Definition Of River
A lot of water comes out of a
mountain or lake and flows far away on land. We call it a river. A river either
joins another river or joins another sea. There are 2 types of the river. The first is called a permanent and the second is called a tributary. When one river
joins another river, it is called a tributary. In this article, I will tell you
about 10 big rivers in the world
1: Mekong
The length of this river is two
thousand eight hundred and twenty kilometers and more rice can be grown around
it than all over the world. The mouth of this river is 1220 km high. And the
maximum flow of this river is 39,000 cubic meters per second. This river is
located in china.
2:Amur
The length of this river is
2824 kilometers. The length of the mouth of this river is 1855 meters. This
river is located in Russia.
3:Congo
The length of the congo river
is 4314 meters meaning two thousand seven hundred and eighteen miles. There is
a dam of the congo empire on the banks of this river so this river is called the congo. This river is located in Africa. The river is smaller than the Nile in
terms of water flow. Dangerous forests are located on both sides of the congo
river.
4:Ob
This river is the largest in
Russia with a length of 3650 kilometers. That is 2270 miles. It is 2,972 meters
high. There are more than fifty species of fish in this river that look very
beautiful.
5:Yellow
The length of this river is
about 4845 km. The mouth length of this river is 1148 meters. The flow of this
river is 365 cubic meters per second. The water of this river is muddy.
6:Yenisei
This river starts from Mongolia
and this river is counted among the longest rivers. Part of this river passes
through Siberia where many dams have been built. The length of this river is
five thousand five hundred and thirty-nine km.
7:Mississippi
The length of this river is six
thousand two hundred and seventy-five kilometers. This river causes many
dangerous floods every year. The annual flow rate is 200700 cubic meters per
second. It is considered the longest river in the world. It passes through the
mountains which look very beautiful.
8:Yagntze
The river originates in the
Chinese province of shanghai. The river flows into the east china sea after a long
journey of 6211 kilometers. The length of the Yangtze River is 6300 km.
9:Nile
The Nile river is located in
America. It is made up of two major rivers. The total length of this river is
6685 km. The average flow of this river is 2823 cubic meters per second. This
river divides the land of Egypt into two parts. The Nile has two tributaries,
the White Nile and the Blue Nile which emerge from two different lakes. One of
them is lake tana, which is the largest lake in Ethiopia.
10:Amazone
This river is the largest in
South America. The length of this river is about 3912 miles. The river flows
through the Amazon rainforest in India, hence the name amazon river.
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