List of rivers by average discharge

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River Length (km) Length (miles) Drainage area (km²) Average discharge (m³/s) Outflow Reference
Amazon 6,387 3,969 6,915,000 219,000 Atlantic Ocean [1]
Congo 4,371 2,716 3,680,000 41,800 Atlantic Ocean [1]
Yangtze
(Chang Jiang)		 6,380 3,964 1,800,000 31,900 East China Sea [1]
Orinoco 2,101 1,306 41,000 30,000 Atlantic Ocean [1]
Paraná
(Río de la Plata)		 3,998 2,484 3,100,000 25,700 Atlantic Ocean [1]
Yenisei - Angara River - Selenga 5,550 3,449 2,580,000 19,600 Kara Sea [1]
Brahmaputra 2,948 1,832 1,730,000 19,200 Bay of Bengal [2]
Lena 4,260 2,647 2,490,000 17,100 Laptev Sea [1]
Madeira - Mamoré 3,239 2,013 850,000 17,000 Amazon [3]
Mississippi - Missouri 6,270 3,896 2,980,000 16,200 Gulf of Mexico [1]
Mekong 4,023 2,500 810,000 16,000 South China Sea [1]
Ganges 2,510 1,560 907,000 14,270 Bay of Bengal [4]
Pearl - Xi Jiang
(West) (Si Kang)		 2,200 1,376 437,000 13,600 South China Sea [1]
Tocantins 2,699 1,677 1,400,000 13,598 Atlantic Ocean, Amazon [5]
Ayeyarwady River 2,170 1,348 411,000 13,000 Andaman Sea [1]
Ob' - Irtysh 5,410 3,449 2,990,000 12,800 Gulf of Ob [1]
Amur
(Heilong)		 4,368 2,714 1,855,000 11,400 Sea of Okhotsk [1]
Mackenzie - Peace - Finlay 4,241 2,635 1,790,000 10,300 Beaufort Sea [1]
Saint Lawrence - Great Lakes 3,058 1,900 1,030,000 10,100 Gulf of Saint Lawrence [1]
Niger 4,167 2,589 2,090,000 9,570 Atlantic Ocean [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Rivers of the Earth
  2. ^ Banglapedia
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Himal Magazine
  5. ^ http://www.ana.gov.br/ingles/Portais/folder/tocantins/03-Availability_Use.html

[edit] See also

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