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Here, only those rivers whose discharge is more than 2,000 m 3 /s (71,000 cu ft/s) are shown. It can be thought of as a list of the biggest rivers on Earth, measured by a specific metric. For context, the volume of an Olympic-size swimming pool is 2,500 m 3 (88,000 cu ft). The average flow rate at the mouth of the Amazon is sufficient to fill ...
To qualify for inclusion, a river must not only have no dams on its “main” stem, but also no dams on any tributary. For this reason, major world rivers such as the Amazon, Lena, Irrawaddy, Amur, and Fraser are disqualified because of dams on tributary streams. Many of the rivers in this list have uncertain discharges.
List of drainage basins by area (including rivers, lakes, and endorheic basins); List of largest unfragmented rivers; List of longest undammed rivers; List of river name etymologies
List of river systems by length; List of rivers by discharge; List of drainage basins by area This page was last edited on 20 May 2023, at 23:10 (UTC). Text is ...
In particular, there seems to exist disagreement as to whether the Nile [3] or the Amazon [4] is the world's longest river. The Nile has traditionally been considered longer, but in 2007 and 2008 some scientists claimed that the Amazon is longer [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] by measuring the river plus the adjacent Pará estuary and the longest connecting ...
As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled. All of the 172 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam , include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel.
Yenisei River: The Russian government is planning to build hydro dams on the river within the next few years. 5 Salween River: 2,815 km (1,749 mi) 324,000 km 2 (125,000 sq mi) 6,700 m 3 /s (240,000 cu ft/s) Andaman Sea: Longest undammed Southeast Asian river. Burma is planning to build the Tasang Dam and several others. 6 Paraguay River
Rank Country Waterways Date of information — World 2,293,412: 2017 1 Russia 317,505: 2017 2 Brazil 153,348: 2017 3 China 138,357: 2017 [3] European Union 53,384: 2017 4 United States