List_of_rivers_by_average

List of rivers by average discharge

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Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Australia	South America

River	Length (km)	Length (miles)	Drainage area (km²)	Average discharge (m³/s)	Outflow	Reference
Amazon	6,387	3,969	6,915,000	219,000	Atlantic Ocean	^[1]
Congo	4,371	2,716	3,680,000	41,800	Atlantic Ocean	^[1]
Meghna	946	588	1,730,000	40,000	Bay of Bengal	^[2]
Orinoco	2,140	1,330	880,000	31,900	Atlantic Ocean	^[1]
Yangtze (Chang Jiang)	6,380	3,964	1,800,000	31,900	East China Sea	^[1]
Paraná (Río de la Plata)	3,998	2,484	3,100,000	25,700	Atlantic Ocean	^[1]
Yenisei - Angara River - Selenga	5,550	3,449	2,580,000	19,600	Kara Sea	^[1]
Brahmaputra	2,948	1,832	583,000	19,200	Bay of Bengal	^[3]
Lena	4,260	2,647	2,490,000	17,100	Laptev Sea	^[1]
Madeira - Mamoré	3,239	2,013	850,000	17,000	Amazon	^[4]
Mississippi - Missouri	6,270	3,896	2,980,000	16,200	Gulf of Mexico	^[1]
Mekong	4,023	2,500	810,000	16,000	South China Sea	^[1]
Ganges	2,510	1,560	907,000	14,270	Bay of Bengal	^[5]
Pearl - Xi Jiang (West) (Si Kang)	2,200	1,376	437,000	13,600	South China Sea	^[1]
Tocantins	2,699	1,677	1,400,000	13,598	Atlantic Ocean, Amazon	^[6]
Ayeyarwady River	2,170	1,348	411,000	13,000	Andaman Sea	^[1]
Ob' - Irtysh	5,410	3,449	2,990,000	12,800	Gulf of Ob	^[1]
Amur (Heilong)	4,368	2,714	1,855,000	11,400	Sea of Okhotsk	^[1]
Caroní River	952	595	95,000	10,850	Orinoco river	^{citation needed}
Mackenzie - Peace - Finlay	4,241	2,635	1,790,000	10,300	Beaufort Sea	^[1]
Saint Lawrence - Great Lakes	3,058	1,900	1,030,000	10,100	Gulf of Saint Lawrence	^[1]
Niger	4,167	2,589	2,090,000	9,570	Atlantic Ocean	^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Rivers of the Earth
^ Liakath Ali, 2002: An Integrated Approach for the Improvement of Flood Control and Drainage Schemes in the Coastal Belt of Bangladesh (Preview). ISBN 9058095207. Page 25
^ Banglapedia
^ 6
^ Himal Magazine
^ The Hydrographi Region of The Amazon