There are a number of long rivers in the world. The longest rivers in the world are an interesting group of waterways. Here are some facts about them:

• Of the longest rivers in the world, one goes through ten countries – the Nile travels through Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda — while some, like the Mississippi system, go through only one country.

• While the Amazon is only the second longest river in the world, it carries more water than any other river.

• The second and third longest river in the Amazon system, the Madeira and the Purus, respectively, are also the nineteenth and twentieth longest rivers in the world, while the two major portions of the Mississippi-Missouri-Red Rocks system are the sixteenth and seventeenth longest rivers in the world, respectively.

• Australia doesn’t have a river in the top 20 longest rivers in the world. The longest river in Australia is the Murray-Darling River at 1,572 miles (2,530 km).

• Of the top twenty longest rivers in the world, only one is in Europe, while only two are in Africa. The next longest river in Europe, after the Volga, is the Danube, which ranks as the twenty-seventh longest river in the world.

• Nearly half of the twenty longest rivers in the world are in Asia.