventh longest in the world, without its significant tributary, the Irtysh. Image: dailyoverview/Instagram