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Asian rivers vary greatly in size, but of the top ten longest rivers in the world, six of them are in Asia with China's Yangtze being the longest (3rd longest in the world).
Featured Article: The Indus River
Indus River, one of the chief rivers of southern Asia. From its source in Tibet, China, the Indus flows some 1,900 miles (3,100 km) through India and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea, an arm of the Indian Ocean. See more »
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Huang He
Huang He, (also Hwang Ho and Yellow River), a river in northern China. Its name refers to the yellowish color of its waters—a result of high silt content.
See more »The Aldan River
Aldan River, a river in Russia, 1,390 miles (2,237 km) long. From its source in the Stanovoi Range some 200 miles (320 km) north of Russia's border with China, it flows in a broad curve northward through eastern Siberia.
See more »The Amu Darya River
Amu Darya, a river in Central Asia known as the Oxus in ancient times. It is formed by the Vakhsh and Pyandzh rivers, which flow from the Pamirs.
See more »The Amur River
Amur River, a river in northeast Asia. The Chinese call it Heilong Jiang, meaning “Black Dragon River.” Measured from the junction of its main headstreams, the Shilka and Argun rivers, the Amur is about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) long.
See more »The Brahmaputra River
Brahmaputra River, a large river in southern Asia. Brahmaputra is its name in India; in China the upper part is called the Maquan and the lower part is called the Yarlung.
See more »The Chao Phraya River
Chao Phraya River, the principal river in Thailand. It is formed by the junction of the Ping, Yom, and Nan rivers in central Thailand and flows southward for 150 miles (240 km) to the Gulf of Thailand.
See more »The Don River
Don River, a major river of Russia. It is 1,220 miles (1,960 km) long, one of Europe's longest rivers.
See more »The Donets River
Donets River, a river in eastern Europe. It is the main tributary of the Don River.
See more »The Ganges River
Ganges River, a major river of India and Bangladesh and one of the grea rivers of the world.
See more »The Indus River
Indus River, one of the chief rivers of southern Asia. From its source in Tibet, China, the Indus flows some 1,900 miles (3,100 km) through India and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea, an arm of the Indian Ocean.
See more »The Irrawaddy River
Irrawaddy, the chief river of Burma. The Irrawaddy is about 1,300 miles (2,100 km) long.
See more »The Jhelum River
Jhelum River, a major river of the Indus river system in southern Asia. From its source in the Himalayas, the river flows out of Kashmir into Pakistan, where it crosses the Punjab region and joins the Chenab River.
See more »The Kizil River
Kizil River, or Kizil Irmak, the longest river within Asiatic Turkey. It is more than 700 miles (1,100 km) long.
See more »The Kura River
Kura River, a river in Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. In ancient times it was called the Cyrus River.
See more »The Lena River
Lena River, one of the world's longest rivers and the longest in Russia. Its length is about 2,650 miles (4,265 km).
See more »The Mekong River
Mekong River, (Tibetan:Dza-Chu, Chinese:Lantsang, länătsängă), a river of southeastern Asia.
See more »The Neva River
Neva River, a river in northwestern Russia. It flows from Lake Ladoga westward into the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea.
See more »The Ob River
Ob River, a river in western Siberia. From its source in the Altai Mountains, the Ob flows generally northwestward for nearly 2,300 miles (3,700 km).
See more »The Oka River
Oka River, a river in western Russia. It is 940 miles (1,513 km) long. From its source in the Central Russian Uplands, the river flows generally northward to Nizhniy Novgorod, where it joins the Volga River.
See more »The Pechora River
Pechora River, a river in the north-central part of Russia. The river flows generally northward from its source in the Ural Mountains to Pechora Bay, an inlet of the Barents Sea.
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