Largest-Area Drainage Basin High PointsBasins with over 750,000 square kilometersRank | Drainage Basin | Area-SqKm | Peak | Elev-M | Country | Range (Level 2) | Ascents |
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1. | Ganges | 1,645,637 | Mount Everest | 8849 | China/Nepal | Himalaya | 69 | 2. | Indus | 1,006,625 | K2 | 8614 | Pakistan/China | Central Asia Ranges | 16 | 3. | Yangtze | 1,745,204 | Gongga Shan | 7556 | China | Tibet and Central China | 2 | 4. | Mekong | 803,785 | Kawagebo | 6740 | China | Tibet and Central China | 0 | 5. | Amazon | 5,954,977 | Nevado Yerupajá | 6617 | Peru | Andes | 4 | 6. | Parana | 2,644,925 | Nevado de Cachi | 6380 | Argentina | Andes | 2 | 7. | Huang He | 835,345 | Amnye Maqen | 6282 | China | Tibet and Central China | 0 | 8. | Yukon | 861,461 | Denali | 6190 | United States | Alaska-Yukon Ranges | 295 | 9. | Orinoco | 984,503 | Ritacuba Blanco | 5410 | Colombia | Andes | 17 | 10. | Jubba | 804,395 | Mount Kenya | 5199 | Kenya | East Africa Mountains | 49 | 11. | Nile | 3,120,127 | Mount Stanley | 5109 | Congo DRC/Uganda | East Africa Mountains | 45 | 12. | Congo | 3,710,814 | Volcan Karisimbi | 4507 | Congo DRC/Rwanda | East Africa Mountains | 17 | 13. | Ob | 3,023,973 | Gora Belukha | 4506 | Russia/Kazakhstan | Mongolia Ranges | 4 | 14. | Mississippi | 3,237,325 | Mount Elbert | 4399 | United States | Rocky Mountains | 2050 | 15. | Shatt-al-Arab | 907,730 | Zard Kuh | 4221 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 3 | 16. | Danube | 799,041 | Piz Bernina | 4049 | Switzerland | Alps | 51 | 17. | Mackenzie | 1,801,938 | Mount Columbia | 3741 | Canada | Rocky Mountains | 34 | 18. | Nelson | 1,089,692 | Mount Forbes | 3617 | Canada | Rocky Mountains | 7 | 19. | Yenisey | 2,588,752 | Gora Ak-Oyuk | 3604 | Russia | Mongolia Ranges | 0 | 20. | Orange | 983,780 | Thabana Ntlenyana | 3482 | Lesotho | Southern Africa | 33 | 21. | Lena | 2,469,126 | Pik BAM | 3072 | Russia | Baikal Area Ranges | 0 | 22. | Niger | 2,165,404 | Mont Oku | 3011 | Cameroon | West Africa Mountains | 3 | 23. | Zambezi | 1,391,359 | Sapitwa Peak | 3002 | Malawi | Southern Africa | 25 | 24. | Amur | 2,060,295 | Paektu-san | 2744 | China/North Korea | Korea-Amur Area | 7 | 25. | Murray | 1,067,522 | Mount Kosciuszko | 2228 | Australia | Great Dividing Range | 330 | 26. | Tocantins | 772,662 | Chapada dos Veadeiros - Pico 1660 | 1660 | Brazil | Brazilian Highlands | 0 | 27. | St. Lawrence | 1,342,160 | Mount Marcy | 1629 | United States | North America Plains | 2506 |
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List DescriptionThis list shows the 27 largest primary river basins in the world by area, all of which are over 750,000 square kilometers. Only basins of rivers that empty into the ocean are included--excluded are tributary basins of rivers that flow into other rivers, and internal drainage basins then end in a internal sea or dry depression. For example, the Missouri River Basin is not here, since the Missouri flows into the Mississippi; and the basin of the Caspian Sea or Volga River are not here, either, since they never flow into an ocean.
Of course, there are many unlisted river basins here with higher peaks than many of the peaks on this list. But those peaks are not in a large basin.
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