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WATER
CYCLE - There is very little by way of pollution
higher up at the source of most rivers. Water flows downhill,
washing waste away in a never ending cycle.
There
are thousands of rivers in the world that are a few kilometers
long, so not long enough to carry significant accumulated
waste to the sea. The longer a river, the more chance of it
gathering waste and passing that waste into an ocean or sea,
dependent on the human population along the banks of that
river and any industrial plants that may discharge chemicals
or even nuclear contamination. As we are concerned with ocean
regeneration and waste reduction we will be looking at the
rivers that are most likely to be a significant source of
pollution when it exits into the sea, hence the starting point
is rivers with the greatest length.
12
MOST BEAUTIFUL & FAMOUS RIVERS IN EUROPE
12
LONGEST EUROPEAN RIVERS
There
are of course many well known rivers that are shorter than 500
kilometers and that are extremely polluted having passed
through a major city, such as the rivers: Thames, Seine and
Po
- and we will look at those as and when there are reports of
high waste content.
Meantime,
the following lists form a guide as to 165 potential
geographical sources of significant pollution that may warrant
the stationing of a RiverVax
or two, or similar machines.
LIST
OF RIVERS OVER 4000 KILOMETERS IN LENGTH
| No |
NAME |
L
(km) |
L
(miles) |
Area
(km²) |
Ave
discharge (m³/s) |
Outflow |
Drainage
basin |
| . |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
|
1.
|
Nile
|
6,650
|
4,135
|
3,349,000
|
5,100
|
Mediterranean
Sea
|
Ethiopia,
Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya,
Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of
the Congo
|
|
2.
|
Amazon
|
6,400
|
3,980
|
6,915,000
|
219,000
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
Brazil,
Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela,
Guyana
|
|
3.
|
Yangtze
(Chang Jiang)
|
6,300
|
3,917
|
1,800,000
|
31,900
|
East
China Sea
|
P.R.
China
|
|
4.
|
Mississippi
- Missouri
|
6,275
|
3,902
|
2,980,000
|
16,200
|
Gulf
of Mexico
|
United
States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
|
|
5.
|
Yenisei
- Angara - Selenga
|
5,539
|
3,445
|
2,580,000
|
19,600
|
Kara
Sea
|
Russia,
Mongolia
|
|
6.
|
Yellow
(Huang He)
|
5,464
|
3,398
|
745,000
|
2,110
|
Bohai
Sea
|
P.R.
China
|
|
7.
|
Ob
- Irtysh
|
5,410
|
3,364
|
2,990,000
|
12,800
|
Gulf
of Ob
|
Russia,
Kazakhstan, P.R. China, Mongolia
|
|
8.
|
Congo
- Chambeshi
(Zaire)
|
4,700
|
2,922
|
3,680,000
|
41,800
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Central African
Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo,
Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
|
|
9.
|
Amur
- Argun
(Heilong Jiang)
|
4,444
|
2,763
|
1,855,000
|
11,400
|
Sea
of Okhotsk
|
Russia,
P.R. China, Mongolia
|
|
10.
|
Lena
|
4,400
|
2,736
|
2,490,000
|
17,100
|
Laptev
Sea
|
Russia
|
|
11.
|
Mekong
(Lancang Jiang)
|
4,350
|
2,705
|
810,000
|
16,000
|
South
China Sea
|
Laos,
Thailand, P.R. China, Cambodia, Vietnam,
Myanmar
|
|
12.
|
Mackenzie
- Peace - Finlay
|
4,241
|
2,637
|
1,790,000
|
10,300
|
Beaufort
Sea
|
Canada
|
|
13.
|
Niger
|
4,200
|
2,611
|
2,090,000
|
9,570
|
Gulf
of Guinea
|
Nigeria
(26.6%), Mali (25.6%), Niger (23.6%), Algeria
(7.6%), Guinea (4.5%), Cameroon (4.2%),
Burkina Faso (3.9%), Côte d'Ivoire, Benin,
Chad
|
|
LIST
OF RIVERS OVER 3000 KILOMETERS IN LENGTH
| No |
NAME |
L
(km) |
L
(miles) |
Area
(km²) |
Ave
discharge (m³/s) |
Outflow |
Drainage
basin |
| . |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
|
14.
|
Paraná
(Río de la Plata)
|
3,998
|
2,486
|
3,100,000
|
25,700
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
Brazil
(46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%),
Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%)
|
|
15.
|
Volga
|
3,645
|
2,266
|
1,380,000
|
8,080
|
Caspian
Sea
|
Russia
(99.8%), Kazakhstan (minor)
|
|
16.
|
Shatt
al-Arab - Euphrates
|
3,596
|
2,236
|
884,000
|
856
|
Persian
Gulf
|
Iraq
(40.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Iran (19.7%), Syria
(14.7%)
|
|
17.
|
Purus
|
3,379
|
2,101
|
63,166
|
8,400
|
Amazon
|
Brazil,
Peru
|
|
18.
|
Murray
- Darling
|
3,370
[1]
|
2,094
|
1,061,000
|
767
|
Southern
Ocean
|
Australia
|
|
19.
|
Madeira
- Mamoré
|
3,239
|
2,014
|
850,000
|
17,000
|
Amazon
|
Brazil,
Bolivia, Peru
|
|
20.
|
Yukon
|
3,184
|
1,980
|
850,000
|
6,210
|
Bering
Sea
|
United
States (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
|
|
21.
|
Indus
(Sindhu)
|
3,180
|
1,976
|
960,000
|
7,160
|
Arabian
Sea
|
Pakistan
(93%), India, P. R. China, disputed territory
(Kashmir), Afghanistan
|
|
22.
|
São
Francisco
|
3,180
(2,900)
|
1,976
(1,802)
|
610,000
|
3,300
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
Brazil
|
|
23.
|
Syr
Darya - Naryn
|
3,078
|
1,913
|
219,000
|
703
|
Aral
Sea
|
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
|
|
24.
|
Salween
(Nu Jiang)
|
3,060
|
1,901
|
324,000
|
3,153
[2]
|
Andaman
Sea
|
P.R.
China (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand
(3.7%)
|
|
25.
|
Saint
Lawrence - Niagara-Detroit-Saint Clair-Saint
Marys-Saint Louis
|
3,058
|
1,900
|
1,030,000
|
10,100
|
Gulf
of Saint Lawrence
|
Canada
(52.1%), United States (47.9%)
|
|
26.
|
Rio
Grande
|
3,057
(2,896)
|
1,900
(1,799)
|
570,000
|
82
|
Gulf
of Mexico
|
United
States (52.1%), Mexico (47.9%)
|
|
LIST
OF RIVERS OVER 2000 KILOMETERS IN LENGTH
| No |
NAME |
L
(km) |
L
(miles) |
Area
(km²) |
Ave
discharge (m³/s) |
Outflow |
Drainage
basin |
| . |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
|
27.
|
Lower
Tunguska
|
2,989
|
1,857
|
473,000
|
3,600
|
Yenisei
|
Russia
|
|
28.
|
Brahmaputra
|
2,948
|
1,832
|
1,730,000
|
19,200
[3]
|
Bay
of Bengal
|
India
(58.0%), P.R. China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%),
Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/P.R. China
(4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
|
|
29.
|
Danube
|
2,850
|
1,771
|
817,000
|
7,130
|
Black
Sea
|
Romania
(28.9%), Hungary (11.7%), Austria (10.3%),
Serbia (10.3%), Germany (7.5%), Slovakia
(5.8%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Bosnia and
Herzegovina (4.8%), Croatia (4.5%), Ukraine
(3.8%), Moldova (1.7%).
|
|
30.
|
Tocantins
|
2,699
|
1,677
|
1,400,000
|
13,598
|
Atlantic
Ocean, Amazon
|
Brazil
|
|
31.
|
Zambezi
|
2,693
|
1,673
|
1,330,000
|
4,880
|
Mozambique
Channel
|
Zambia
(41.6%), Angola (18.4%), Zimbabwe (15.6%),
Mozambique (11.8%), Malawi (8.0%), Tanzania
(2.0%), Namibia, Botswana
|
|
32.
|
Vilyuy
|
2,650
|
1,647
|
454,000
|
1,480
|
Lena
|
Russia
|
|
33.
|
Araguaia
|
2,627
|
1,632
|
358,125
|
6,172
|
Tocantins
|
Brazil
|
|
34.
|
Amu Darya
|
2,620
|
1,628
|
534,739
|
1,400
|
Aral
Sea
|
Uzbekistan,
Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
|
|
35.
|
Japurá
(Rio Yapurá)
|
2,615
|
1,625
|
242,259
|
6,000
|
Amazon
|
Brazil,
Colombia
|
|
36.
|
Nelson
- Saskatchewan
|
2,570
|
1,597
|
1,093,000
|
2,575
|
Hudson
Bay
|
Canada,
United States
|
|
37.
|
Paraguay
(Rio Paraguay)
|
2,549
|
1,584
|
900,000
|
4,300
|
Paraná
|
Brazil,
Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
|
|
38.
|
Kolyma
|
2,513
|
1,562
|
644,000
|
3,800
|
East
Siberian Sea
|
Russia
|
|
39.
|
Ganges
|
2,510
|
1,560
|
907,000
|
12,037
[4]
|
Brahmaputra,
Bay of Bengal
|
India,
Bangladesh, Nepal
|
|
40.
|
Pilcomayo
|
2,500
|
1,553
|
270,000
|
|
Paraguay
|
Paraguay,
Argentina, Bolivia
|
|
41.
|
Upper
Ob
|
2,490
|
1,547
|
|
|
Ob
|
Russia
|
|
42.
|
Ishim
|
2,450
|
1,522
|
177,000
|
56
|
Irtysh
|
Kazakhstan,
Russia
|
|
43.
|
Juruá
|
2,410
|
1,498
|
200,000
|
6,000
|
Amazon
|
Peru,
Brazil
|
|
44.
|
Ural
|
2,428
|
1,509
|
237,000
|
475
|
Caspian
Sea
|
Russia,
Kazakhstan
|
|
45.
|
Arkansas
|
2,348
|
1,459
|
505,000
(435,122)
|
1,066
|
Mississippi
|
United
States
|
|
46.
|
Ubangi - Uele
|
2,300
|
1,429
|
|
4,003
|
Congo
|
Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Central African
Republic
|
|
47.
|
Olenyok
|
2,292
|
1,424
|
219,000
|
1,210
|
Laptev
Sea
|
Russia
|
|
48.
|
Dnieper
|
2,287
|
1,421
|
516,300
|
1,670
|
Black
Sea
|
Russia,
Belarus, Ukraine
|
|
49.
|
Aldan
|
2,273
|
1,412
|
729,000
|
5,060
|
Lena
|
Russia
|
|
50.
|
Negro
|
2,250
|
1,450
|
720,114
|
26,700
|
Amazon
|
Brazil,
Venezuela, Colombia
|
|
51.
|
Columbia
|
2,250
(1,953)
|
1,450
(1,214)
|
415,211
|
7500
|
Pacific
Ocean
|
United
States, Canada
|
|
52.
|
Colorado
(western U.S.)
|
2,333
|
1,450
|
390,000
|
1,200
|
Gulf
of California
|
United
States, Mexico
|
|
53.
|
Pearl - Xi Jiang
|
2,200
|
1,376
|
437,000
|
13,600
|
South
China Sea
|
P.R.
China (98.5%), Vietnam (1.5%)
|
|
54.
|
Red
|
2,188
|
1,360
|
78,592
|
875
|
Mississippi
|
United
States
|
|
55.
|
Ayeyarwady
(Irrawaddy)
|
2,170
|
1,348
|
411,000
|
13,000
|
Andaman
Sea
|
Myanmar
|
|
56.
|
Kasai
|
2,153
|
1,338
|
880,200
|
10,000
|
Congo
|
Angola,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
57.
|
Ohio
- Allegheny
|
2,102
|
1,306
|
490,603
|
7,957
|
Mississippi
|
United
States
|
|
58.
|
Orinoco
|
2,101
|
1,306
|
880,000
|
30,000
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
Venezuela,
Colombia, Guyana
|
|
59.
|
Tarim
|
2,100
|
1,305
|
557,000
|
|
Lop
Nur
|
P.
R. China
|
|
60.
|
Xingu
|
2,100
|
1,305
|
|
|
Amazon
|
Brazil
|
|
61.
|
Orange
|
2,092
|
1,300
|
|
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
South
Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
|
|
62.
|
Northern
Salado
|
2,010
|
1,249
|
|
|
Paraná
|
Argentina
|
|
LIST
OF RIVERS OVER 1000 KILOMETERS IN LENGTH
| No |
NAME |
L
(km) |
L
(miles) |
Area
(km²) |
Ave
discharge (m³/s) |
Outflow |
Drainage
basin |
| . |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
|
63.
|
Vitim
|
1,978
|
1,229
|
|
|
Lena
|
Russia
|
|
64.
|
Tigris
|
1,950
|
1,212
|
|
|
Shatt
al-Arab
|
Turkey,
Iraq, Syria, Iran
|
|
65.
|
Songhua
|
1,927
|
1,197
|
|
|
Amur
|
P.
R. China
|
|
66.
|
Tapajós
|
1,900
|
1,181
|
|
|
Amazon
|
Brazil
|
|
67.
|
Don
|
1,870
|
1,162
|
425,600
|
935
|
Sea
of Azov
|
Russia
|
|
68.
|
Stony
Tunguska
|
1,865
|
1,159
|
240,000
|
|
Yenisei
|
Russia
|
|
69.
|
Pechora
|
1,809
|
1,124
|
322,000
|
|
Barents
Sea
|
Russia
|
|
70.
|
Kama
|
1,805
|
1,122
|
507,000
|
|
Volga
|
Russia
|
|
71.
|
Limpopo
|
1,800
|
1,118
|
413,000
|
|
Indian
Ocean
|
Mozambique,
Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana
|
|
72.
|
Guaporé
(Itenez)
|
1,749
|
1,087
|
|
|
Mamoré
|
Brazil,
Bolivia
|
|
73.
|
Indigirka
|
1,726
|
1,072
|
360,400
|
1,810
|
East
Siberian Sea
|
Russia
|
|
74.
|
Snake
|
1,670
|
1,038
|
279,719
|
1,611
|
Columbia
|
United
States
|
|
75.
|
Senegal
|
1,641
|
1,020
|
419,659
|
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
Senegal,
Mali, Mauritania
|
|
76.
|
Uruguay
|
1,610
|
1,000
|
370,000
|
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
Uruguay,
Argentina, Brazil
|
|
77.
|
Blue
Nile
|
1,600
|
994
|
|
|
Nile
|
Ethiopia,
Sudan
|
|
77.
|
Churchill
|
1,600
|
994
|
|
|
Hudson
Bay
|
Canada
|
|
77.
|
Khatanga
|
1,600
|
994
|
|
|
Laptev
Sea
|
Russia
|
|
77.
|
Okavango
|
1,600
|
994
|
|
|
Okavango
Delta
|
Namibia,
Angola, Botswana
|
|
77.
|
Volta
|
1,600
|
994
|
|
|
Gulf
of Guinea
|
Ghana,
Burkina Faso, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin
|
|
82.
|
Beni
|
1,599
|
994
|
|
|
Madeira
|
Bolivia
|
|
83.
|
Platte
|
1,594
|
990
|
|
|
Missouri
|
United
States
|
|
84.
|
Tobol
|
1,591
|
989
|
|
|
Irtysh
|
Kazakhstan,
Russia
|
|
85.
|
Jubba
- Shebelle
|
1,580
|
982
|
|
|
Indian
Ocean
|
Ethiopia,
Somalia
|
|
86.
|
Içá
(Putumayo)
|
1,575
|
979
|
|
|
Amazon
|
Brazil,
Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
|
|
87.
|
Magdalena
|
1,550
|
963
|
|
|
Caribbean
Sea
|
Colombia
|
|
88.
|
Han
|
1,532
|
952
|
|
|
Yangtze
|
P.
R. China
|
|
89.
|
Lomami
|
1,500
|
932
|
|
|
Congo
|
Democratic
Republic of the Congo
|
|
89.
|
Oka
|
1,500
|
932
|
|
|
Volga
|
Russia
|
|
90.
|
Pecos
|
1,490
|
926
|
|
|
Rio
Grande
|
United
States
|
|
91.
|
Upper
Yenisei
|
1,480
|
920
|
|
|
Yenisei
|
Russia,
Mongolia
|
|
92.
|
Godavari
|
1,465
|
910
|
|
|
Bay
of Bengal
|
India
|
|
93.
|
Colorado
(Texas)
|
1,438
|
894
|
|
|
Gulf
of Mexico
|
United
States
|
|
94.
|
Río
Grande (Guapay)
|
1,438
|
894
|
|
|
Ichilo
|
Bolivia
|
|
95.
|
Belaya
|
1,420
|
882
|
|
|
Kama
|
Russia
|
|
96.
|
Cooper
- Barcoo
|
1,420
|
880
|
|
|
Lake
Eyre
|
Australia
|
|
97.
|
Marañón
|
1,415
|
879
|
|
|
Amazon
|
Peru
|
|
98.
|
Dniester
|
1,411
(1,352)
|
877
(840)
|
|
|
Black
Sea
|
Ukraine,
Moldova
|
|
99.
|
Benue
|
1,400
|
870
|
|
|
Niger
|
Cameroon,
Nigeria
|
|
99.
|
Ili
(Yili)
|
1,400
|
870
|
|
|
Lake
Balkhash
|
P.
R. China, Kazakhstan
|
|
99.
|
Warburton
- Georgina
|
1,400
|
870
|
|
|
Lake
Eyre
|
Australia
|
|
102.
|
Sutlej
|
1,372
|
852
|
|
|
Chenab
|
China,
India, Pakistan
|
|
103.
|
Yamuna
|
1,370
|
851
|
|
|
Ganges
|
India
|
|
103.
|
Vyatka
|
1,370
|
851
|
|
|
Kama
|
Russia
|
|
105.
|
Fraser
|
1,368
|
850
|
|
3,475
|
Pacific
Ocean
|
Canada
|
|
106.
|
Kura
|
1,364
|
848
|
|
|
Caspian
Sea
|
Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Iran
|
|
107.
|
Grande
|
1,360
|
845
|
|
|
Paraná
|
Brazil
|
|
108.
|
Brazos
|
1,352
|
840
|
|
|
Gulf
of Mexico
|
United
States
|
|
109.
|
Cauca
River
|
1,350
|
839
|
|
|
Magdalena
River
|
Colombia
|
|
110.
|
Liao
|
1,345
|
836
|
|
|
Bo
Hai
|
P.
R. China
|
|
111.
|
Yalong
|
1,323
|
822
|
|
|
Yangtze
|
P.
R. China
|
|
112.
|
Iguaçu
|
1,320
|
820
|
|
|
Paraná
|
Brazil,
Argentina
|
|
112.
|
Olyokma
|
1,320
|
820
|
|
|
Lena
|
Russia
|
|
112.
|
Rhine
|
1,320
|
820
|
198,735
|
2,330
|
North
Sea
|
Germany,
France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria,
Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Italy
|
|
113.
|
Northern
Dvina - Sukhona
|
1,302
|
809
|
357,052
|
3,332
|
White
Sea
|
Russia
|
|
114.
|
Krishna
|
1,300
|
808
|
|
|
Bay
of Bengal
|
India
|
|
114.
|
Iriri
|
1,300
|
808
|
|
|
Xingu
|
Brazil
|
|
115.
|
Narmada
|
1,289
|
801
|
|
|
Arabian
Sea
|
India
|
|
116.
|
Ottawa
|
1,271
|
790
|
|
|
Saint
Lawrence
|
Canada
|
|
117.
|
Zeya
|
1,242
|
772
|
|
|
Amur
|
Russia
|
|
118.
|
Juruena
|
1,240
|
771
|
|
|
Tapajós
|
Brazil
|
|
119.
|
Upper
Mississippi
|
1,236
|
768
|
|
|
Mississippi
|
United
States
|
|
120.
|
Athabasca
|
1,231
|
765
|
|
|
Mackenzie
|
Canada
|
|
121.
|
Elbe
- Vltava
|
1,231
|
765
|
148,268
|
711
|
North
Sea
|
Germany,
Czech Republic
|
|
122.
|
Canadian
|
1,223
|
760
|
|
|
Arkansas
|
United
States
|
|
123.
|
North
Saskatchewan
|
1,220
|
758
|
|
|
Saskatchewan
|
Canada
|
|
124.
|
Vaal
|
1,210
|
752
|
|
|
Orange
|
South
Africa
|
|
125.
|
Shire
|
1,200
|
746
|
|
|
Zambezi
|
Mozambique,
Malawi
|
|
126.
|
Nen
(Nonni)
|
1,190
|
739
|
|
|
Songhua
|
P.
R. China
|
|
127.
|
Green
|
1,175
|
730
|
|
|
Colorado
(western U.S.)
|
United
States
|
|
128.
|
Milk
|
1,173
|
729
|
|
|
Missouri
|
United
States, Canada
|
|
131.
|
Chindwin
|
1,158
|
720
|
|
|
Ayeyarwady
|
Myanmar
|
|
132.
|
Sankuru
|
1,150
|
715
|
|
|
Kasai
|
Democratic
Republic of the Congo
|
|
133.
|
James
(Dakotas)
|
1,143
|
710
|
|
|
Missouri
|
United
States
|
|
133.
|
Kapuas
|
1,143
|
710
|
|
|
South
China Sea
|
Indonesia
|
|
135.
|
Desna
|
1,130
|
702
|
88,900
|
360
|
Dnieper
|
Russia,
Ukraine
|
|
135.
|
Helmand
|
1,130
|
702
|
|
|
Hamun-i-Helmand
|
Afghanistan,
Iran
|
|
135.
|
Madre
de Dios
|
1,130
|
702
|
|
|
Madeira
|
Peru,
Bolivia
|
|
135.
|
Tietê
|
1,130
|
702
|
|
|
Paraná
|
Brazil
|
|
135.
|
Vychegda
|
1,130
|
702
|
|
|
Northern
Dvina
|
Russia
|
|
140.
|
Sepik
|
1,126
|
700
|
77,700
|
|
Pacific
Ocean
|
Papua
New Guinea, Indonesia
|
|
141.
|
Cimarron
|
1,123
|
698
|
|
|
Arkansas
|
United
States
|
|
142.
|
Anadyr
|
1,120
|
696
|
|
|
Gulf
of Anadyr
|
Russia
|
|
143.
|
Jialing
River
|
1,119
|
695
|
|
|
Yangtze
|
P.
R. China
|
|
144.
|
Liard
|
1,115
|
693
|
|
|
Mackenzie
|
Canada
|
|
145.
|
White
|
1,102
|
685
|
|
|
Mississippi
|
United
States
|
|
146.
|
Huallaga
|
1,100
|
684
|
|
|
Marañón
|
Peru
|
|
146.
|
Kwango
|
1,100
|
684
|
263,500
|
2,700
|
Kasai
|
Angola,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
148.
|
Gambia
|
1,094
|
680
|
|
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
The
Gambia, Senegal, Guinea
|
|
149.
|
Chenab
|
1,086
|
675
|
|
|
Indus
|
India,
Pakistan
|
|
150.
|
Yellowstone
|
1,080
|
671
|
|
|
Missouri
|
United
States
|
|
151.
|
Chu
River
|
1067
|
663
|
62,500
|
|
none
|
Kyrgyzstan,
Kazakhstan
|
|
152.
|
Donets
|
1,078
(1,053)
|
670
(654)
|
|
|
Don
|
Ukraine,
Russia
|
|
153.
|
Bermejo
|
1,050
|
652
|
|
|
Paraguay
|
Argentina,
Bolivia
|
|
153.
|
Fly
|
1,050
|
652
|
|
|
Gulf
of Papua
|
Papua
New Guinea, Indonesia
|
|
153.
|
Guaviare
|
1,050
|
652
|
|
|
Orinoco
|
Colombia
|
|
153.
|
Kuskokwim
|
1,050
|
652
|
|
|
Bering
Sea
|
United
States
|
|
157.
|
Tennessee
|
1,049
|
652
|
|
|
Ohio
|
United
States
|
|
158.
|
Daugava
|
1,020
|
634
|
|
|
Gulf
of Riga
|
Latvia,
Belarus, Russia
|
|
159.
|
Gila
|
1,015
|
631
|
|
|
Colorado
(western U.S.)
|
United
States
|
|
160.
|
Vistula
|
1,014
|
630
|
|
|
Baltic
Sea
|
Poland
|
|
161.
|
Loire
|
1,012
|
629
|
|
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
France
|
|
162.
|
Essequibo
|
1,010
|
628
|
|
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
Guyana
|
|
162.
|
Khoper
|
1,010
|
628
|
|
|
Don
|
Russia
|
|
164.
|
Tagus
(Tajo/Tejo)
|
1,006
|
625
|
|
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
Spain,
Portugal
|
|
165.
|
Colorado
(Argentina)
|
1,000
|
620
|
|
|
Atlantic
Ocean
|
Argentina
|
|
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