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.