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
|
6,150,000
|
175,000
|
|
2-
|
3,822,000
|
39,000
|
|
3- Mississippi-Missouri
|
3,222,000
|
17,270
|
|
4- Plata-Parana-Grande
|
3,100,000
|
22,900
|
|
5-
|
2,802,000
|
3,000
|
|
6-Yenisey
|
2,619,000
|
18,000
|
|
7-
|
2,478,000
|
16,000
|
|
8- Ob-Irtysh
|
2,470,000
|
10,000
|
|
9-
|
2,092,000
|
5,700
|
|
10- Amur
|
2,050,000
|
9,800
|