What is a River and Its Importance?
Rivers are the large natural flow of water that goes across the sea and falls into the ocean. Rivers can be wide, long, shallow, and deep depending upon their volume and flow of water. The starting point of the river is called headwater from where the river begins to fall. The source of headwater can be snowmelt in mountains, rainfall, or from the edge of a large lake, etc. The ending or terminating point of the river is called the mouth where the river falls into larger sources of water such as lakes or oceans. The source and the mouth of the river are considered for calculating the length of the river. Rivers are important for the existence of human life. In ancient days almost every civilization was developed on the bank of rivers. Rivers provide water for drinking, bathing, transportation etc.
About Top 10 Rivers in The World: Source & Drain
There is detailed information about the top 10 rivers in the world.
Nile River - The Nile River is the longest of all the rivers in the world. It flows through eastern Africa from south to north. The most asked question is Name the longest river in the world so remember it is the Nile. The source of the headwater of the Nile river is Lake Victoria. It flows through many countries such as Egypt, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Sudan, and South Sudan. The two famous tributaries of this river are the White Nile and the Blue Nile. The name blue and white Nile comes from the colouring of the clay that they carry in water. The Nile river empties into the Mediterranean Sea. Before emptying to the Mediterranean Sea, the Nile River flows over 4,130 miles (6,650 kilometres). The Nile River is considered an important trade route that connects African markets in Europe and other countries. The Nile River forms a delta between El Qâhira (Cairo) and the Mediterranean Sea. The soil of this delta is rich in nutrients. The bank of Neil also contains rich soil. The three tributaries of the Nile river are the Blue Nile, White Nile, and the Atbara. The ancient Egyptian civilization is also called Nile civilization because it developed along the Nile river as it provides rich soil for cropping, water, and flooding to ensure reliability. Egyptians used the Nile river for drinking water, bathing, recreation, and transportation.
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Image: Geographical location of the Nile river
Amazon River- The Amazon river is the second largest river and first widest river in the world. The Amazon River and its tributaries flow through Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Brazil. The source of the Amazon River in the Peruvian Andes is located at an elevation of 5,598 meters. This river has the largest drainage system in the world. The Amazon river produces twenty per cent of water in all the rivers of the world that fall into the ocean. The Amazon is located 4,086 miles (6,575 kilometres) from the Atlantic Ocean to its headwaters in the Peruvian Andes ( mountains of Peru). The Amazon is full of marine life. There are twenty different species of Piranha. Tucuxi and the Boto Dolphin are the rarest dolphin species that are found in the Amazon river.
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Image: Geographical location of the Amazon river
Yangtze River- The longest river in Asia is the Yangtze River. It is also the third-longest river in the world. The longest river of China is the Yangtze river origin of the Yangtze River in the Eastern part of Asia in China. The basin of the Yangtze river contributes to half of China's crop products. The most famous dam on the Yangtze river is the three gorges dam. Yangtze River has accelerated China's economic development since 1950. There are some threats caused by the human impact on the Yangtze river because the pollution level has risen abruptly in the river because of the disposal of industrial waste and sewage.
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Image: Geographical location of the Yangtze river
Mississippi – Missouri River -The longest river of North America and the fourth-longest river in the world is the Mississippi river. The Mississippi River is categorized into the upper Mississippi further this is divided into three sections, from its source south to the Ohio River and the Lower Mississippi from Ohio to its mount near New Orleans. The headquarter of the Mississippi river is appam recipe and the mouth in the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River is home to diverse living things. There are 260 different species of fish. Approximately different species of 326 North American birds use the Mississippi river basin as they fly away. This is the home of different mammals; at least 145 species of amphibians and reptiles inhabit the upper Mississippi rivers.
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Image: Geographical location of the Mississippi river
Yenisei - Angara – Selenga River- The Yenisei is the world's deepest freshwater lake. It is the fifth-longest river in the world. The river begins from the city of Kyzyl in the republic of Tyva (Tuva), Russia. The head source of the Yenisei is Great Yenisey and Little Yenisey at Kyzyl and its mouth in the Kara Sea. It is 5539 Kilometers long. The Yenisei is a great source of hydroelectric power. Angara and Selenga are the tributaries of the Yenisei River.
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Image : Geographical location of the Ob- Irtysh river
Yellow River (Huang River) - This river is called the cradle of Chinese civilization because the Chinese civilization started developing at the basin of the yellow river. The yellow river is the second-longest river in China. Its head source is the Bayan har mountains and it drains into the Bohai sea. The major cities where the yellow river flows are Kaifeng, Lanzhou, and Jinan. The Chinese name of the yellow river is Huang He.
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Image: Geographical location of the yellow river
Ob – Irtysh River - Ob is one of the major rivers of Russia along with the Irtysh it forms the seventh largest river in the world. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers Katun and Biya. The origin of the Biya and Katun river is the Altay Mountains region. The mouth of the Ob-Irtysh river is the Kara sea.
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Image: Geographical location of the Ob-Iytysh
Parana (Río De La Plata)- The Paraná River is a river in south Central South America, running through Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina for around 4,880 kilometres (3,030 miles). It merges the Paraguay River and then downstream with the Uruguay River to form the Río de la Plata and falls into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Image: Geographical location of the Parana
Congo - Chambeshi River - Congo is the largest river in Africa. It is also famous as the Zaire River. Chambeshi River is the headstream of the Congo River. The Chambeshi river rises in the mountains of northeast Zambia near Lake Tanganyika. The Congo- Lualaba- Chambeshi System makes the Congo river the ninth largest river in the world.
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Image: Geographical location of the Congo
Amur - The Amur river has two main sources, the Kherlen River-Ergune River in Mongolia and China and the Onon River-Shilka River in Mongolia and Russia. The largest tributaries of the Amur source to mouth are Argun, Shilka, Amazon, Oldboy, Huma He, Zeya, Bureya, Songhua, Bira, etc. The Amur river provides a navigable waterway for the transport of goods and personnel from the interiors of Siberia and China. It is 4444 kilometres long.
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Image: Geographical location of the Amur river.
List of Top 10 longest Rivers in the world
The list of the top 10 longest rivers in the world along with their location and length is as follows;
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Rivers are essential for the development of human life, animal life, and plants. The water of the river is useful for drinking, bathing, agricultural, industrial, and household purposes, for transportation, recreation, and mineral extraction. Hydroelectric power is an important source of power.
Did You Know?
Around eleven different countries of the world use the water resources of the Nile river.
There are no such bridges that can cross the Amazon throughout the whole river.
Rivers are crucial in the development of civilizations. The civilizations developed on the banks of rivers are the Ancient Egyptians (the Nile river), the Ancient Chinese (the Yellow River), and Ancient India ( the Indus river), etc.
The longest river in the world 2019 is the Nile river.
FAQs on Longest Rivers of the World
Question 1: Name the longest river in the world or Which are the top 10 biggest in the world.
Answer: The longest river in the world is the Nile River. The top ten biggest or longest rivers in the decreasing order of their length are the Nile River, the Amazon River, the Yangtze River, the Mississippi river, the Yenisei River, the Yellow River, the Ob-Irtysh river, the Parana River, the Congo – Chambeshi river and the Amur river. The widest river in the world is the Amazon river. The width of the amazon river ranges between 3 to 4 miles during the dry season and approximately 30 miles during wet seasons. The next rivers which take the next place in the list of widest rivers are the Congo River, the Yangtze River, and Volga river.
Question 2: Which country has the most rivers?
Answer: Russia has the highest number of rivers in the world as it is the largest country in the world in terms of area. It can be divided into two parts: an Asian part and a European part. The European part rivers fall into the Arctic Ocean, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, and the Caspian Sea. The Asian part rivers fall into the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It possesses eleven per cent of the world's landmass. It has 36 rivers including Volga, Oka, Kama, Don, Ob – Irtysh river, Yenesei, and the Northern Dvina, etc.
