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Rivers & Lakes

Discover the longest rivers and largest lakes worldwide. Browse by continent, sort by length or area, and explore major waterways.

Longest rivers

RiverLength (km)ContinentCountriesMouth
Nile6,650AfricaEgypt, Sudan, Uganda, EthiopiaMediterranean Sea
Amazon6,400South AmericaBrazil, Peru, ColombiaAtlantic Ocean
Yangtze6,300AsiaChinaEast China Sea
Mississippi-Missouri6,275North AmericaUnited StatesGulf of Mexico
Yenisei5,539AsiaRussia, MongoliaKara Sea
Yellow River5,464AsiaChinaBohai Sea
Ob-Irtysh5,410AsiaRussia, Kazakhstan, ChinaGulf of Ob
Congo4,700AfricaDR Congo, Central African Republic, AngolaAtlantic Ocean
Amur4,444AsiaRussia, ChinaSea of Okhotsk
Lena4,400AsiaRussiaLaptev Sea
Mekong4,350AsiaChina, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, VietnamSouth China Sea
Volga3,530EuropeRussiaCaspian Sea
Danube2,850EuropeGermany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, UkraineBlack Sea
Ganges2,525AsiaIndia, BangladeshBay of Bengal
Murray2,508OceaniaAustraliaSouthern Ocean
Rhine1,230EuropeSwitzerland, Germany, France, NetherlandsNorth Sea

Largest lakes

LakeArea (km²)ContinentCountriesType
Caspian Sea371,000AsiaRussia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Azerbaijansaltwater
Lake Superior82,100North AmericaUnited States, Canadafreshwater
Lake Victoria68,870AfricaTanzania, Uganda, Kenyafreshwater
Lake Huron59,600North AmericaUnited States, Canadafreshwater
Lake Michigan57,800North AmericaUnited Statesfreshwater
Lake Tanganyika32,900AfricaTanzania, DR Congo, Burundi, Zambiafreshwater
Lake Baikal31,500AsiaRussiafreshwater
Great Bear Lake31,000North AmericaCanadafreshwater
Lake Malawi29,600AfricaMalawi, Mozambique, Tanzaniafreshwater
Great Slave Lake27,200North AmericaCanadafreshwater
Lake Erie25,700North AmericaUnited States, Canadafreshwater
Lake Winnipeg24,514North AmericaCanadafreshwater
Lake Ontario19,000North AmericaUnited States, Canadafreshwater
Lake Ladoga17,700EuropeRussiafreshwater
Lake Titicaca8,372South AmericaPeru, Boliviafreshwater
Dead Sea605AsiaIsrael, Jordansaltwater
Lake Geneva580EuropeSwitzerland, Francefreshwater

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