Hic est index longissimorum fluviorum orbis terrarum, qui omnia systemata fluminum plus quam mille chiliometra longa comprehendit. Definitio longitudinis disputatur, et praecipue quaestio de flumine longissimo, utrum Nilus an Amazonum flumen, manet controversa.

Index fluviorum recensere

Continentes
Africa Asia Australia Europa America Borealis America Australis
Numerus Fluvius Longitudo (chm) Superficies systematis (chm²) Defluxio media (m³/s) Quo defluit Civitates in systemate
1. Flumen AmazonumUcayali

Apurimacum[n 1]

6,992

(6400)

7 050 000 209 000 Oceanus Atlanticus Brasilia, Peruvia, Bolivia, Columbia, Aequatoria, Venetiola, Guiana
2. NilusKagera 6,853

(6,650)

3,254,555 2800 Mare Mediterraneum Aethiopia, Erythraea, Sudania, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenia, Ruanda, Burundia, Aegyptus, Res publica democratica Congensis, Sudania Australis
3. Flumen Caeruleum

(Chang Jiang; Yangtze)

6,300

(6,418)

1,800,000 31,900 Mare Sinense Orientale Sinae
4. MississippiusMissuriusJefferson 6,275
2,980,000 16,200 Sinus Mexicanus Civitates Foederatae (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)
5. IeniseaAngaraSelenga 5,539
2,580,000 19,600 Mare Karense Russia (97%), Mongolia (2.9%)
6. Flumen Flavum

(Huang He)

5,464
745,000 2110 Mare Bohaiense Sinae
7. ObiusIrtis 5410 2,990,000 12,800 Sinus Obiensis Russia, Kazakhstania, Sinae, Mongolia
8. ParanaFlumen Argenteum[3] 4880
2,582,672 18,000 Flumen Argenteum Brasilia (46.7%), Argentina (27.7%), Paraguaia (13.5%), Bolivia (8.3%), Uruguaia (3.8%)
9. Congo–Chambeshi

(Zaïre)

4700
3,680,000 41,800 Oceanus Atlanticus Res publica democratica Congensis, Res publica Africae Mediae, Angola, Res publica Congensis, Tanzania, Cammarunia, Zambia, Burundia, Ruanda
10. AmurArgunus

(Heilong Jiang)

4444 1,855,000 11,400 Mare Ochotense Russia, Sinae, Mongolia
11. Lena 4400
2,490,000 17,100 Mare Lapteviorum Russia
12. Mecon

(Lancang Jiang)

4350 810,000 16,000 Mare Sinense Australe Sinae, Birmania, Laotia, Thailandia, Cambodia, Vietnamia
13. MackenzieSlavePeaceFinlay 4241
1,790,000 10,300 Mare Beaufort Canada
14. Niger 4200
2,090,000 9,570 Sinus Guineensis Nigeria (26.6%), Malia (25.6%), Nigritania (23.6%), Algerium (7.6%), Guinea (4.5%), Cammarunia (4.2%), Burkina Faso (3.9%), Litus Eburneum, Beninum, Tzadia
15. MurrayDarling 3,672[4] 1,061,000 767 Oceanus Australis Australia
16. TocantinsAraguaia 3650 950,000 13,598 Oceanus Atlanticus, Amazonum flumen Brasilia
17. Rha (Volga) 3645 1,380,000 8,080 Mare Caspium Russia
18. Šaṭṭ al-ʿArabEuphrates 3596
884,000 856 Sinus Persicus Iraca (60.5%), Turcia (24.8%), Syria (14.7%)
19. MadeiraMamoréGrandeCaineRocha 3380 1,485,200 31,200 Amazonum flumen Brasilia, Bolivia, Peruvia
20. Purus 3211 63,166 8,400 Amazonum flumen Brasilia, Peruvia
21. Iuconus 3185 850,000 6210 Mare Beringianum Civitates Foederatae (59.8%), Canada (40.2%)
22. Indus 3180 960,000 7160 Mare Arabicum Pakistania (93%), India, Sinae
23. Flumen Sancti Francisci 3180*

(2900)

610,000 3300 Oceanus Atlanticus Brasilia
24. IaxartesNaryn 3078 219,000 703 Lacus Oxianus Kazakhstania, Chirgisia, Uzbecia, Tadzikistania
25. Saluen

(Nu Jiang)

3060 324,000 3,153[5] Mare Andamanense Sinae (52.4%), Birmania (43.9%), Thailandia (3.7%)
26. Flumen Sancti LaurentiiLacus Magni 3058 1,030,000 10,100 Sinus Sancti Laurentii Canada (52.1%), Civitates Foederatae (47.9%)
27. Rio Grande 3057 570,000 82 Sinus Mexicanus Civitates Foederatae (52.1%), Mexicum (47.9%)
28. Tunguska Inferior 2989 473,000 3600 Ienisea Russia
29. BrahmaputraTsangpo 2948* 1,730,000 19,200[6] Ganges India (58.0%), Sinae (19.7%), Nepalia (9.0%), Bangladesa (6.6%), disputatum inter Indiam et Sinas (4.2%), Bhutania (2.4%)
30. DanubiusBreg 2888* 817,000 7130 Pontus Euxinus Romania (28.9%), Hungaria (11.7%), Austria (10.3%), Serbia (10.3%), Germania (7.5%), Slovacia (5.8%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Croatia (4.5%),
31. Zambezi

(Zambesi)

2693* 1,330,000 4880 Canalis Mozambicensis Zambia (41.6%), Angola (18.4%), Zimbabua (15.6%), Mozambicum (11.8%), Malavia (8.0%), Tanzania (2.0%), Namibia, Botswana
32. Wiluius 2650 454,000 1480 Lena Russia
33. Araguaia 2627 358,125 5510 Tocantins Brasilia
34. GangesHooghlyPadma

(Ganga)

2,620[7] 907,000 12,037[8] Sinus Bengalicus India, Bangladesa, Nepalia, Sinae
35. OxusPiandzh (Oxus Superior) 2620 534,739 1400 Lacus Oxianus Uzbecia, Turcomannia, Tadzikistania, Afgania
36. Iapura

(Rio Yapurá)

2,615* 242,259 6,000 Amazonum flumen Brasilia, Columbia
37. NelsonSaskatchewan 2,570 1,093,000 2,575 Sinus Hudsonius Canada, Civitates Foederatae
38. Paraquarium

(Rio Paraguay)

2,549 900,000 4,300 Parana Brasilia, Paraguaia, Bolivia, Argentina
39. Colyma 2,513 644,000 3,800 Mare Sibiricum Orientale Russia
40. Pilcomayo 2,500 270,000 Paraquarium Paraguaia, Argentina, Bolivia
41. Obius Superior – Catuna 2,490 Obius Russia
42. Ischimus 2,450 177,000 56 Irtis Kazakhstania, Russia
43. Iurua 2,410 200,000 6,000 Amazonum flumen Peruvia, Brasilia
44. Rhymnus 2,428 237,000 475 Mare Caspium Russia, Kazakhstania
45. Arkansa 2,348 505,000

(435,122)

1,066 Mississippius Civitates Foederatae
46. Coloratum 2,333 390,000 1,200 Sinus Californiae Civitates Foederatae, Mexicum
47. Olenecus 2,292 219,000 1,210 Mare Lapteviorum Russia
48. Danapris 2,287 516,300 1,670 Pontus Euxinus Russia, Ruthenia Alba, Ucraina
49. Aldanus 2,273 729,000 5,060 Lena Russia
50. UbangiUele[9] 2,270 772,800 4,000 Congo Res publica democratica Congensis, Res publica Africae Mediae, Res publica Congensis
51. Flumen Nigrum 2,250 720,114 26,700 Amazonum flumen Brasilia, Venetiola, Columbia
52. Columbia 2,250 (1,953) 415,211 7,500 Oceanus Pacificus Civitates Foederatae, Canada
53. Flumen Margaritarum

(Zhujiang)

2,200 437,000 13,600 Mare Sinense Australe Sinae (98.5%), Vietnamia (1.5%)
54. Flumen Rubrum (Civitates Foederatae) 2,188 78,592 875 Mississippius Civitates Foederatae
55. Temalas (Irrawaddy) 2,170 411,000 13,000 Mare Andamanense Birmania
56. Kasai 2,153 880,200 10,000 Congo Angolia, Res publica democratica Congensis
57. OhiumAlleghenia 2,102 490,603 7,957 Mississippius Civitates Foederatae
58. Orinocum 2,101 1,380,000 33,000 Oceanus Atlanticus Venetiola, Columbia, Guiana
59. Tarim 2,100 557,000 Lop Nur Sinae
60. Xingu 2,100 Amazonum flumen Brasilia
61. Flumen Aurantium 2,092 Oceanus Atlanticus Africa Australis, Namibia, Botswana, Lesothum
62. Salado Borealis 2,010 Parana Argentina
63. Witimus 1,978 Lena Russia
64. Tigris 1,950 Šaṭṭ al-ʿArab Turcia, Iraca, Syria
65. Sungari 1,927 Amur Sinae
66. Tapajós 1,900 Amazonum flumen Brasilia
67. Tanais 1,870 425,600 935 Palus Maeotis Russia
68. Tunguska Transmontana 1,865 240,000 Ienisea Russia
69. Petschora 1,809 322,000 Mare Barentsianum Russia
70. Kama 1,805 507,000 Rha Russia
71. Limpopo 1,800 413,000 Oceanus Indicus Mozambicum, Zimbabua, Africa Australis, Botswana
72. Tschulymus 1,799 134,000 Obius Russia
73. Guaporé (Itenez) 1,749 Mamoré Brasilia, Bolivia
74. Indigirca 1,726 360,400 1,810 Mare Sibiricum Orientale Russia
75. Snake 1,670 279,719 1,611 Columbia Civitates Foederatae
76. Senegalus 1,641 419,659 Oceanus Atlanticus Guinea, Senegalia, Malia, Mauritania
77. Uraquaria 1,610 370,000 Oceanus Atlanticus Uraquaria, Argentina, Brasilia
78. Murrumbidgee 1,600 Murray Australia
78. Nilus Caeruleus 1,600 326,400 Nilus Aethiopia, Sudania
78. Churchill 1,600 Sinus Hudsonius Canada
78. Chatanga 1,600 Mare Lapteviorum Russia
78. Okavango 1,600 Delta Okavango Namibia, Angolia, Botswana
78. Volta 1,600 Sinus Guineensis Gana, Burkina Faso, Togum, Litus Eburneum, Beninum
84. Beni 1,599 283,350 8,900 Madeira Bolivia
85. Platte 1,594 Missurius Civitates Foederatae
86. Tobol 1,591 Irtis Kazakhstania, Russia
87. Alazea 1,590 988 64,700 Mare Sibiricum Orientale Russia
88. JubbaShebelle 1,580* Oceanus Indicus Aethiopia, Somalia
89. Putomayo (Içá) 1,575 Amazonum flumen Brasilia, Peruvia, Columbia, Aequatoria
90. Magdalena 1,550 263,858 9,000 Mare Caribaeum Columbia
91. Han 1,532 Flumen Caeruleum Sinae
92. Cyrus 1,515 Mare Caspium Turcia, Georgia, Atropatene
93. Occa 1,500 Rha Russia
94. Guaviare 1,497 Orinocum Columbia
95. Pecos 1,490 Rio Grande Civitates Foederatae
96. Ienisea SuperiorIenisea Minor (Kaa-Hem) 1,480 Ienisea Russia, Mongolia
97. Godavari 1,465 312,812 3,061 Sinus Bengalicus India
98. Coloratum (Texia) 1,438 Sinus Mexicanus Civitates Foederatae
99. Río Grande (Guapay) 1,438 102,600 264 Ichilo Bolivia
100. ViadrusVarta 1,425 Polonia, Germania
101. Belaia 1,420 Kama Russia
102. CooperBarcoo 1,420 Lacus Eyre Australia
103. Maranonius 1,415 Amazonum flumen Peruvia
104. Tyras 1,411 (1,352) Pontus Euxinus Ucraina, Moldavia
105. Benue 1,400 Niger Cammarunia, Nigeria
106. Ili

(Yili)

1,400 Lacus Balchasch Sinae, Kazakhstania
107. WarburtonGeorgina 1,400 Lacus Eyre Australia
108. Hesydrus 1,372 Acesines Sinae, India, Pakistania
109. Yamuna 1,370 366,223 2,950 Ganges India
110. Viatca 1,370 Kama Russia
111. Fraser 1,368 220,000 3,475 Oceanus Pacificus Canada
112. Cyrus 1,364 Mare Caspium Atropatene, Georgia, Armenia, Turcia, Irania
113. Grande 1,360 Parana Brasilia
114. Brazos 1,352 Sinus Mexicanus Civitates Foederatae
115. Cauca 1,350 Magdalena Columbia
116. Liao 1,345 Mare Bohaiense Sinae
117. Yalong 1,323 Flumen Caeruleum Sinae
118. Iguaçu 1,320 Parana Brasilia, Argentina
119. Olecma 1,320 Lena Russia
120. Duina Borealis – Suchona 1,302 357,052 3,332 Mare Album Russia
121. Krishna 1,300 Sinus Bengalicus India
122. Iriri 1,300 Xingu Brasilia
123. Narmada 1,289 Mare Arabicum India
124. Lomami[10] 1,280 Congo Res publica democratica Congensis
125. Ottawa 1,271 146,300 1,950 Flumen Sancti Laurentii Canada
126. Lerma - Rio Grande de Santiago 1,270 119,543 Oceanus Pacificus Mexicum
127. AlbisMultavia 1,252 148,268 711 Mare Germanicum Germania, Cechia
128. Zeja 1,242 Amur Russia
129. Juruena 1,240 Tapajós Brasilia
130. Mississippius superior 1,236 Mississippius Civitates Foederatae
131. Rhenus 1,233 198,735 2,330 Mare Germanicum Germania, Francia, Helvetia, Nederlandia, Austria, Lichtenstenum, Italia (particula), Belgica, Luxemburgum
132. Athabasca 1,231 95,300 Mackenzie Canada
133. Flumen Canadense 1,223 Arkansa Civitates Foederatae
134. Saskatchewan Borealis 1,220 Saskatchewan Canada
135. Vaal 1,210 Aurantium flumen Africa Australis
136. Shire 1,200 Zambezi Mozambicum, Malavia
137. Nen

(Nonni)

1,190 Sungari Sinae
138. Halys 1,182 115,000 400 Pontus Euxinus Turcia
139. Green 1,175 Coloratum Flumen Civitates Foederatae
140. Milk 1,173 Missurius Civitates Foederatae, Canada
141. Chindwin 1,158 Temalas Birmania
142. Sankuru 1,150 Kasai Res publica democratica Congensis
143. Wu 1,150 80,300 1,108 Flumen Caeruleum Sinae
144. Flumen Rubrum 1,149 143,700 2,640 Sinus Tonkinensis Sinae, Vietnamia
145. James 1,143 Missurius Civitates Foederatae
146. Kapuas 1,143 Mare Sinense Australe Indonesia
147. Desna 1,130 88,900 360 Danapris Russia, Ruthenia Alba, Ucraina
148. Etymander 1,130 Arius lacus Afgania, Irania
149. Flumen Matris Dei 1,130 125,000 4,915 Beni (Madeira) Peruvia, Bolivia
150. Tietê 1,130 Parana Brasilia
151. Wytschegda 1,130 Duina Borealis Russia
152. Sepik 1,126 77,700 Oceanus Pacificus Papua Nova Guinea, Indonesia
153. Cimarron 1,123 Arkansa Civitates Foederatae
154. Anadyr 1,120 Sinus Anadyrensis Russia
155. Paraíba do Sul 1,120 Oceanus Atlanticus Brasilia
156. Jialing 1,119 Flumen Caeruleum Sinae
157. Liard 1,115 Mackenzie Canada
158. Cumberland 1,105 46,830 862 Mississippius Civitates Foederatae
159. Flumen Album (Arcansia) 1,102 Mississippius Civitates Foederatae
160. Huallaga 1,100 Marañón Peruvia
161. Kwango 1,100 263,500 2,700 Kasai Angolia, Res publica democratica Congensis
162. Draa 1,100 Oceanus Atlanticus Marocum
163. Arius 1,100 70 600 30 exsiccatur Afgania, Irania, Turcomannia
164. Gambia 1,094 Oceanus Atlanticus Gambia, Senegalia, Guinea
165. Acesines 1,086 Indus India, Pakistania
166. Yellowstone 1,080 114,260 Flumen Missuriense Civitates Foederatae
167. Ghaghara 1,080 127,950 2,990 Ganges India, Nepalia, Sinae
168. Huai 1,078 270,000 1,110 Flumen Caeruleum Sinae
169. Araxes 1,072 102,000 285 Cyrus Turcia, Armenia, Atropatene, Irania
170. Chu 1,067 62,500 Chirgisia, Kazakhstania
171. Tanais Minor 1,078 (1,053) Tanais Russia, Ucraina
172. Flumen Rubrum (Bermejo) 1,050 Paraquarium Argentina, Bolivia
173. Fly 1,050 Sinus Papuensis Papua Nova Guinea, Indonesia
174. Kuskokwim 1,050 Mare Beringianum Civitates Foederatae
175. Tennessee 1,049 Ohium Civitates Foederatae
176. Vistula 1,047 194,424 1,080 Mare Balticum Polonia
177. Aruwimi[10] 1,030 Congo Res publica democratica Congensis
178. Duina Occidentalis 1,020 87,900 678 Sinus Rigensis Lettonia, Ruthenia Alba, Russia
179. Gila 1,015 Flumen Coloratum Civitates Foederatae
180. Liger 1,012 115,271 840 Oceanus Atlanticus Francia
181. Essequebia 1,010 Oceanus Atlanticus Guiana
182. Choper 1,010 Tanais Russia
183. Tagus

(Tajo/Tejo)

1,006 80,100 Oceanus Atlanticus Hispania, Portugallia

Notae recensere

  1. Nilus, 6 650 longus,[1] saepe dicitur longissimum flumen orbis esse, et Amazonum flumen, 6 400 longus,[2] secundum a maximo; nuper autem verus fons et longitudo fluminis disputantur.

Fontes recensere

  1. "Nile River". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010.
  2. "Amazonum flumen River". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010.
  3. "Río de la Plata". Encyclopædia Britannica 
  4. "Longest Rivers". Geoscience Australia 
  5. Syvitski, James P. M., Vörösmarty, Charles J., Kettner, Albert J., Green, Pamela. "Impact of Humans on the Flux of Terrestrial Sediment to the Global Coastal Ocean" 
  6. Alam, Mohd Shamsul (2012). "River and Drainage System". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A.. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh 
  7. Parua, Pranab Kumar (3 January 2010). The Ganga: water use in the Indian subcontinent. Springer. p. 272. ISBN 978-90-481-3102-0 
  8. Ganges–Farakka
  9. Bossche, J.P. vanden; G. M. Bernacsek (1990). Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa, Volume 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 338. ISBN 978-92-5-102983-1 
  10. 10.0 10.1 Bossche, J.P. vanden; G. M. Bernacsek (1990). Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa, Volume 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 333. ISBN 978-92-5-102983-1