List of rivers by discharge
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This is a list of rivers by their average discharge, that is their water flow. Here, only those rivers are shown whose discharge is more than 2000 cubic meters per second.
No | Continent | River | Length (km) | Length (miles) | Drainage area (km²) | Average discharge (m³/s) | Outflow | Reference |
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1 | S. America | Amazon[note 1] | 6,992 | 4,345 | 7,050,000 | 209,000 | Atlantic Ocean | [1][2] |
2 | Africa | Congo | 4,371 | 2,716 | 4,014,500 | 41,200 | Atlantic Ocean | [1][1] |
3 | Asia | Ganges-Brahmaputra | 5,425 | 3,371 | 1,731,334 | 38,129 | Bay of Bengal | [3] |
4 | S. America | Orinoco | 2,140 | 1,330 | 880,000 | 37,000 | Atlantic Ocean | [1][4] |
5 | S. America | Madeira | 3,380 | 2,100 | 1,420,000 | 31,200 | Amazon River | [5][6] |
6 | Asia | Yangtze (Chang Jiang) |
6,418 | 3,988 | 1,808,500 | 30,166 | East China Sea | [1][2] |
7 | S. America | Negro | 2,230 | 1,390 | 691,000 | 28,400 | Amazon River | [5] |
8 | S. America | Río de la Plata | 290 | 180 | 3,100,000 | 22,000 | Atlantic Ocean | [1] |
9 | Eurasia | Yenisei | 5,550 | 3,449 | 2,580,000 | 19,600 | Kara Sea | [1][2] |
10 | Asia | Brahmaputra | 3,848 | 2,391 | 712,035 | 19,800 | Padma River | [7][8] |
11 | S. America | Japurá | 2,615 | 1,625 | 267,730 | 18,620 | Amazon River | [9] |
12 | S. America | Paraná | 4,880 | 3,050 | 2,582,672 | 17,290 | Río de la Plata, Atlantic Ocean | |
13 | Eurasia | Lena | 4,472 | 2,647 | 2,490,000 | 16,871 | Laptev Sea | [1][2] |
14 | N. America | Saint Lawrence | 3,058 | 1,900 | 1,030,000 | 16,800 | Gulf of Saint Lawrence | [10] |
15 | N. America | Mississippi | 3,730 | 2,320 | 3,202,230 | 16,792 | Gulf of Mexico | [1] |
16 | S. America | Marañón | 1,737 | 1,074 | 358,000 | 16,708 | Amazon River | |
17 | Asia | Ganges | 2,510 | 1,560 | 907,000 | 16,648 | Padma River | [11] |
18 | Eurasia | Mekong | 4,023 | 2,500 | 811,000 | 16,000 | South China Sea | [1][2] |
19 | S. America | Tocantins | 2,699 | 1,677 | 920,000 | 13,600 | Atlantic Ocean, Amazon River | [12] |
20 | S. America | Tapajos | 1,992 | 1,232 | 492,481 | 13,540 | Amazon River | [13] |
21 | S. America | Ucayali | 2,670 | 1,651 | 337,519 | 13,500 | Amazon River | |
22 | Eurasia | Irrawaddy | 2,170 | 1,348 | 411,000 | 13,000 | Andaman Sea | [1] |
23 | Eurasia | Ob' - Irtysh | 5,410 | 3,449 | 2,990,000 | 12,475 | Gulf of Ob | [1][2] |
24 | Eurasia | Amur (Heilong) |
4,352 | 2,714 | 1,855,000 | 11,400 | Sea of Okhotsk | [1] |
25 | S. America | Purus | 3,211 | 1,995 | 371,042 | 10,970 | Amazon River | |
26 | S. America | Beni | 1,599 | 994 | 283,350 | 10,300 | Madeira River | [14] |
27 | N. America | Mackenzie - Peace - Finlay | 4,241 | 2,635 | 1,790,000 | 10,300 | Beaufort Sea | [1] |
28 | Africa | Kwah - Kasai | 2,272 | 1,405 | 881,890 | 9,873 | Congo River | |
29 | S. America | Xingu | 1,979 | 1,230 | 531,250 | 9,700 | Amazon River | |
30 | Eurasia | Pearl - Xi Jiang (West) (Si Kang) |
2,400 | 1,491 | 453,700 | 9,500 | South China Sea | [15] |
31 | S. America | Mamoré | 2,200 | 1,361 | 595,000 | 8,800 | Madeira River | |
32 | S. America | Putumayo | 1,813 | 1,121 | 148,000 | 8,760 | Amazon River | |
33 | S. America | Juruá | 2,410 | 1,498 | 225,828 | 8,420 | Amazon River | |
34 | Africa | Kasai | 2,153 | 1,338 | 880,200 | 8,346 | Congo River | [9] |
35 | S. America | Guaviare | 1,497 | 930 | 140,000 | 8,200 | Orinoco River | |
36 | Eurasia | Volga | 3,692 | 2,294 | 1,380,000 | 8,060 | Caspian Sea | |
37 | N. America | Ohio | 1,579 | 981 | 490,601 | 7,957 | Mississippi River | [16] |
38 | N. America | Columbia | 2,000 | 1,243 | 668,000 | 7,500 | Pacific Ocean | |
39 | Eurasia | Xi | 2,197 | 1,359 | 409,480 | 7,410 | Pearl River | |
40 | Eurasia | Danube | 2,860 | 1,777 | 817,000 | 7,130 | Black Sea | |
41 | Africa | Zambezi | 2,574 | 1,599 | 1,331,000 | 7,070 | Indian Ocean | [17] |
42 | S. America | Magdalena | 1,540 | 963 | 257,438 | 6,987 | Atlantic Ocean | |
43 | S. America | Napo | 1,075 | 665 | 100,518 | 6,976 | Amazon River | |
44 | Eurasia | Indus | 3,200 | 2,000 | 1,165,000 | 6,600 | Arabian Sea | |
45 | S. America | Meta | 1,200 | 742 | 93,800 | 6,500 | Orinoco River | |
46 | N. America | Yukon | 3,187 | 1,980 | 854,696 | 6,428 | Bering Sea | |
47 | S. America | Madre de Dios | 1,220 | 754 | 125,500 | 6,370 | Beni River | [14] |
48 | S. America | Araguaia | 2,627 | 1,632 | 358,125 | 6,216 | Tocantins River | [9] |
49 | Eurasia | Kapuas | 1,143 | 710 | 98,749 | 6,000 | South China Sea | |
50 | Oceania | Fly | 1,050 | 649 | 76,000 | 6,000 | Gulf of Papua, Coral Sea | |
51 | N. America | Niagara | 58 | 36 | 684,000 | 5,796 | Lake Ontario | |
52 | Africa | Niger | 4,167 | 2,589 | 2,090,000 | 5,589 | Atlantic Ocean | [1] |
53 | S. America | Uruguay | 1,838 | 1,140 | 365,000 | 5,500 | Atlantic Ocean, Río de la Plata | |
54 | Eurasia | Barito | 880 | 544 | 100,000 | 5,500 | Java Sea | |
55 | Eurasia | Aldan | 2,273 | 1,412 | 729,000 | 5,489 | Lena River | [9] |
56 | S. America | Branco | 775 | 479 | 195,000 | 5,400 | Rio Negro | |
57 | N. America | Detroit | 51 | 32 | 1,813 | 5,324 | Lake Erie | |
58 | N. America | St. Clair | 63 | 39 | 576,000 | 5,200 | Lake St. Clair | |
59 | S. America | Atrato | 750 | 466 | 38,500 | 4,900 | Atlantic Ocean | |
60 | Eurasia | Salween | 2,815 | 1,749 | 320,000 | 4,876 | Andaman Sea | |
61 | S. America | Caroní | 952 | 595 | 95,000 | 4,850 | Orinoco River | |
62 | Oceania | Mamberamo | 1,175 | 727 | 79,774 | 4,580 | Pacific Ocean | |
63 | Eurasia | Angara | 1,779 | 1,100 | 1,079,000 | 4,530 | Yenisey River | |
64 | S. America | Juruena | 1,240 | 770 | 190,391 | 4,360 | Tapajos River | |
65 | Eurasia | Kama | 1,805 | 1,122 | 507,000 | 4,100 | Volga River | |
66 | Africa | Ubangi | 2,272 | 1,405 | 772,800 | 4,000 | Congo River | |
67 | Eurasia | Chindwin | 1,207 | 750 | 114,000 | 4,000 | Ayeyarwady River | |
68 | S. America | Teles Pires | 1,638 | 1,013 | 141,718 | 3,978 | Tapajos River | |
69 | Eurasia | Pechora | 1,809 | 1,124 | 289,532 | 3,949 | Barents Sea | |
70 | S. America | Apaporis | 1,370 | 847 | 54,300 | 3,900 | Japurá River | |
71 | Oceania | Sepik | 1,126 | 700 | 80,321 | 3,804 | Bismarck Sea | |
72 | Eurasia | Kolyma | 2,129 | 1,317 | 644,000 | 3,800 | East Siberian Sea | |
73 | Eurasia | Nizhnyaya Tunguska | 2,989 | 1,848 | 473,000 | 3,680 | Yenisei River | |
74 | Eurasia | Upper Meghna | 1,040 | 643 | 82,000 | 3,600 | Lower Meghna River | |
75 | Eurasia | Godavari | 1,465 | 910 | 312,812 | 3,505 | Bay of Bengal | [11] |
76 | S. America | Huallaga | 1,138 | 704 | 85,000 | 3,500 | Ucayali River | |
77 | N. America | Fraser | 1,375 | 854 | 220,000 | 3,475 | Pacific Ocean | |
78 | Eurasia | Kaladan | 450 | 278 | 3,468 | Bay of Bengal | ||
79 | N. America | Slave | 434 | 270 | 616,400 | 3,414 | Great Slave Lake | |
80 | Eurasia | Northern Dvina | 744 | 462 | 357,052 | 3,332 | White Sea | [1] |
81 | Eurasia | Khatanga | 1,636 | 1,012 | 364,000 | 3,320 | Khatanga Gulf, Laptev Sea | |
82 | Oceania | Kikori | 405 | 250 | 23,309 | 3,274 | Gulf of Papua | |
83 | S. America | Parnaíba | 1,070 | 662 | 220,000 | 3,200 | Paraná River | |
84 | S. America | Jutai | 1,200 | 742 | 60,000 | 3,000 | Amazon River | |
85 | S. America | Caura | 723 | 449 | 52,000 | 3,000 | Orinoco River | |
86 | Eurasia | Ghaghara | 1,080 | 671 | 127,950 | 2,990 | Ganges River | [18] |
87 | Eurasia | Irtysh | 4,248 | 2,627 | 1,673,470 | 2,980 | Ob River | |
88 | Eurasia | Yamuna | 1,376 | 855 | 366,223 | 2,950 | Ganges River | [18] |
89 | S. America | São Francisco | 2,830 | 1,758 | 641,000 | 2,943 | Atlantic Ocean | [19] |
90 | S. America | Trombetas | 1,060 | 656 | 135,239 | 2,855 | Amazon River | |
91 | Africa | Nile | 6,853 | 4,258 | 3,400,000 | 2,830 | Mediterranean Sea | [1] |
92 | S. America | Tambo | 1,000 | 618 | 135,000 | 2,800 | Ucayali River | |
93 | Africa | Ruki | 1,300 | 804 | 173,800 | 2,800 | Congo River | |
94 | N. America | Koksoak | 137 | 85 | 133,400 | 2,800 | Ungava Bay, Arctic Ocean | |
95 | S. America | Pastaza | 740 | 458 | 41,000 | 2,770 | Marañón River | |
96 | S. America | Iriri | 1,300 | 810 | 130,000 | 2,745 | Xingu River | |
97 | S. America | Guapore | 1,530 | 946 | 303,210 | 2,740 | Mamoré River | |
98 | Eurasia | Zeya | 1,242 | 768 | 233,000 | 2,700 | Amur River | |
99 | S. America | Tigre | 940 | 581 | 54,200 | 2,700 | Marañón River | |
100 | Africa | Kwango | 1,100 | 680 | 263,500 | 2,700 | Kasai River | |
101 | S. America | Paraguay | 2,621 | 1,629 | 365,592 | 2,700 | Parana River | |
102 | Eurasia | Red | 1,149 | 714 | 143,700 | 2,640 | Gulf of Tonkin | |
103 | S. America | Uaupes | 1,050 | 649 | 50,000 | 2,625 | Rio Negro | |
104 | Eurasia | Yellow | 5,464 | 3,395 | 752,000 | 2,571 | East China Sea | |
105 | Eurasia | Pyasina | 818 | 508 | 182,000 | 2,550 | Kara Sea | |
106 | Eurasia | Amu Darya | 2,400 | 1,491 | 534,739 | 2,525 | Aral Sea | |
107 | S. America | Tietê | 1,150 | 715 | 150,000 | 2,500 | Paraná River | |
108 | Africa | Sankuru | 1,200 | 756 | 156,000 | 2,500 | Kasai River | |
109 | Eurasia | Mahakam | 980 | 609 | 77,100 | 2,500 | Makassar Strait | |
110 | Africa | Sangha | 790 | 489 | 213,400 | 2,471 | Congo River | |
111 | Eurasia | Sungari | 1,434 | 887 | 1,443,100 | 2,463 | Amur River | |
112 | S. America | Javari | 1,184 | 732 | 90,000 | 2,463 | Amazon River | |
113 | Eurasia | Neva | 74 | 46 | 281,000 | 2,445 | Baltic Sea | [20] |
114 | N. America | Missouri | 3,767 | 2,341 | 1,371,010 | 2,445 | Mississippi River | [1] |
115 | N. America | Liard | 1,115 | 693 | 277,100 | 2,434 | Mackenzie River | |
116 | S. America | Rio Grande (Paraná River) | 1,360 | 841 | 143,000 | 2,400 | Paraná River | |
117 | Africa | Benue | 1,370 | 847 | 2,400 | Niger River | ||
118 | N. America | Nelson | 2,575 | 1600 | 982,900 | 2,370 | Hudson Bay | [21] |
119 | S. America | Cauca | 1,180 | 730 | 59,840 | 2,364 | Magdalena River | |
120 | S. America | Yarí | 620 | 383 | 31,650 | 2,360 | Japurá River | |
121 | S. America | Urubamba | 724 | 448 | 60,300 | 2,330 | Ucayali River | |
122 | Eurasia | Rhine | 1,233 | 820 | 198,735 | 2,330 | North Sea | [22] |
123 | S. America | Apure | 1,038 | 645 | 121,400 | 2,300 | Orinoco River | |
124 | Eurasia | Xiang | 856 | 529 | 96,400 | 2,288 | Yangtze River | |
125 | Eurasia | Krishna_River | 1400 | 870 | 258,948 | 2,213 | Bay of Bengal | [11] |
126 | S. America | San Juan | 380 | 240 | 15,000 | 2,200 | Pacific Ocean | |
127 | Eurasia | Vitim | 1,978 | 1,223 | 227,000 | 2,200 | Lena River | |
128 | Eurasia | Koshi | 729 | 453 | 69,300 | 2,166 | Ganges River | [18] |
129 | Eurasia | Yuan | 864 | 537 | 89,163 | 2,158 | Yangtze River | |
130 | Eurasia | Han | 1,532 | 952 | 174,300 | 2,156 | Yangtze River | |
131 | N. America | St. Marys | 120 | 75 | 127,700 | 2,135 | Lake Huron | |
132 | Eurasia | Jialing | 1,119 | 695 | 160,000 | 2,120 | Yangtze River | |
133 | Eurasia | Mahanadi | 858 | 533 | 141,600 | 2,119 | Bay of Bengal | [11] |
134 | N. America | Peace | 1,923 | 1,195 | 306,000 | 2,110 | Slave River | |
135 | S. America | Essequibo | 1,014 | 627 | 69,300 | 2,104 | Atlantic Ocean | |
136 | S. America | Ventuari | 520 | 322 | 40,000 | 2,000 | Orinoco river | |
137 | S. America | Inírida | 1,300 | 804 | 2,000 | Guaviare River | ||
138 | S. America | Vichada | 580 | 359 | 25,000 | 2,000 | Orinoco River | |
139 | Africa | Aruwimi | 1,300 | 808 | 116,100 | 2,000 | Congo River |
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Notes
- ↑ Greater than the discharge of the next seven rivers combined - see the introduction of said article (for information)
See also
- List of rivers by length
- List of watersheds
- List of U.S. rivers by discharge
- List of rivers in India by discharge
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