The Longest Rivers in South America

The following is a list of the longest river in South America.

No.	River	Length (km)	Length (miles)	Countries in the drainage basin
1.	Amazon – Ucayali – Apurímac	6,400 (6,992)	3,976 (4,345)	Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana
2.	Paraná - Río de la Plata	4,880	3,030	Brazil (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguay (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguay (3.8%)
3.	Tocantins – Araguaia	3,650	2,270	Brazil
4.	Madeira – Mamoré – Grande – Caine – Rocha	3,380	2,100	Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
5.	Purus	3,211	1,995	Brazil, Peru
6.	São Francisco	3,180 (2,900)	1,976 (1,802)	Brazil
7.	Araguaia	2,627	1,632	Brazil
8.	Japurá (Rio Yapurá)	2,615	1,625	Brazil, Colombia
9.	Paraguay (Rio Paraguay)	2,549	1,584	Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
10.	Pilcomayo	2,500	1,553	Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
11.	Juruá	2,410	1,498	Peru, Brazil
12.	Negro	2,250	1,450	Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia
13.	Orinoco	2,101	1,306	Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana
14.	Xingu	2,100	1,305	Brazil
15.	Northern Salado	2,010	1,249	Argentina
16.	Tapajós	1,900	1,181	Brazil
17.	Guaporé (Itenez)	1,749	1,087	Brazil, Bolivia
18.	Uruguay	1,610	1,000	Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil
19.	Beni	1,599	994	Bolivia
20.	Içá (Putumayo)	1,575	979	Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
21.	Magdalena	1,550	963	Colombia
22.	Río Grande (Guapay)	1,438	894	Bolivia
23.	Marañón	1,415	879	Peru
24.	Grande	1,360	845	Brazil
25.	Cauca	1,350	839	Colombia
26.	Iguaçu	1,320	820	Brazil, Argentina
27.	Iriri	1,300	808	Brazil
28.	Juruena	1,240	771	Brazil
29.	Madre de Dios	1,130	702	Peru, Bolivia
30.	Tietê	1,130	702	Brazil
31.	Paraíba do Sul	1,120	696	Brazil
32.	Huallaga	1,100	684	Peru
33.	Bermejo	1,050	652	Argentina, Bolivia
34.	Guaviare	1,050	652	Colombia
35.	Essequibo	1,010	628	Guyana

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