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Free-flowing rivers

200 rivers of 100 km or more whose dams can hold less than 2% of a year's flow.

1Amazon RiverBrazil6,400km2River CongoAngola4,700km3Yukon RiverCanada3,190km4Juruá RiverBrazil3,100km5Purus RiverBrazil2,960km6Brahmaputra RiverIndia2,900km7Yarlung Tsangpo RiverChina2,840km8Japurá RiverBrazil2,820km9Salween RiverMyanmar2,815km10Paraguay RiverArgentina2,621km11IshimRussia2,450km12AldanRussia2,273km13Kasai RiverRepublic of the Congo2,272km14OlenyokRussia2,270km15Rio NegroBrazil2,250km16Irrawaddy RiverMyanmar2,170km17KolymaRussia2,129km18Tarim RiverChina2,030km19Mamoré RiverBrazil1,930km20Tapajós RiverBrazil1,930km21Podkamennaya TunguskaRussia1,865km22VitimRussia1,837km23PechoraRussia1,809km24Lualaba RiverDR Congo1,800km25ChulymRussia1,799km26Kwango RiverDR Congo1,770km27Marañón RiverPeru1,737km28IndigirkaRussia1,726km29Itonomas RiverBolivia1,700km30Xingu RiverBrazil1,640km31Argun RiverChina1,620km32Putumayo RiverBrazil1,610km33Okavango RiverBotswana1,600km34SolimõesBrazil1,600km35AlazeyaRussia1,590km36OkaRussia1,500km37Guaviare RiverColombia1,497km38AmgaRussia1,462km39Ucayali RiverPeru1,460km40Madeira RiverBrazil1,450km41OlyokmaRussia1,436km42TazRussia1,401km43Chari RiverCameroon1,400km44Nen RiverChina1,370km45Teles Pires RiverBrazil1,370km46Okavango DeltaBotswana1,343km47VyatkaRussia1,314km48Cooper CreekAustralia1,300km49Aruwimi RiverDR Congo1,300km50Tshuapa RiverDR Congo1,300km51Lomami RiverDR Congo1,280km52Kherlen RiverChina1,254km53Athabasca RiverCanada1,231km54UeleDR Congo1,210km55Guaporé RiverBrazil1,210km56Chindwin RiverMyanmar1,207km57UdaRussia1,203km58Sankuru RiverDR Congo1,200km59Jutai RiverBrazil1,200km60Bahr SalamatChad1,200km61Hari RiverTurkmenistan1,150km62AnadyrRussia1,150km63Kapuas RiverIndonesia1,143km64Gambia RiverGambia1,130km65Shebelle RiverSomalia1,130km66DesnaUkraine1,130km67VychegdaRussia1,130km68Kuskokwim RiverUnited States1,130km69Napo RiverPeru1,130km70Georgina RiverAustralia1,130km71SepikPapua New Guinea1,126km72Orkhon RiverMongolia1,124km73Liard RiverCanada1,115km74Pilcomayo RiverParaguay1,100km75Beni RiverBolivia1,100km76Iriri RiverBrazil1,100km77OmRussia1,091km78VasyuganRussia1,082km79Huallaga RiverPeru1,080km80Ghaghara RiverIndia1,080km81Ubangi RiverCentral African Republic1,060km82BermejoParaguay1,060km83Madre de Dios RiverBolivia1,060km84Javary RiverBrazil1,056km85MayaRussia1,053km86Vaupés RiverBrazil1,050km87Hotan RiverChina1,035km88Onon RiverRussia1,032km89TuraRussia1,030km90Ruo RiverMalawi1,025km91SelengaRussia1,024km92Essequibo RiverGuyana1,014km93Lukenie RiverDR Congo1,014km94Flinders RiverAustralia1,004km95Logone RiverChad1,000km96Meta RiverColombia1,000km97Jari RiverBrazil1,000km98KhopyorRussia979km99NuraKazakhstan978km100Gascoyne RiverAustralia978km101Back RiverCanada974km102Molopo RiverSouth Africa970km103MezenRussia966km104Kwilu RiverDR Congo965km105Juruena RiverBrazil960km106Diamantina RiverAustralia941km107Mahakam RiverIndonesia940km108Tanana RiverUnited States940km109Severn RiverCanada940km110AnabarRussia939km111Panj RiverTajikistan921km112Porcupine RiverCanada916km113Thelon RiverCanada904km114Komoé RiverIvory Coast900km115Barito RiverIndonesia900km116Gomti RiverIndia900km117Arauca RiverVenezuela900km118UssuriRussia897km119Itapecuru RiverBrazil897km120VetlugaRussia889km121YanaRussia872km122Aripuanã RiverBrazil870km123Yarkand RiverChina858km124Ganale Dorya RiverEthiopia858km125Doce RiverBrazil853km126Ogooué RiverGabon850km127Apurímac RiverPeru850km128SuraRussia841km129Coppermine RiverCanada840km130BiryusaRussia830km131TomRussia827km132Turgai RiverKazakhstan825km133Ashburton RiverAustralia825km134Grande RiverBolivia820km135PyasinaRussia818km136Kazan RiverCanada817km137Uchur RiverRussia812km138Zavkhan RiverMongolia808km139Southern BugUkraine806km140Koyukuk RiverUnited States805km141Ruvuma RiverTanzania800km142Mbomou RiverCentral African Republic800km143Batang HariIndonesia800km144SarysuKazakhstan800km145Uil RiverKazakhstan800km146SanghaRepublic of the Congo785km147Coco RiverHonduras780km148Murchison RiverAustralia780km149PinegaRussia779km150Pripyat RiverUkraine775km151Western BugPoland772km152Kashgar RiverChina765km153Rivière RupertCanada763km154Omo RiverEthiopia760km155Kamchatka RiverRussia758km156TesMongolia757km157Attawapiskat RiverCanada748km158Caura RiverVenezuela745km159Northern DvinaRussia744km160Qu'Appelle RiverCanada743km161Karakash RiverChina740km162ChusovayaRussia735km163Fitzroy RiverAustralia733km164Cuando RiverNamibia731km165Kosi RiverIndia729km166Urubamba RiverPeru725km167Ulungur RiverChina725km168Courantyne RiverGuyana724km169TavdaRussia719km170PselUkraine717km171Bahr el Ghazal RiverSouth Sudan716km172Emba RiverKazakhstan712km173Min RiverChina711km174Pastaza RiverPeru710km175IngodaRussia708km176Tuul RiverMongolia704km177Hay RiverCanada702km178Mamberamo RiverIndonesia700km179Karakoro RiverMauritania697km180SeymUkraine696km181Acre RiverBrazil690km182KatunRussia688km183Peel RiverCanada684km184Ouham RiverChad676km185Atrek RiverIran669km186HorynBelarus659km187MokshaRussia656km188Bahr Aouk RiverChad650km189Big UzenKazakhstan650km190SozhBelarus648km191Atrato RiverColombia644km192Dadu RiverChina642km193Nyong RiverCameroon640km194Salado RiverArgentina640km195Maly UzenKazakhstan638km196Teslin RiverCanada632km197Gandaki RiverIndia630km198OkaRussia630km199Ruo ShuiChina630km200TerekRussia623km

Degree of regulation from RiverATLAS (reservoirs up to 2000); newer dams may have changed it.

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