1. Nile (Africa): The longest river, 6690 km; White Nile originates from Lake Albert in Uganda and Blue Nile from Ethiopia; the two join together at Khartoum in Sudan to form River Nile. After flowing through Egypt (the river's longest course), it falls into the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria.
2. Amazon (South America): Originates from the Andes Mountain in Peru; tributaries come from Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela; the river flows mainly through Brazil and falls into the Atlantic Ocean.
3. Yangtze Kiang (Asia): Rises in north-east Tibet; and flows mainly through China, draining into the East China Sea.
4. Mississippi-Missouri (North America): Mississippi rises in Lake Itasca in Minnesota state of USA; Missouri joins it at Saint Louis; together, they flow into the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans.
5. Mackenzie (North America): Rising in Great Slave Lake, it flows through Canada to Mackenzie Bay in the Arctic Ocean.
6. Mekong (Asia): Rises in Tibet, enters China through which it flows and later forms, for some distance, the borders between Thailand and Laos and falls into the South China Sea.
7. Niger (Africa): Rising near Sierra Leone, it crosses Niger and flows mainly through Nigeria and enters the Atlantic Ocean at the Gulf of Guinea.
8. Murray-Darling (Australia): Murray rises in the Australian Alps; Darling, its biggest tributary, joins it in the state of New South Wales. Both empty into the Indian Ocean at Encounter Bay.
9. Volga (Europe): Rises in Valdai Plateau north-west of Moscow, Russia, and enters the Caspian Sea at Astrakhan.
10. Danube (Europe): Rises near Baden in Germany, flows through Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, crosses Romania and enters the Black Sea.
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