Greatest Rivers in the World

The list of the 50 largest rivers in the world includes the largest watercourses in the world, according to the criterion of length, presented in descending order.

The Nile is the longest river in the world, 7088 kilometers long

The Nile River, which crosses 11 countries, is the longest river in the world, with a total length of 7088 kilometers, counted from its most remote source, located in the Nyungwe Forest National Park in Rwanda. Located in the northeast of the African continent, it rises south of the equator and flows into the Mediterranean Sea. In second place comes the Amazon, with 6992 kilometers and the podium ends with the Mississippi – Missouri River, with 6212 kilometers in length and whose mouth is the Gulf of Mexico. China is one of the most represented countries in this list, since several watersheds of the world’s largest rivers pass through this country, namely the Yangtze, Huang He and Mekong.