Biggest rivers in the world by drainage basins area

Can you name the 15 biggest river basins in the world?
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drainage_basins_by_area
Includes ONLY primary rivers wih their tributaries
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Last updated: January 21, 2014
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First submittedApril 11, 2013
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6,144,727
Amazon
4,144,000
Rio de la Plata - Parana
3,730,474
Congo
3,254,555
Nile
3,202,230
Missisippi-Missouri
2,972,497
Ob-Irtysh
2,554,482
Yenisey
2,306,772
Lena
2,261,763
Niger
1,929,981
Amur
1,743,058
Mackenzie
1,722,155
Yangtze
1,621,000
Ganges-Brahmaputra
1,410,994
Volga
1,332,574
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11 Comments
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Level 79
Apr 15, 2013
Wow, the Yellow River didn't make the cut, eh?
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Level 51
Apr 15, 2013
Nope, would be 22nd overall and would drop out of top30 if tributaries were counted separately.
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Level 86
Aug 20, 2013
The 'Yenisey' is also commonly called the 'Yenisei'.
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Level 43
May 13, 2017
I entered Yenisei also, I was sad to see it wasn't accepted.
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Level 59
Oct 6, 2022
All the quizzes I've seen used that spelling. I didn't know Yenisey was another spelling.
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Level 57
Jan 15, 2014
If you consider Rio de la Plata a river, wouldn't the Parana be part of its drainage basin and thus not counted separately?
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Level 51
Jan 21, 2014
That's true. Fixed to Rio de la Plata - Parana duel, so a new entry makes the list at #15
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Level 59
Jan 8, 2021
the Rio de la Plata isn't a river, but a sort of gulf or bay, so if you were to include it, it would be like including the entire Mediterranean Sea basin into the quiz.
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Level 70
Aug 16, 2015
I'm surprised the Murray/Darling river in Australia is not on the list, it covers a great area.
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Level 70
Mar 16, 2022
Can you accept Misisipi for the Mississippi river? That type-in is used all over this site. Can you also change Yenisey to Yenisei, it is the more commonly used spelling. Other than that, great quiz.
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Level 82
Oct 19, 2023
Thanks. Fun quiz.