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List of rivers by discharge. Rivers with an average discharge of 5,000 m 3 /s or greater, as a fraction of the estimated global total. This article lists rivers by their average discharge measured in descending order of their water flow rate. Here, only those rivers whose discharge is more than 2,000 m 3 /s (71,000 cu ft/s) are shown.
All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed. Estimates are approximate, because data are variable with time period measured and also because many rivers lack a gauging station near their point of outflow.
The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile.
The Mississippi drainage basin includes the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers, the two longest main-stem rivers in the United States, as well as 18 more of the rivers on this list. The Mississippi main stem is highlighted in dark blue. The longest rivers of the United States include 38 that have main stems of at least 500 miles (800 km) long.
Alaska (United States) 1,165 kilometres (724 mi) 120,000 square kilometres (46,000 sq mi) 1,900 cubic metres per second (67,000 cu ft/s) 60 cubic kilometres (14 cu mi) Bering Sea. Largest unfragmented river in North America. Small dams exist on tributaries of Yukon, with which it shares a major delta. 14.
Major rivers of the United Kingdom. The Severn Bridges crossing near the mouth of the River Severn. The River Thames in London. The River Tay in Perth, by measured flow the largest in Great Britain. This is a list of the major rivers of the United Kingdom, as being prominent in length, flow volume (discharge rate), or both.
The title of “world’s longest river” is officially bestowed upon Africa’s Nile by authoritative sources like Encyclopedia Britannica and Guinness World Records.
The list is at the outset limited to those rivers that are at least 250 km long from the most distant source, have a drainage basin (catchment area, watershed) of at least 10,000 km 2 (3,900 sq mi), or have a mean discharge (volume, flow) of at least 150 m 3 /s (5,300 cu ft/s). Also included are a number of rivers (currently 47) that do not ...