The Longest Rivers in Africa

The following is a list of the longest river in Africa.

No.	River	Length (km)	Length (miles)	Countries in the drainage basin
1.	Nile – Kagera	6,650 (6,853)	4,132 (4,258)	Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2.	Congo – Chambeshi (Zaïre)	4,700	2,922	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda
3.	Niger	4,200	2,611	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
4.	Zambezi (Zambesi)	2,693	1,673	Zambia (41.6%), Angola (18.4%), Zimbabwe (15.6%), Mozambique (11.8%), Malawi (8.0%), Tanzania (2.0%), Namibia, Botswana
5.	Ubangi – Uele	2,270	1,410	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
6.	Kasai	2,153	1,338	Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
7.	Orange	2,092	1,300	South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
8.	Limpopo	1,800	1,118	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana
9.	Senegal	1,641	1,020	Senegal, Mali, Mauritania
10.	Blue Nile	1,600	994	Ethiopia, Sudan
11.	Okavango	1,600	994	Namibia, Angola, Botswana
12.	Volta	1,600	994	Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin
13.	Jubba – Shebelle	1,580	982	Ethiopia, Somalia
14.	Benue	1,400	870	Cameroon, Nigeria
15.	Lomami	1,280	795	Democratic Republic of the Congo
16.	Draa	1,218	994	Morocco
17.	Vaal	1,210	752	South Africa
18.	Shire	1,200	746	Mozambique, Malawi
19.	Sankuru	1,150	715	Democratic Republic of the Congo
20.	Kwango	1,100	684	Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo
21.	Gambia	1,094	680	The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea
22.	Aruwimi	1,030	640	Democratic Republic of the Congo

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