Thursday, June 2, 2011

The Longest Rivers in Asia

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

No.
River
Length (km)
Length (miles)
Countries in the drainage basin
1.
6,300
3,917
China
2.
5,539
3,445
Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
3.
5,464
3,395
China
4.
5,410
3,364
Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia
5.
AmurArgun
(Heilong Jiang)
4,444
2,763
Russia, China, Mongolia
6.
Mekong
(Lancang Jiang)
4,350
2,705
Laos, Thailand, China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar
7.
Shatt al-Arab – Euphrates
3,596
2,236
Iraq (60.5%), Turkey (24.8%), Syria (14.7%)
8.
Indus
3,180
1,976
Pakistan (93%), India, China
9.
Syr Darya – Naryn
3,078
1,913
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
10.
Salween
(Nu Jiang)
3,060
1,901
China (52.4%), Myanmar (43.9%), Thailand (3.7%)
11.
Brahmaputra – Tsangpo
2,948
1,832
India (58.0%), China (19.7%), Nepal (9.0%), Bangladesh (6.6%), Disputed India/China (4.2%), Bhutan (2.4%)
12.
Ganges – Hooghly
(Ganga)
2,620
1,630
India, Bangladesh, Nepal, China
13.
Amu Darya - Panj
2,620
1,628
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
14.
Pearl – Zhu Jiang
2,200
1,376
China (98.5%), Vietnam (1.5%)
15.
Ayeyarwady
(Irrawaddy)
2,170
1,348
Myanmar
16.
Tarim
2,100
1,305
P. R. China
17.
Tigris
1,950
1,212
Turkey, Iraq, Syria
18.
Songhua
1,927
1,197
P. R. China
19.
Han
1,532
952
P. R. China
20.
Godavari
1,465
910
India
21.
Ili (Yili)
1,400
870
P. R. China, Kazakhstan
22.
Sutlej
1,372
852
China, India, Pakistan
23.
Yamuna
1,370
851
India
24.
Liao
1,345
836
P. R. China
25.
Yalong
1,323
822
P. R. China
26.
Krishna
1,300
808
India
27.
Narmada
1,289
801
India
28.
Nen (Nonni)
1,190
739
P. R. China
29.
Kızıl River
1,182
734
Turkey
30.
Chindwin
1,158
720
Myanmar
31.
Kapuas
1,143
710
Indonesia
32.
Helmand
1,130
702
Afghanistan, Iran
33.
Sepik
1,126
700
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
34.
Jialing River
1,119
695
P. R. China
35.
Chenab
1,086
675
India, Pakistan
36.
Aras
1,072
665
Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran
37.
Chu River
1,067
663
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
38.
Fly
1,050
652
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia


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