List of the longest Asian rivers
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This a list of the thirty-two Asian rivers over 1000 miles (1,609.3 km) in length.
- YangtzeYangtze RiverThe Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...
(in China) - 6,300 km - 3915 miles (6,300.6 km) - Yellow RiverYellow RiverThe Yellow River or Huang He, formerly known as the Hwang Ho, is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into...
(Huang He) - 5,464 km - 3395 miles (5,463.7 km) - Mekong River - 4,909 km - 3050 miles (4,908.5 km)
- Lena RiverLena RiverThe Lena is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean . It is the 11th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed...
- 4,400 km - 2734 miles (4,399.9 km) - Irtysh River - 4,248 km - 2640 miles (4,248.7 km)
- Yenisei RiverYenisei RiverYenisei , also written as Yenisey, is the largest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean. It is the central of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean...
- 4,090 km - 2540 miles (4,087.7 km) - Ob RiverOb RiverThe Ob River , also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river. It is the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean .The Gulf of Ob is the world's longest estuary.-Names:The Ob is known to the Khanty people as the...
- 3,650 km - 2268 miles (3,650 km) - Nizhnyaya Tunguska River - 2,989 km - 1857 miles (2,988.5 km)
- Indus RiverIndus RiverThe Indus River is a major river which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through China and India.Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir and...
- 2,900 km - 1800 miles (2,896.8 km) - Brahmaputra RiverBrahmaputra RiverThe Brahmaputra , also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia. It is the only Indian river that is attributed the masculine gender and thus referred to as a in Indo-Aryan languages and languages with Indo-Aryan influence...
- 2,900 km - 1800 miles (2,896.8 km) - Amur River - 2,824 km - 1755 miles (2,824.4 km)
- Salween RiverSalween RiverThe Salween is a river, about long, that flows from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea in Southeast Asia. It drains a narrow and mountainous watershed of that extends into the countries China, Burma and Thailand. Steep canyon walls line the swift, powerful and undammed Salween, one of the...
- 2,700 km - 1749 miles (2,814.7 km) - Euphrates RiverEuphratesThe Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia...
- 2,800 km - 1740 miles (2,800.3 km) - Vilyuy River - 2,650 km - 1647 miles (2,650.6 km)
- Amu DaryaAmu DaryaThe Amu Darya , also called Oxus and Amu River, is a major river in Central Asia. It is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers...
- 2,540 km - 1578 miles (2,539.5 km) - Ganges RiverGanges RiverThe Ganges or Ganga, , is a trans-boundary river of India and Bangladesh. The river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. By discharge it...
- 2,510 km - 1560 miles (2,510.6 km) - Ishim RiverIshim RiverIshim River is a river running through Kazakhstan and Russia. Its length is 2,450 km , average discharge is 56,3 m³/s . It is a left tributary of the Irtysh River. The Ishim River is partly navigable in its lower reaches. The upper course of the Ishim passes through Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan...
(kazakistan) - 2,450 km - 1522 miles (2,449.4 km) - Ural RiverUral RiverThe Ural or Jayıq/Zhayyq , known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan. It arises in the southern Ural Mountains and ends at the Caspian Sea. Its total length is 1,511 mi making it the third longest river in Europe after the Volga and the Danube...
- 2,428 km - 1509 miles (2,428.5 km) - Olenyok RiverOlenyok RiverThe Olenyok River is a major river in northern Siberian Russia, west of the lower Lena River and east of the Anabar River. It is long, of which around is navigable. Average water discharge is 1210 m³/s...
- 2,292 km - 1424 miles (2,291.7 km) - Aldan RiverAldan RiverThe Aldan River is the second-longest tributary of the Lena River in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia. The river is 2,273 km long, of which around 1,600 km is navigable. It was part of the River Route to Okhotsk...
- 2,273 km - 1412 miles (2,272.4 km) - Syr DaryaSyr DaryaThe Syr Darya , also transliterated Syrdarya or Sirdaryo, is a river in Central Asia, sometimes known as the Jaxartes or Yaxartes from its Ancient Greek name . The Greek name is derived from Old Persian, Yakhsha Arta , a reference to the color of the river's water...
- 2,212 km - 1374 miles (2,211.2 km) - Ayeyarwady RiverAyeyarwady RiverThe Irrawaddy River or Ayeyarwady River is a river that flows from north to south through Burma . It is the country's largest river and most important commercial waterway. Originating from the confluence of the N'mai and Mali rivers, it flows relatively straight North-South before emptying through...
- 2,170 km - 1350 miles (2,172.6 km) - Kolyma RiverKolyma RiverThe Kolyma River is a river in northeastern Siberia, whose basin covers parts of the Sakha Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and Magadan Oblast of Russia. Itrises in the mountains north of Okhotsk and Magadan, in the area of and...
- 2,129 km - 1323 miles (2,129.2 km) - Tarim RiverTarim RiverThe Tarim River is the principal river of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China...
- 2,030 km - 1260 miles (2,027.8 km) - Vitim RiverVitim RiverVitim River is a major tributary of the Lena River. With its source east of Lake Baikal, the Vitim flows 1,978 km north through the Transbaykalian Mountains and the town of Bodaybo. The river peaks in June and freezes from November to May. It is navigable from the Lena to Bodaybo. Upstream,...
- 1,978 km - 1229 miles (1,977.9 km) - Xi River - 1,930 km - 1200 miles (1,931.2 km)
- Sungari River - 1,927 km - 1197 miles (1,926.4 km)
- Tigris RiverTigrisThe Tigris River is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq.-Geography:...
- 1,900 km - 1180 miles (1,899 km) - Podkamennaya Tunguska RiverPodkamennaya Tunguska RiverThe Podkamennaya Tunguska is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia; it is an eastern tributary of the Yenisei and has a length of . The name of the river comes from the fact that it flows under pebble fields without open water...
- 1,865 km - 1159 miles (1,865.2 km) - Angara RiverAngara RiverThe Angara River is a long river in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia. It is the only river flowing out of Lake Baikal, and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisei River....
- 1,779 km - 1105 miles (1,778.3 km) - Indigirka RiverIndigirka RiverThe Indigirka River is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana River and the Kolyma River. It is in length. The area of its basin is 360,000 km²...
- 1,726 km - 1072 miles (1,725.2 km) - Ergune RiverArgun River (Asia)Ergune or Argun is the river which is a part of the Russia–China border. Its upper reaches are known as Hailar River in China. Its length is 1,007 mi...
- 1,620 km - 1007 miles (1,620.6 km)