The largest river in the world with the largest flow and the widest basin area: the Amazon River
The Amazon River is located in the north of South America, originating in the world's longest Andes Mountains, because of its location in the tropical rainforest area, making the Amazon River the world's largest flow, the most extensive basin area of the river, its river flow of 219,000 cubic meters per second, than the other three major rivers Nile (Africa), the Yangtze River (China), mississippi River (the United States) combined several times, about equivalent to the flow of 7 Yangtze Rivers, accounting for 20% of the world's river flow The basin area is 6.915 million square kilometers, accounting for 40% of the total area of South America; the number of tributaries exceeds 15,000. The length of the river is the second largest in the world, at 6400 km.
The Amazon River Basin is the largest tropical rainforest area on Earth known as the "lungs of the earth"
The longest river in the world: the Nile
The Nile is located in northeastern Africa and flows from south to north into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in the world, with a total length of 6670 km. It originates from the tropical Mountains of Central Africa at an altitude of 2,621 meters, passes through Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, and empties lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, from the west. The main stream of the Nile originates from the lake and flows through Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is located in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, and the estuary delta is home to a 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian civilization.
The longest river in the world, located in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa
The largest river in the world flows through the country: the Danube
The Danube river is located in Europe and is the second longest river in Europe. It originates in the Bavarian Plateau in southwestern Germany and flows from west to east through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, and finally into the Black Sea. The Danube has played an extremely important role in both central and south-eastern Europe in terms of immigration and political change. Castles and fortresses lined its banks formed the borders between great empires, while its waterways served as commercial thoroughfares between nations.
Zooming in on the image shows that the Danube flows through ten countries
The longest inland river in the world: the Volga
Inland rivers are colloquially known as rivers that do not eventually flow into the sea.
Located in southwestern Russia, the Volga River is the longest river in Europe and the longest and most extensive inland river in the world. Originating in the Valdai Hills, the river flows into the Caspian Sea from north to south due to the surrounding topography. Since the Caspian Sea is not a sea and is the largest saltwater lake in the world, the Volga River is an inland river. Russians refer to the Volga River as the "Mother River", and the basin is inhabited by about one-half of the total population of Russia. The Volga has played a very important role in the national economy and the life of the Russian people since ancient times. The Volga River communicates the Baltic Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the White Sea through the tributaries of the canal, so it is known as the "Five Seas Navigation".
The Volga River, navigable from five seas
The largest river in the world with the largest sediment content: the Yellow River
The Yellow River is the mother river of our country and the second largest river in China. Originating from the northern foothills of the Bayankara Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Jogu zonglie Basin flows from west to east through nine provincial-level administrative units in Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong, before finally flowing into the Bohai Sea. The basin has little precipitation, flowing through the Loess Plateau region, so it carries a large amount of sediment, so it is also known as the river with the largest sediment content in the world. In Chinese history, the diversion of the lower reaches of the Yellow River has had a huge impact on human civilization. It has formed the second largest plain in China, the North China Plain. It gave birth to the Chinese civilization with a history of 5,000 years.
It flows through the Loess Plateau region, bringing a large amount of sediment to the Yellow River
The largest river in the world: the Brahmaputra (the part that flows through India is the Brahmaputra River, and the part that flows through Bangladesh becomes the Jamuna River)
The Brahmaputra is the longest plateau river in China, originating from the Jemayangzong Glacier in the northern foothills of the Himalayas in southwest Tibet, bypassing the Nanga Bawa Peak at the easternmost tip of the Himalayas and turning south, passing through Bashika out of China, entering the Indian state of East Bengal to become the Brahmaputra River, flowing through Bangladesh and then called the Jamuna River, and finally meeting Chinese the Ganges River in Bengal, forming a huge delta, and finally flowing into the Bay of Bengal. The source of the Brahmaputra River is located at 5590 meters on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, passing through the Brahmaputra River, jamuna River, and finally meeting the Ganges River, flowing to the Indian Ocean sea level of 0 meters, with a drop of 5590 meters, which is the river with the largest drop in the basin.
Brahmaputra
What else do you know about the best rivers in the world? Welcome to discuss at the comments desk.
Click the Follow button to update different and wonderful content every day.