| Name | Continent | Length (Km.) | Length (Miles) |
| 1. Nile | Africa | 6,695 | 4,160 |
| 2. Amazon | S. America | 6,516 | 4,050 |
| 3. Yangtze | Asia | 6,380 | 3,965 |
| 4. Mississippi-Missouri | N. America | 6,019 | 3,740 |
| 5. Ob-Irtysh | Asia | 5,570 | 3,460 |
| 6. Yenisel-Angara | Asia | 5,553 | 3,450 |
| 7. Hwang-Ho | Asia | 5,464 | 3,395 |
| 8. Zaire | Africa | 4,667 | 2,900 |
| 9. Mekong | Asia | 4,426 | 2,750 |
| 10. Amur | Asia | 4,416 | 2,744 |
| 11. Lena | Asia | 4,400 | 2,730 |
| 12. Mackenzie | N. America | 4,250 | 2,640 |
| 13. Niger | Africa | 4,032 | 2,505 |
| 14. Paraná | S. America | 4,000 | 2,485 |
| 15. Missouri | N. America | 3,969 | 2,466 |
| 16. Mississippi | N. America | 3,779 | 2,348 |
| 17. Murray-Darling | Oceania | 3,750 | 2,330 |
| 18. Volga | Europe | 3,686 | 2,290 |
| 19. Madeira | S. America | 3,203 | 1,990 |
| 20. St Lawrence | N. America | 3,203 | 1,990 |
| 21. Yukon | N. America | 3,187 | 1,980 |
| 22. Indus | Asia | 3,180 | 1,975 |
| 23. Syr Darya | Asia | 3,079 | 1,913 |
| 24. Darling | Oceania | 3,057 | 1,900 |
| 25. Salween | Asia | 3,060 | 1,901 |
| 26. Rio Grande | N. America | 3,034 | 1,885 |
| 27. São Fransisco | N. America | 2,897 | 1,800 |
| 28. Danube | Europe | 2,850 | 1,770 |
| 29. Brahmaputra | Asia | 2,840 | 1,765 |
| 30. Euphrates | Asia | 2,815 | 1,750 |
| 31. Pará-Tocantins | S. America | 2,752 | 1,710 |
| 32. Kolyma | Asia | 2,600 | 1,600 |
| 33. Ganges | Asia | 2,525 | 1,710 |
| 34. Arkansas | N. America | 2,350 | 1,460 |
| 35. Colorado | N. America | 2,330 | 1,450 |
| 36. Xi Jiang | China | 2,300 | 1,437 |
| 37. Dnepr | Europe | 2,285 | 1,420 |
| 38. Negro | S. America | 2,254 | 1,400 |
| 39. Aldan | Asia | 2,242 | 1,393 |
| 40. Irrawaddy | Asia | 2,150 | 1,335 |