List_of_the_longest_Asian_rivers
This is a list of longest rivers of Asia. Included are all rivers over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia.
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River | Countries | Length | ||
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km | mi | |||
1 | Yangtze (Cháng Jiāng 長江)[1] | China | 6,300 | 3,915 |
2 | Yellow River (Huáng Hé 黃河)[1] | China | 5,464 | 3,395 |
3 | Mekong[1] | China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam | 4,909 | 3,050 |
4 | Lena (Лена)[2] | Russia | 4,294 | 2,668 |
5 | Irtysh (Иртыш)[3] | Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, Russia | 4,248 | 2,640 |
6 | Brahmaputra River[1] | China, India, Bangladesh | 3,969 | 2,466 |
7 | Ob (Обь)[4] | Russia | 3,650 | 2,268 |
8 | Indus River (सिन्धु/Síndhu, سندھ/سند, سنڌوءَ)[1] | China, India, Pakistan | 3,610 | 2,243 |
9 | Yenisey (Енисей)[5] | Mongolia, Russia | 3,487 | 2,167 |
10 | Nizhnyaya Tunguska (Нижняя Тунгуска)[6] | Russia | 2,989 | 1,857 |
11 | Ganges (Ganga /Padma)[7] | India, Bangladesh | 2,900 | 1,800 |
12 | Yarlung Tsangpo (Yarlung Zangbo Jiang)[8] | China, India, Bangladesh | 2,840 | 1,765 |
13 | Amur (Heilong Jiang, Амур)[9] | Russia, China | 2,824 | 1,755 |
14 | Salween River (သံလွင်မြစ်)[10] | China, Myanmar, Thailand | 2,800 | 1,740 |
15 | Euphrates[11] | Iraq, Syria, Turkey | 2,760 | 1,715 |
16 | Vilyuy (Вилюй)[12] | Russia | 2,650 | 1,647 |
17 | Amu Darya (Oxus)[13] | Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan | 2,500 | 1,553 |
18 | Ishim (Ишим/Išim)[14] | Kazakhstan, Russia | 2,450 | 1,522 |
19 | Ural (Урал)[15] | Kazakhstan, Russia | 2,428 | 1,509 |
20 | Pearl River (Zhujiang)[16] | China, Vietnam | 2,320 | 1,442 |
21 | Aldan (Алдан)[17] | Russia | 2,273 | 1,412 |
22 | Olenyok (Оленёк)[18] | Russia | 2,270 | 1,411 |
23 | Syr Darya (Jaxartes)[19] | Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan | 2,212 | 1,374 |
24 | Irrawaddy River (Ayeyarwady River, ဧရာဝတီမြစ်)[20] | Myanmar | 2,210 | 1,373 |
25 | Xi River (西江)[21] | China, Vietnam | 2,197 | 1,365 |
26 | Kolyma (Колыма)[22] | Russia | 2,129 | 1,323 |
27 | Songhua River (Haixi, Xinga)[23][non-tertiary source needed] | China | 1,925 | 1,196 |
28 | Podkamennaya Tunguska (Подкаменная Тунгуска)[24] | Russia | 1,865 | 1,159 |
29 | Tigris[25] | Turkey, Syria, Iraq | 1,850 | 1,150 |
30 | Vitim (Витим)[26] | Russia | 1,837 | 1,141 |
31 | Kama (Кама)[27] | Russia | 1,805 | 1,122 |
32 | Chulym (Чулым)[28] | Russia | 1,799 | 1,118 |
33 | Angara (Ангар)[29] | Russia | 1,779 | 1,105 |
34 | Indigirka (Индигирка)[30] | Russia | 1,726 | 1,072 |
35 | Ket (Кеть)[31] | Russia | 1,621 | 1,007 |
36 | Argun (Ergune)[32] | China, Russia | 1,620 | 1,007 |
37 | Tobol (Тобол)[33] | Russia | 1,591 | 989 |
38 | Yalong River (雅砻江)[34] | China | 1,571 | 976 |
39 | Han River (Han Jiang)[35] | China | 1,532 | 952 |
40 | Alazeya (Алазея)[36] | Russia | 1,520 | 944 |
41 | Godavari River (Dakshina Ganga)[37] | India | 1,465 | 910 |
42 | Bhargavi River | India | 1,465 | 910 |
43 | Amga (Амга)[38] | Russia | 1,462 | 908 |
44 | Ili (Или)[39] | Kazakhstan, China | 1,439 | 894 |
45 | Olyokma (Олёкма)[40] | Russia | 1,436 | 892 |
46 | Taz (Таз)[41] | Russia | 1,401 | 871 |
47 | Sutlej (Satluj)[42] | China, India, Pakistan | 1,400 | 870 |
48 | Liao River (Liáo Hé)[43] | China | 1,390 | 864 |
49 | Yamuna (Jumna)[44] | India | 1,376 | 855 |
50 | Kura (მტკვარი)[45] | Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan | 1,364 | 848 |
51 | Hai River (Peiho)[citation needed] | China | 1,329 | 826 |
52 | Tarim River (Tǎlǐmù Hé, 塔里木河)[46] | China | 1,321 | 821 |
53 | Narmada River (Rewa)[47] | India | 1,300 | 808 |
54 | Krishna River[48] | India | 1,290 | 802 |
55 | Zeya (Зе́я)[49] | Russia | 1,210 | 752 |
56 | Chindwin River[citation needed] | Myanmar | 1,207 | 750 |
57 | Chuna (Чуна)[50] | Russia | 1,203 | 748 |
58 | Red River (Sông Hồng)[51] | China, Vietnam | 1,200 | 746 |
59 | Jialing River (嘉陵江)[52] | China | 1,190 | 739 |
60 | Kızılırmak River (Halys River)[53] | Turkey | 1,182 | 734 |
61 | Markha (Марха́)[54] | Russia | 1,181 | 734 |
62 | Nen River (Nenjiang)[55] | China | 1,170 | 727 |
63 | Demyanka (Демьянка)[56] | Russia | 1,159 | 720 |
64 | Anadyr (Анадырь)[57] | Russia | 1,150 | 715 |
65 | Hari (Теджен)[58] | Afghanistan, Turkmenistan | 1,150 | 715 |
66 | Helmand River (هلمند)[59] | Afghanistan, Iran | 1,150 | 715 |
67 | Kapuas River (Sungai Kapoeas)[60] | Indonesia | 1,143 | 710 |
68 | Omolon (Омолон)[61] | Russia | 1,114 | 692 |
69 | Mamberamo River (Sungai Mamberamo)[62] | Indonesia | 1,112 | 691 |
70 | Huai River (Hwai Ho)[63] | China | 1,100 | 684 |
71 | Wu River (乌江)[64] | China | 1,100 | 684 |
72 | Konda (Конда)[65] | Russia | 1,097 | 682 |
73 | Tyung (Тюнг)[66] | Russia | 1,092 | 679 |
74 | Barito River (Sungai Barito)[67] | Indonesia | 1,090 | 677 |
75 | Kherlen River (Хэрлэн гол)[68] | Mongolia, China | 1,090 | 677 |
76 | Vasyugan (Васюган)[69] | Russia | 1,082 | 672 |
77 | Ghaghara (Karnali)[70] | China, Nepal, India | 1,080 | 671 |
78 | Aras (Araxes)[71] | Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan | 1,072 | 666 |
79 | Chu (Чу)[72] | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan | 1,067 | 663 |
80 | Bolshoy Yugan (Большой Юган)[73] | Russia | 1,063 | 661 |
81 | Maya (Мая)[74] | Russia | 1,053 | 654 |
82 | Tura (Тура)[75] | Russia | 1,030 | 640 |
83 | Chambal | India | 1,024 | 636 |
84 | Biryusa (Бирюса)[76] | Russia | 1,012 | 629 |
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Ayeyarwady River 2210 Km
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