Top 10 largest river drainage basin in the world


The top 10 largest river drainage basins in the world

The Amazon river basin map

River
Location
Size of Area and Discharge rate
Drainage basin
(km2)
Discharge rate
(m3/s)
1- Amazon
South America
6,150,000
175,000
2- Congo
Africa
3,822,000
39,000
3- Mississippi-Missouri
North America
3,222,000
17,270
4- Plata-Parana-Grande
South America
3,100,000
22,900
5- Nile
Africa
2,802,000
3,000
6-Yenisey
Russia
2,619,000
18,000
7- Lena
Russia
2,478,000
16,000
8- Ob-Irtysh
Russia
2,470,000
10,000
9- Niger
Africa
2,092,000
5,700
10- Amur
North Asia
2,050,000
9,800

Top 10 largest deltas in the world


The top 10 largest deltas in the world

Ganges-Brahmaputra delta

Mekong delta

River
Location
Size of Delta Area
square kilometers
square miles
Ganges-Brahmaputra
Bangladesh/India
105,645
40,790
Mekong
Southeast Asia
93,781
36,209
Lena
Russia
43,563
16,820
Huang He
China
36,272
14,005
Mississippi
United States
33,670
13,000
Indus
Pakistan
29,524
11,400
Volga
Russia
27,224
10,511
Orinoco (Amacuro)
South America
22,500
8,700
Niger
Western Africa
19,135
7,388
Tigris-Euphrates
Southwest Asia
18,497
7,142

Top 10 Widely Spoken Languages in the World


Top 10 Widely Spoken Languages
in the World

Mandarin Chinese tops the list of most popular world languages, with over a billion speakers. English trails in third place, with just over 320 million speakers. This data includes all speakers of the languages, not only native speakers.

Language
Approx. number of speakers
 1. Chinese (Mandarin)
1,213,000,000
 2. Spanish
329,000,000
 3. English
328,000,000
 4. Arabic
221,000,000
 5. Hindi
182,000,000
 6. Bengali
181,000,000
 7. Portuguese
178,000,000
 8. Russian
144,000,000
 9. Japanese
122,000,000
10. German
90,000,000
Source: Ethnologue, 16th Edition.
Information Please® Database, © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc.

Top 10 Highest Waterfalls of the World


Top 10 Highest Waterfalls of the World

Angel (Salto Angel) Waterfall

The following table lists the world's tallest waterfalls including the name, location, source, and height. Angel in Venezuela is the world's tallest waterfall dropping 979 meters.

Name(s) (foreign)
Location
Source/River
Height
Feet
Meters
Angel (Salto Angel)
Canaima Nat'l Park, Venezuela
upper trib. of Rio Caroni
3,212
979
Tugela
Natal Nat'l Park, South Africa
Tugela River
3,110
947
Utigord (Utigordsfoss)
Norway
glacier fed
2,625
800
Monge (Mongefoss)
Marstein, Norway
Mongebeck
2,540
774
Gocta Cataracts
Chachapoyas, Peru

2,532
771
Mutarazi (Mtarazi)
Nyanga Nat'l Park, Zimbabwe
Mutarazi River
2,499
762
Yosemite
Yosemite Nat'l Park, California, U.S.
Yosemite Creek
2,425
739
Espelands (Espelandsfoss)
Hardanger Fjord, Norway
Opo River
2,307
7031
Lower Mar Valley (Østra Mardolafoss)
Eikesdal, Norway
Mardals Stream
2,151
6552
Tyssestrengene
Odda, Norway
Tyssa River
2,123
6472
Cuquenan (Salto Kukenan)
Kukenan Tepuy, Venezuela
Cuquenan River
2,000
610
Sentinel
Yosemite Nat'l Park, California, U.S.
Sentinel Creek
2,000
610
Dudhsagar
Goa/Karnataka, India
Khandepar River
1,969
600

Note: 1. Unofficial (estimated) height. Subject to revision. 2. Incorporated in hydroelectric scheme. Greatly diminished flow.