Principal Rivers of the World
| River | Source | Outflow | LengthKm. | | Nile | Tributaries of LakeVictoria, Africa | Mediterranean Sea | 6690 | | Amazon | Glacier-fed lakes,Peru | Atlantic Ocean | 6296 | Mississippi-
Missouri-Red Rock | Source of Red Rock,Montana | Gulf of Mexico | 6240 | | Yangtze Kiang | Tibetan Plateau, China | China Sea | 5797 | | Amur-Argun | Khingan Mts., China | Tatar Strait | 5780 | | Ob | Altai Mts., CIS | Gulf of Ob | 5567 | | Yellow (Huang Ho) | Eastern part of KunlanMts., west china | Gulf of Chihli | 4667 | | Yenisei | Tannu-Ola Mts.,western Tuva, CIS | Arctic Ocean | 4506 | | Parana | Confluence ofParanaiba and Grande river | Rio de Plata | 4498 | | Irtish | Altai Mts., CIS | Ob river | 4438 | | Congo | Confluence of Lualabaand Luapula rivers, Zaire | Atlantic Ocean | 4371 | | Amur | Confluence of Shilka(CIS) Argun (Manchuria) RIvers | Tatar Strait | 4352 | | Lena | Baikal Mts., CIS | Arctic Ocean | 4568 | | Mackenzie | Head of Finlay River,British Colombia, Canada | Beaufort Sea (arcticOcean) | 4241 | | Niger | Guinea | Gulf of Guinea | 4184 | | Mekong | Tibetan highlands | South China Sea | 4023 | | Mississipi | Lake Itaska, Minnesota | Gulf of Maxico | 3779 | | Missouri | Confluence of Jefferson, Gallatin and Madison rivers, Montana | Mississippi river | 3726 | | Volga | Valdai plateau, CIS | Caspean Sea | 3687 | | Madeira | Confluence of Beni andMaumore rivers, Bolivia-Brazil Boundary | Amazon river | 3238 | | Purus | Peruvian Andes | Amazon river | 3207 | | San Francisco | Southwest Minas Gerais,Brazil | Atlantic ocean | 3198 | | Yukon | Junction of Lewes and Pelly rivers, Yukon territory Canada | Bering Sea | 3185 | | St. Lawrence | Lake Ontario | Gulf of St. Lawrence | 3058 | | Rio Grande | San Juan Mts.,Colorado | Gulf of Mexico | 3034 | | Tunguska (Lower) | North of Lake Baikal, Russia | Yenesei river | 2995 | | Brahmaputra | Himalayas | Ganges river | 2897 | | Indus | Himalayas | Arabean Sea | 2897 | | Danube | Black Forest, W.Germany | Black Sea | 2842 | | Euphrates | Confluence of Murat nehri and Kara Sun Rivers, Turkey | Shatt-al-Arab | 2799 | | Darling | Central part of eastern highlands, Australia | Murray river | 2739 | | Zambezi | 11o 21'S, 24'E, Zambia | Mozambique Channel | 2736 | | Tokantins | Goias, Brazil | Para River | 2699 | | Murray | Australian Alps, New South Wales | Indian Ocean | 2589 | | Nelson | Head of Bow River,western Alberta, Canada | Hudson Bay | 2575 | | Paraguay | Mato Grosso, Brazil | Parana River | 2549 | | Ural | Southern Ural Mts.,CIS | Caspian Sea | 2533 | | Ganges | Himalayas | Bay of Bengal | 2506 | | Amu Darya (Oxus) | Nicolas range, Pamir Mts., CIS | Aral Sea | 2414 | | Japura | Andes, Colombia | Amazon River | 2414 | | Salween | Tibet, south of KulnunMts. | Gulf of Martaban | 2414 | | Arkansas | Central Colorado | Mississippi river | 2348 | | Colorado | Grand Country, Colorado | Gulf of California | 2333 | | Dnieper | Valdai Hills, CIS | Black Sea | 2284 | | Syr darya | Tien Shan, China/Kyrghyzstan | Aral Sea | 2414 | | Ohio-Allegheny | Potter Country, Pennsylvania | Mississippi river | 2102 | | Irrawaddy | Confluence of Nmai and Mali rivers, northeast Burma | Bay of Bengal | 2092 | | Orange | Lesotho | Atlantic Ocean | 2092 | | Orinoco | Serra Parima Mts.,Venezuela | Atlantic Ocean | 2062 | | Pilcomayo | Andes Mts., Bolivia | Paraguay River | 1999 | | Xi Jiang (Si Kiang) | Eastern Yunan Proviance, China | China Sea | 1989 | | Colombia | Colombia Lake, British Colombia, Canada | Pacific Ocean | 1983 | | Don | Tula, RSFSR, CIS | Sea of Azov | 1968 | | Sungari | China-North Korea Boundary | Amur River | 1955 | | Saskatchewan | Canadian Rockey Mnts. | Lake Winnipeg | 1939 | | Peace | Stikine Mts., British Columbia, Canada | Great Silver River | 1923 | | Tigris | Taurus Mts., Turkey | Shatt-al-Arab | 1899 | | Rhine | Confluence of Hinterrhein and Vorderrhein Rivers, Switzerland | North Sea | 1320 |
TOP Large Lakes ofthe World
Natural Lakes | Name& Location | Area(Sq.Km.) | Length(Sq.Km.) | Max.Depth (Met.) | | Caspian Sea, CIS-Iran | 394,299 | 1,199 | 946 | | Superior, USA-Canada | 82,414 | 616 | 406 | | Victoria,Tanzania-Uganda | 69,457 | 322 | 82 | | Aral, CIS | 66,457 | 428 | 68 | | Huron, USA-Canada | 59,596 | 397 | 229 | | Michigan, USA | 58,016 | 517 | 281 | | Tanganyika,Tanzania-Zaire | 32,893 | 676 | 1,435 | | Baikal, CIS | 31,500 | 636 | 1,741 | | Great Bear, Canada | 31,080 | 373 | 82 | | Nyasa, Malawi-Mozambique-Tanzania | 30,044 | 579 | 706 | | Great Slave, Canada | 28,930 | 480 | 614 | | Chad,Chad-Niger-Nigeria | 25,760 | - | 7 | | Erie, USA-Canada | 25,719 | 388 | 64 | | Winnipeg, Canada | 23,553 | 425 | 62 | | Ontario, USA-Canada | 19,477 | 311 | 237 | | Balkash, CIS | 18,428 | 605 | 27 | | Ladoga, CIS | 18,130 | 200 | 225 | | Onega, CIS | 9,891 | 248 | 110 | | Titicaca, Bolivia-Peru | 8,135 | 177 | 370 | | Nicaragua, Nicaragua | 8,001 | 177 | 70 | | Athabaska, Canada | 7,920 | 335 | 124 | | Rudolf, kenya | 6,405 | 248 | - | | Reindeer, Canada | 6,330 | 245 | - | | Eyre, South Australia | 3,216 | 209 | Varies | | Issuk-Kul, CIS | 6,200 | 182 | 700 | | Urmia, Iran | 6,001 | 130 | 15 | | Torrens, SouthAustralia | 5,698 | 209 | - | | Vanern, Sweden | 5,545 | 140 | 98 | | Winnipegosis, canada | 5,403 | 245 | 18 | | Mobuto Sese Seko,Uganda | 5,299 | 161 | 55 | | Nettilling, BaffinIsland, canada | 5,051 | 113 | - | | Nipigon, Canada | 4,843 | 116 | - | | Manitoba, Canada | 4,706 | 225 | 7 | | Great Salt, USA | 4,662 | 121 | 5/8 | | Kioga, Uganda | 4,403 | 80 | 9 | | Koko-Nor, China | 4,222 | 106 | - |
TOP World'sGreatest Man Made Lakes | Nameof Dam | Location | MillionCubic Meters | YearCompleted | | Owen Falls | Uganda | 204800 | 1954 | | Kariba | Zimbway | 181592 | 1959 | | Baratsk | CIS | 169270 | 1964 | | High Aswan | Egypt | 168000 | 1970 | | Akosombo | Ghana | 148000 | 1965 | | DanielJohnson | Canada | 141852 | 1968 | | Guri | Venezuela | 136000 | 1986 | | Krasnoyarsk | CIS | 73300 | 1967 | | BennetW.A.C. | Canada | 70309 | 1967 | | Zeya | CIS | 68400 | 1978 | | CaboraBassa | Mozambique | 63000 | 1974 | | La Grande2 | Canada | 61720 | 1982 | | La Grande3 | Canada | 60020 | 1982 | | Ust-llimsk | CIS | 59300 | 1980 | | Volga-V.I.Lenin | CIS | 58000 | 1955 | | Caniapiscau | Canada | 53790 | 1981 | | Pati | Argentina | 53700 | - | | UpperWainganga | India | 50700 | - | | Sao felix | Brazil | 50600 | - | | Bukhtarma | CIS | 49740 | 1960 | | Ataturk | Turkey | 48000 | - | | CerrosColorados | Argentina | 48000 | 1973 | | Irkutsk | CIS | 46000 | 1956 | | Tucurui | Brazil | 36375 | 1984 | | Vilyui | CIS | 35900 | 1967 | | Sanmenxia | China | 35400 | 1960 | | Hoover | Nevada/Arizona | 35154 | 1936 | | Sobridinho | Brazil | 34200 | 1981 | | GlenCanyon | Arizona | 33304 | 1964 | | Jenpeg | Canada | 31790 | 1975 |
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HighestWaterfalls of the World | WaterFall | Location | River | Height(met.) | | Angel | Venezuela | Tributary of Caroni | 1000 | | Tugela | Natal, South Africa | Tugela | 914 | | Cuquenan | Venezuela | Cuquenan | 610 | | Sutherland | South Island, N.Z. | Arthur | 580 | | Takkakaw | British Columbia | Tributary of Yoho | 503 | | Ribbon (Yosemite) | California | Creek flowing intoYosemite | 491 | | Upper Yosemite | California | Yosemite Creek,tributary of Merced | 436 | | Gavarnie | South France | Gave de Pau | 422 | | Vettisfoss | Norway | Morkedola | 366 | | Widow's tears(Yosemite) | California | Tributary of Merced | 357 | | Staubbach | Switzerland | Staubbach (lauterbrunnenValley) | 300 | | Middle Cascade(Yosemite) | California | Yosemite Creek,tributary to Mrcede | 227 | | King Edward VIII | Guyana | Courantyne | 259 | | Jog Falls | India (Karnataka) | Shrawasti | 253 | | Kaieteur | Guyana | Potaro | 251 | | Skykje | Norway | In Skykjedal | 250 | | Kalambo | Tanzania-Zambia | - | 219 | | Fairy (Mt. RainerPark) | Washington | Steven Creek | 213 | | Trummelbach | Switzerland | - | 213 | | Aniene (Teverone) | Italy | Tiber | 207 | | Cascata delle Maemore | Italy | Velino, tributary ofNera | 198 | | Maradalsfos | Norway | Stream flowing intoEjkisdalsvand (lake) | 196 | Feather | California | Fall River | 195 | Maletsunyane | Lesotho | Maletsunyane | 192 | Bridalveil (Yosemite) | California | Yosemite Creek | 189 | Multnomah | Oregon | Multnomah Creek, tributary ofColumbia | 189 | Vøringsfos | Norway | Bjoreia | 182 | Nevada (Yosemite) | California | Merced | 181 | Skjeggedal | Norway | Tysso | 160 | Marina | Guyana | Tributary of Potaro | 152 | Tequendama | Colombia | Funza, tributary of Magdalena | 130 | King George's | Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | Orange | 122 | Illilouette (Yosemite) | California | Illilouette Creek, tributary ofMerced | 113 | Victoria | Zimbabwe-Zambia boundary | Zambezi | 108 | Handöl | Sweden | Handöl Creek | 105 | Lower Yosemite | California | Yosemite | 98 | Comet (Mt. Rainier Park) | Washington | Van Trump Creek | 98 | Vernal (Yosemite) | California | Merced | 97 | Virginia | Northwest Territories, Canada | South Nahanni, tributary of Mackenzie | 96 | Lower Yellowstone | Wyoming | Yellowstone | 94 |
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