TOP 10s
TOP 10s
  1. Sacramento-San Joaquin River System - Location: California
  2. Flint River - Location: Georgia
  3. Lower Snake River - Location: Idaho, Washington, Oregon
  4. Mattawoman Creek - Location: Maryland
  5. North Fork of the Flathead River - Location: Montana
  6. Saluda River - Location: South Carolina
  7. Laurel Hill Creek - Location: Pennsylvania
  8. Beaver Creek - Location: Alaska
  9. Pascagoula River - Location: Mississippi
  10. Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway - Location: Minnesota, Wisconsin

According to American Rivers…

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by: derek
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1 Amazon

2 Zaire

3 Negro

4 Yangtze-Kiang

5 Orinoco

6 Plata-Parana-Grande

7 Madeira-Mamore-Grande

8 Brahmaputra

9 Yenisey-Angara-Selenga

10 Lena-Kirenga

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by: derek
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10. Mekong
Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Tibet, Thailand & Vietnam
Length: 2,600 miles or 4,183 kilometers

9. Mackenzie
Canada
Length: 2,635 miles or 4,241 kilometers

8. Irtysh
China, Kazhakhstan, Mongolia & Russia
Length: 2,640 miles or 4,248 kilometers

7. Congo
Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo
Length: 2,718 miles or 4,373 kilometers

6. Lena
Russia
Length: 2,734 miles or 4,400 kilometers

5. Amur
China & Russia
Length: 2,744 miles or 4,415 kilometers

4. Huang He (Yellow)
China
Length: 3,395 miles or 5,464 kilometers

3. Chang Jiang (Yangtze)
China
Length: 3,964 miles or 6,378 kilometers

2. Amazon
Brazil & Peru
Length: 4,007 miles or 6,448 kilometers

1. Nile
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania & Uganda
Length: 4,158 miles or 6,695 kilometers

While the Nile is the longest river, it is not the greatest one in terms of water discharge, the top slot for that goes to the Amazon.

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