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*** which measures total length of river systems (i.e., includes tributaries)
*** which measures total length of river systems (i.e., includes tributaries)
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* Nile
* 1. '''Nile''' (Africa; flows into Mediterranean Sea)
1. '''Nile''' (Africa; flows into Mediterranean Sea)
* 2.  '''Amazon''' (South America; flows into Atlantic Ocean)
2.  '''Amazon'''(South America; flows into Atlantic Ocean)
* 3.  '''Yangtze''' (China; flows into East China Sea
3.  '''Yangtze'''(China; flows into East China Sea
* 4.  '''Mississippi''' (North America; flows into Gulf of Mexico)
4.  '''Mississippi'''(North America; flows into Gulf of Mexico)
* 5.  '''Yenisei''' (Mongolia-Russia; flows into Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean)
5.  '''Yenisei'''(Mongolia-Russia; flows into Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean)
* 6.  '''Yellow or Huang He''' (China; flows into Bohai Sea, part of the Yellow Sea)
6.  '''Yellow or Huang He'''(China; flows into Bohai Sea, part of the Yellow Sea)
* 7.  '''Ob''' (northern-central Asia; flows into the Gulf of Ob, feeding into the Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean)
7.  '''Ob''' (northern Asia; flows into the Gulf of Ob, feeding into the Kara Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean)
* 8.  '''Rio de la Plata-Parana''' (South America; flows into the Rio de la Plata estuary, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean)
8.  '''Rio de la Plata-Parana'''(South America; flows into the Rio de la Plata estuary, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean)
* 9.  '''Congo''' (Central Africa; flows into the Atlantic Ocean
9.  '''Congo''' (Central Africa; flows into the Atlantic Ocean
* 10.  '''Amur''' (northern-central Asia, flows into the Sea of Okhost, part of the Pacific Ocean)
10.  '''Amur'''(northern Asia, flows into the Sea of Okhost, part of the Pacific Ocean)
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* Click EXPAND to see list of the ten longest rivers
* Click EXPAND to see list of the ten longest rivers


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