World Rivers

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Yellow river

Also known as the Huang-He. The second longest river in China. The majority of ancient Chinese civilizations originated in its valley.

Yukon River

Canada's second longest river

Rio de la Plata River

Flows via Brazil , Argentina , Paraguay , Bolivia and Uruguay

Yangtze River

Longest major river in China

Murray-Darling River

Longest river in Australia

Mackenzie River

Longest river in Canada

Lena River

River in East-Central Russia

Mississippi and Missouri Rivers

A major North American river and the chief river of the United States, longest river in the U.S.

Amazon River

A major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.

Mekong River

A major river that runs from southern China through Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Niger River

A river flowing from western Africa into the Gulf of Guinea

Congo river

A river in Central Africa that flows into the Atlantic Ocean

Rio Grande River

Large river that forms a border between the US and Mexico

Yenisey River

The Yenisey River is the main river in Siberia.

Volga River

The longest river in Europe and Russia's most important commercial river.

Danube River

The second-longest river of Europe. It flows from southern Germany east into the Black Sea.

Zambezi River

a river in southern Africa, flowing east through Zimbabwe and Mozambique into the Indian Ocean.

Amur River

an Asian river between China and Russia

Ob-Irtysh river

Flows via Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia

Nile River

The world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea. 11 countries


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