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Encyclopedia > List of Longest Asian Rivers

This a list of the twenty-three Asian rivers over 1,000 miles in length.

  1. Chang Jiang - 3,900 miles
  2. Huang He - 3,395 miles
  3. Ob River - 3,362 miles
  4. Amur River - 2,761 miles
  5. Lena River - 2,700 miles
  6. Mekong River - 2,600 miles
  7. Yenisei River - 2,543 miles
  8. Indus River - 1,800 miles
  9. Brahmaputra River - 1,770 miles
  10. Salween River - 1,750 miles
  11. Viljuj River - 1,647 miles
  12. Amu Darya - 1,578 miles
  13. Ganges River - 1,560 miles
  14. Euphrates River - 1,510 miles
  15. Ural River - 1,509 miles
  16. Aldan River - 1,412 miles
  17. Syr Darya - 1,370 miles
  18. Tarim River - 1,328 miles
  19. Kolyma River - 1,323 miles
  20. Irrawaddy River - 1,300 miles
  21. Tigris River - 1,180 miles
  22. Songhua River - 1,140 miles
  23. Angara River - 1,105 miles

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