List of longest rivers of Asia

This is a list of longest rivers of Asia. Included are all rivers with lengths over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia.

	River	Countries	Length
			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

See also

• List of rivers of Asia

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74. Река Мая (Майя)
75. Река Тура (Долгая)
76. Река БИРЮСА

External links

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