Rank

Name

Length

Outflow

Countries in the

 drainage basin

Continent

1

Nile

6,650

Mediterranean

Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan

, Uganda, Tanzania,

 Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi,

 Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan

Africa

2

Amazon

6,575

Atlantic Ocean

Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, 

Colombia, Ecuador,

 Venezuela, Guyana

USA

3

Yangtze

6,300

East China Sea

China

Asia

4

Mississippi

6,275

Gulf of Mexico

United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)

USA

5

Yenisei

5,539

Kara Sea

Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)

Asia

6

Yellow River (Huang He)

5,464

Bohai Sea

China

Asia

9

Congo

4,700

Atlantic Ocean

Democratic Republic of the Congo,

 Central African Republic, Angola, 

Republic of the Congo, 

Tanzania,