It depends on how you define a river. This map displays Rio de la Plata as a river, but that's debateable, officially it's an estuary. If you separate Parana and Uruguay rivers, than the Ob river basin in Asia is bigger than any of those.
I read somewhere that the Amazon River used to run from east to west until about 6 million years ago when the Andes Mountains developed, reversing the course
The glaciers and ice flow down to the ocean, here you can see the velocity of the ice there are a couple red streaks that could be called streams but they aren't the long narrow fast moving streams we'd call a river.
If you tilt your head to the right the Amazon one looks like a lightning strike with various branches. Probably could be said of all of them but I think that one is the best example.
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bort@feddit.de · 23 pts · 2y
eurasia, are you even trying?
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 2y
Mountains not conveniently arranged along the edges of the continent 😤. Who designed this shit?
geogle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Plate tectonics. Blame PT.
infeeeee@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
It depends on how you define a river. This map displays Rio de la Plata as a river, but that's debateable, officially it's an estuary. If you separate Parana and Uruguay rivers, than the Ob river basin in Asia is bigger than any of those.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drainage_basins_by_area
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 2y
This is fascinating to see pictured!
I'd love to see a version expanded to the top 10.
bort@feddit.de · 11 pts · 2y
top 26: https://live.staticflickr.com/5551/32212605922_ce300694e5_o.jpg
top 30: https://kagi.com/proxy/drainage-basins-worlds-longest-rivers-prev-1000x600.png?c=jYcjOflbFoZjkZRFmkTsTimHbFJAkYC094IlNReODGtSC7u8dtYQ8Vjox3vqf0JzI-Z_Jx7SVwW7OBM72HDy1m8v6oWbCtw-66gLnb62O6OFLkPQ9an7TT5zyjd9JWjCjG7AVvee_W3MLSnsXVHSfA9k-k4mqpCwGLPb-SRPRXA%3D
all of them: https://decolonialatlas.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/world-watersheds.png
too bad they aren't ranked by size. Also not as pretty as the OP.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Oh jeez Europe only has one significant one and it does not cover as much as expected.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah I'd love to see more. The major rivers of China as well as the Niger and St. Lawrence would be awesome.
Gray@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y
It's wild how close the Amazon river basin comes to the west coast of the continent without draining into the ocean on that side.
Pantrygheist@programming.dev · 10 pts · 2y
The Andes blocking all the good stuff from going into Peru, Bolivia and Chile
gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
I read somewhere that the Amazon River used to run from east to west until about 6 million years ago when the Andes Mountains developed, reversing the course
WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
Well, there's a little bunch of hills over there blocking it.
niktemadur@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
The Nile basin extends much further south of Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika than I would have imagined.
Jerb322@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Sorry, I'm not familiar, what is the measurement M km2?
nezbyte@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Million kilometers squared
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 2y
1Mkm² ≈ 33 Belgiums ≈ 247M football pitches ≈ 1549806949806949 sq. in
jaybone@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
How many bananas is that?
KnightontheSun@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
At least seven.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
Does Antarctica have any 'rivers'? Or does all the snow just stay there
gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Username checks out
Not_mikey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
The glaciers and ice flow down to the ocean, here you can see the velocity of the ice there are a couple red streaks that could be called streams but they aren't the long narrow fast moving streams we'd call a river.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
If you tilt your head to the right the Amazon one looks like a lightning strike with various branches. Probably could be said of all of them but I think that one is the best example.
anarchist@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Why use Mercator?
ichmagrum@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
Rhine river basin looks a lot bigger than I remember.