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This is a list of the drainage basins (river and lake watersheds) in the world larger than 400,000 square kilometers (154,440 square miles) - excluding the oceans and connected seas.
| Continent color key |
| Africa |
Asia |
Europe |
North America |
Australia |
South America |
|
| Basin |
Continent |
Area |
Notes |
| Amazon River |
South America |
6,144,727 km² |
2,372,492 mi² |
|
| Congo River |
Africa |
3,730,474 km² |
1,440,344 mi² |
|
| Nile River |
Africa |
3,254,555 km² |
1,256,591 mi² |
|
| Mississippi River |
North America |
3,202,230 km² |
1 236 388 mi² |
|
| Ob River |
Asia |
2,972,497 km² |
1,147,688 mi² |
|
| Paraná River |
South America |
2,582,672 km² |
997,175 mi² |
|
| Yenisei River |
Asia |
2,554,482 km² |
986,291 mi² |
|
| Lake Chad |
Africa |
2,497,918 km² |
964,452 mi² |
|
| Lena River |
Asia |
2,306,772 km² |
890,650 mi² |
|
| Niger River |
Africa |
2,261,763 km² |
873,272 mi² |
|
| Amur River |
Asia |
1,929,981 km² |
745,170 mi² |
|
| Mackenzie River |
North America |
1,743,058 km² |
672,998 mi² |
|
| Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) |
Asia |
1,722,155 km² |
664,927 mi² |
|
| Irtysh River |
Asia |
1,673,470 km² |
646,130 mi² |
|
| Madeira River |
South America |
1,485,218 km² |
573,446 mi² |
|
| Volga River |
Europe |
1,410,994 km² |
544,788 mi² |
|
| Caspian Sea |
Asia/Europe |
1,400,000 km² |
540,000 mi² |
(lake) |
| Zambezi River |
Africa |
1,332,574 km² |
514,510 mi² |
|
| Missouri River |
North America |
1,331,810 km² |
514,215 mi² |
|
| Paraguay River |
South America |
1,168,540 km² |
451,176 mi² |
|
| Lake Eyre Basin |
Australia |
1,200,000 km² |
460,000 mi² |
(lake) |
| Tarim River |
Asia |
1,152,447 km² |
444,962 mi² |
|
| Nelson River |
North America |
1,093,442 km² |
422,180 mi² |
|
| Indus River |
Asia |
1,081,733 km² |
417,659 mi² |
|
| Murray River |
Australia |
1,072,000 km² |
413,900 mi² |
|
| St. Lawrence River |
North America |
1,049,621 km² |
405,261 mi² |
|
| Ganges River |
Asia |
1,016,104 km² |
392,320 mi² |
|
| Great Slave Lake |
North America |
976,200 km² |
376,913 mi² |
(lake) |
| Orinoco River |
South America |
953,598 km² |
368,186 mi² |
|
| Huang He |
Asia |
945,065 km² |
364,892 mi² |
|
| Orange River |
Africa |
941,421 km² |
363,485 mi² |
|
| Kasai River |
Africa |
925,172 km² |
357,211 mi² |
|
| Yukon River |
North America |
847,642 km² |
327,276 mi² |
|
| Mekong River |
Asia |
805,627 km² |
311,054 mi² |
|
| Great Lakes |
North America |
800,114 km² |
308,926 mi² |
(lake) |
| Danube River |
Europe |
795,686 km² |
307,216 mi² |
|
| Syr Darya |
Asia |
782,669 km² |
302,190 mi² |
|
| Tigris-Euphrates Rivers |
Asia |
765,831 km² |
295,689 mi² |
|
| Tocantins River |
South America |
764,183 km² |
295,053 mi² |
|
| Okavango River |
Africa |
721,277 km² |
278,487 mi² |
|
| Negro River |
South America |
720,114 km² |
278,038 mi² |
|
| Colorado River (U.S.) |
North America |
703,132 km² |
271,481 mi² |
|
| Aral Sea |
Asia |
690,000 km² |
266,410 mi² |
(lake) |
| Kolyma River |
Asia |
679,908 km² |
262,514 mi² |
|
| Columbia River |
North America |
657,490 km² |
253,858 mi² |
|
| Brahmaputra River |
Asia |
651,334 km² |
251,481 mi² |
|
| São Francisco River |
South America |
617,812 km² |
238,539 mi² |
|
| Ubangi River |
Africa |
613,202 km² |
236,759 mi² |
|
| Rio Grande |
North America |
608,023 km² |
234,759 mi² |
|
| Lake Baikal |
Asia |
571,000 km² |
220,000 mi² |
(lake) |
| Chari River |
Africa |
548,747 km² |
211,872 mi² |
|
| Amu Darya |
Asia |
534,764 km² |
206,474 mi² |
|
| Dnieper River |
Europe |
531,817 km² |
205,336 mi² |
|
| Xingu River |
South America |
520,292 km² |
200,886 mi² |
|
| Lake Balkhash |
Asia |
512,010 km² |
197,688 mi² |
(lake) |
| Viljuj River |
Asia |
507,874 km² |
196,091 mi² |
|
| Kama River |
Europe |
507,000 km² |
195,754 mi² |
|
| Jubba River |
Africa |
497,655 km² |
192,146 mi² |
|
| Great Basin |
North America |
492,000 km² |
190,000 mi² |
(lake) |
| Ohio River |
North America |
490,603 km² |
189,423 mi² |
|
| Tapajos River |
South America |
486,792 km² |
187,951 mi² |
|
| Songhua River |
Asia |
459,745 km² |
177,509 mi² |
|
| Don River |
Europe |
458,703 km² |
177,106 mi² |
|
| Arkansas River |
North America |
435,122 km² |
168,002 mi² |
|
| Saskatchewan River |
North America |
435,000 km² |
168,000 mi² |
|
| Tobol River |
Asia |
426,000 km² |
164,480 mi² |
|
| Limpopo River |
Africa |
421,168 km² |
162,614 mi² |
|
| Senegal River |
Africa |
419,659 km² |
162,031 mi² |
|
| Ayeyarwady River |
Asia |
413,674 km² |
159,720 mi² |
|
| Pearl River |
Asia |
409,458 km² |
158,093 mi² |
|
| Volta River |
Africa |
407,093 km² |
157,179 mi² |
|
| Colorado River (Argentina) |
South America |
402,956 km² |
155,582 mi² |
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