missouri river is the longest river in the united states.
missouri river is the longest river in the united states.
what is the longest river in the united states?
missouri river
bullet::::- mississippi basin of canada and the united states — most extensive river basin of north america at .









































bullet::::- amazon river of peru, colombia, and brazil — longest river in the americas and the western hemisphere at and the most profuse river on earth with an average discharge of .









































bullet::::- mississippi-missouri-jefferson river system of the united states — longest river system of north america at .









































bullet::::- missouri river of the united states — longest river of north america at .









































bullet::::- mississippi river of the united states — longest gulf of mexico main stem river at .
extreme points of the americas
china originally had an estimated number of 50,000 rivers. however, due to statistical discrepancies, water and soil loss, and climate change, there are currently only an estimated 22,000 rivers remaining. the rivers in china have a total length of 420,000 kilometers. 1,500 have a catchment area exceeding 1,000 square kilometers. the majority of rivers flow west to east into the pacific ocean. the yangtze (chang jiang) rises in tibet, flows through central china and enters the east china sea near shanghai. the yangtze is 6,300 kilometers long and has a catchment area of 1.8 million square kilometers. it is the third longest river in the world, after the amazon and the nile. the second longest river in china is the huang he (yellow river). it rises in tibet and travels circuitously for 5,464 kilometers through north china, it empties into the bo hai gulf on the north coast of the shandong province. it has a catchment area of 752,000 square kilometers. the heilongjiang (heilong or black dragon river) flows for 3,101 kilometers in northeast china and an additional 1,249 kilometers in russia, where it is known as the amur. the longest river in south china is the zhujiang (pearl river), which is 2,214 kilometers long. along with its three tributaries, the xi (west), dong (east), and bei (north) rivers, it forms the pearl river delta near guangzhou, zhuhai, macau, and hong kong. other major rivers are the liaohe in the northeast, haihe in the north, qiantang in the east, and lancang in the southwest.
geography of china