Asia's major rivers

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Asia is the largest continent in the world and also the most populated, so it is important that, among other things that this incredible territory offers, we know its physical environment. In this great continent we find many rivers, some that travel very long distances and others that have also been key in history.

Some of the main rivers in Asia are the Ganges, the Indus, the Euphrates and the Yangtze, but we find many more that are relevant. Asian rivers flow into the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Arctic Glacial Ocean, since these are the three oceans that surround the continent.

If you want to know in more detail the Asia's major rivers, continue reading this lesson from unProfesor.com in which we are going to offer you a complete list of these rivers with and a map where you can place them.

Index

1. List of the most important rivers in Asia
2. Asian rivers flowing into the Indian Ocean
3. Asian rivers flowing into the Pacific Ocean
4. Asian rivers flowing into the Arctic glacial ocean

In Asia there are thousands of rivers, but in this lesson we are going to focus on the main rivers of Asia and, to make it easier to study them, we are going to offer you a complete list with the name of the rivers, their source, the countries they cross, the mouth and the kilometers that each one has, in the same order:

• Blue, Yangtze or Yangzte - Tibetan Plateau - China - East China Sea - 6,300 km
• Yellow or Huang He - Bayan Har Mountains - China - Bohai Sea - 5464 km
• Mekong - Tibetan Plateau - Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, China, Burma and Vietnam - South China Sea - 4,880 km
• Firewood - Baikal Mountains - Russia - Laptev Sea - 4400 km
• Irtysh or Irtish - Altai Massif - China, Kazakhstan and Russia - Obi - 4248 km
• Yenisei - Tuva (Russia) and Darkhad Valley (Mongolia) - Russia - Kara Sea - 4093 km -
• Obi - Altai Massif - Russia - Gulf of Obi - 3650 km
• Indo - Confluence of the Sengge and Gar rivers (Tibet) - China, India and Pakistan - Arabian Sea - 3,180 km
• Brahmaputra - Mount Kailāsh in the Himalayas - Nepal, Bangladesh, China, India and Bhutan - Bay of Bengal - 2,948 km
• Amur - Khentii Mountains - China and Russia - Sea of ​​Okhotsk - 2874 km
• Ganges - Western Himalayas - India and Bangladesh - Brahmaputra - 2510 km
• Euphrates - Caucasus Mountains in Ivory India - Turkey, Iraq and Syria - Shatt al-Arab - 2,289 km
• Sir Daria - Confluence of the Naryn and Kara Darya rivers - Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - Aral Sea - 2212 km
• Indigirka - Suntar-Chajata Mountains - Russia - East Siberian Sea - 1977 km
• Tigris - Taurus Mountains - Iran, Turkey, Syria - Shatt al-Arab - 1950 km
• Tobol - Rialto del Turgaj - Russia and Kazakhstan - Irtysh - 1591 km
• Amu daria - Confluence of the Vakhshy el Panj rivers (Pamir mountain range) - Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - Aral Sea - 1,414 km
• Demianka - Vasiugán Marshes - Russia - Irtysh - 1160 km
• Konda - n / a - Russia - Irtysh - 1097 km
• Severnaja Sosva or Sosva Septentrional - Eastern slope of the Northern Urals - Russia - Obi - 754 km

How have you been able to check this complete list of the most important rivers in Asia it is ordered from the longest river to the one with the fewest kilometers among the most relevant.

Among the most important rivers of Asia we find the Asian rivers flowing into the Indian Ocean, or that they end up in some river or gulf that belongs to it. These rivers, in addition to being known for being the longest in Asia, are also very relevant in the Asian territory for having supplied and promoted the different cultures that feed on them, we are talking about the inhabitants of countries such as India, Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Bhutan and Nepal. Likewise, they are well known for causing very important floods in the rainy season. These are the main rivers in Asia that end in the Indian Ocean:

• Brahmaputra
• Ganges
• Indo

Among these rivers, the most relevant of all is the ganges river, which is one of the largest rivers in India and originates from the western Himalayas. Specifically, its mouth is in the Brahmaputra, in the Ganges delta that is in the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean. It is also a river well known throughout the world for the ceremonies that the Hindus carry out in it.

To continue delving into the major Asian rivers, we continue with Asian rivers flowing into the Pacific Ocean. Among these we find some of the main ones in Russia, China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Burma and Cambodia. which have contributed to the development and history of these countries and currently continue to nurture these cultures. These are the most relevant Asian rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean:

• Amur
• Blue or Yangtze
• Yellow or Huang He
• Mekong

Among these, the Yangtze or Blue River it is the most relevant of all. It is the longest river in all of Asia and, after the Amazon and the Nile, it is the third longest in the world. Its birth occurs on the Tibetan plateau and ends in the East China Sea, in the Pacific Ocean. This river, also known as Chang Jiang or Yangtze, is of great relevance in the history and today of China because, among other reasons, it has a great influence on the agriculture of the entire territory that travel.

To finish commenting on the most important rivers in Asia, which we can see and place on the map of the main image, we explain which are the Asian rivers flowing into the glacial Arctic Ocean. These and their tributaries are frozen for most of the year, since in that area of ​​planet Earth the temperatures remain below zero degrees for many months. Sometimes when these rivers begin to thaw, they find that the Arctic Ocean is still too frozen in that area and there are major floods. These are the main rivers in Asia that end in the Arctic:

• Obi
• Firewood
• Indigirka
• Yenséi

Among these rivers, perhaps although it is not the longest, the most important is the Obi river. This one, which is found in North Asia, is born in the Altai massif and is one of the most kilometers that travel through Russia to empty into the Arctic Ocean. The Obi along with its tributary Irtish, are very important for Russia, Kazakhstan and China, since both in the Past and present both provide livelihoods, economy and culture for these countries. For these reasons, it is one of the Asia's major rivers.

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