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Largest Rivers by Discharge

Name the rivers of the world that carry the most water into the sea.
According to Wikipedia
Not including tributaries
Quiz by MrJohsin
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Flows Into
River
209,000
Atlantic
Amazon
41,200
Atlantic
Congo
38,129
Bay of Bengal
Ganges-Brahmaputra
36,000
Atlantic
Orinoco
30,166
East China Sea
Yangtze
22,000
Atlantic
Río de la Plata
19,600
Kara Sea
Yenisei
16,871
Laptev Sea
Lena
16,800
Gulf of _____ ________
Saint Lawrence
16,792
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
14,800
South China Sea
Mekong
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Flows Into
River
13,600
Atlantic
Tocantins
13,000
Andaman Sea
Irrawaddy
12,475
Gulf of __
Ob
11,400
Sea of Okhotsk
Amur
10,300
Beaufort Sea
Mackenzie
9,500
South China Sea
Pearl
8,060
Caspian Sea
Volga
7,500
Pacific Ocean
Columbia
7,130
Black Sea
Danube
7,070
Indian Ocean
Zambezi
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38 Comments
NigelS
+2
Level 97
Feb 20, 2017
Great quiz!
Jerry928
+6
Level 76
Feb 20, 2017
Agreed! I found out about quite a few rivers I never knew. And for the Nile to not be here at all is just amazing
muskox
+2
Level 70
May 10, 2017
The only reason I got Irrawaddy is because I read about the Irrawaddy Dolphin, an endangered species, lived in that river. At the last minute of the quiz I was taking wild guesses.
MrJohsin
+1
Level 41
Feb 21, 2017
Thanks a lot!
giosp
+1
Level 67
Feb 20, 2017
Nile?
chondrichthyess
+5
Level 61
Feb 20, 2017
2,830 cubic meters per second. I've always heard that the Amazon had the largest discharge but the magnitude is astounding. I had no idea it was that much bigger than the Nile
Tramp
+6
Level 77
Feb 21, 2017
I'm amazed that the Nile isn't on here. I checked wikipedia, and it's not even close!

Same for some other rivers, like the Yellow River, which I would've been willing to bet money were safely on here.

interopia
+1
Level 87
Feb 21, 2017
If you like this one, try http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/154362/river-deltas-on-the-map
marathon16
+2
Level 50
Mar 20, 2017
Why "not including tributaries"? It's the discharge at their mouth. 5/5
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Mar 20, 2017
I'm not sure I understand your question. Including tributaries wouldn't make sense as they don't discharge any water into the sea, only into another river.
ChipOtley
+4
Level 73
May 11, 2017
I'm with marathon - the discharge from the tributaries will ultimately end up at the river mouth and be included ... and since it says "discharging into the sea", i.e. not a main river, there's no need to even mention tributaries?
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 72
Oct 14, 2018
Oh, I thought this meant that you had subtracted the water flows of the tributaries from the main rivers.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Dec 12, 2021
I think that there is a slight issue of determining which feeding branch is a tributary vs the main branch at each intersection.

I'm not a geographer, though.

kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
May 10, 2017
Dang, I put Lawrence but not St Lawrence.
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
May 10, 2017
Good quiz, if you know your rivers try Mal's Capital City Rivers on ... ... http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/120558/mals-capital-rivers
Charliezard
+5
Level 66
Nov 11, 2021
Why do you advertise so much?
Roger77024
+1
Level 57
May 10, 2017
Nice one - kicking myself on some, never heard of a couple.
sulfuratus
+2
Level 67
May 10, 2017
I thought about making a quiz like this myself. Glad someone else made it so I can play it instead.
yammer
+2
Level 67
May 10, 2017
Rio Plate as an alternative spelling please?
Jarl5
+2
Level 68
May 10, 2017
I tried Rio Platte, Rio Plate, Rio de la plate, rio de la platte, rio de la plate, rio del platte, and rio del plate. Cool cool
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 10, 2017
Added some more spellings, but typing any of the following would have worked "River Plate", "Plate", "Rio de la Plata", "Rio Plata", or "Plata". Combining English and Spanish didn't work though.
gamorro
+2
Level 34
May 11, 2017
Why Plate? The word in Spanish is Plata and it means Silver, not Plate.
EricF
+1
Level 82
Sep 27, 2024
The direct translation is silver, but it's called the River Plate in English.
redsplat
+2
Level 73
Mar 1, 2021
@gamorro I suspect it's not intended to be anything approaching a translation. Rather, the spelling captures how someone might misspell it -- a non-native Spanish speaker might think it's a schwa at the end and try an 'e' instead of an 'ah' sound.
ChipOtley
+3
Level 73
May 11, 2017
Just put Parana, and it'll accept this instead ;-)
bkemp2001
+3
Level 60
May 10, 2017
I knew I was screwed when the Nile didn't even show up...
Tomtrific
+5
Level 82
Apr 26, 2018
Where's Moon River? It's wider than a mile.
Tomtrific
+2
Level 82
Aug 29, 2020
LOL Good one Tom
redsplat
+1
Level 73
Mar 1, 2021
Haha, yes made me smile. I like how you brought your own ba-doom-CHA too :D
918Winchan
+5
Level 72
Aug 23, 2020
Accept Ganga please? Nobody calls it Ganges here
Jared0309
+1
Level 76
Sep 10, 2020
You missed Magdalena River, with an average discharge of 7200 cubic meters per second, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
PenguinTorpedo
+1
Level 49
Nov 10, 2020
It's amazing how the Orinoco is soo short and yet outputs THAT much water
redsplat
+1
Level 73
Mar 1, 2021
Size isn't everything.
DJ213IK5
+1
Level 35
Feb 21, 2023
It's in a very wet region, so it figures that it will have lots of water.
aauvray
+1
Level 46
Jun 29, 2023
Can you accept St Laurent for St Lawrence please? It is in Quebec after all
InterAlia
+1
Level 78
Feb 26, 2024
Shout out to South America - three of the top six, and appears to put out about as much water as the rest of the world combined (I'm not bothering to figure it out).
tomob
+1
Level 75
Jan 16, 2025
Some spare time here : probably too close to call, but South America does not make it by a small swimming pool (280600 meters cube per second vs 280793 for the rest of the world). However the Amazon alone discharges more than the last 15 rivers combined !
Quizzleyy
+1
Level 69
Aug 7, 2024
Very nice! I think Meghna should be accepted for Ganges/Brahmaputra. There is a quite confusing name situation in the delta there, but even wikipedia names these three.
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