Major and Important Rivers of the World

It is supposed that largest river is Amazon, although it is 222 km shorter than Nile (the longest river of the world). It is considered so because it is navigable by deep sea steamers and has the greatest flow of water. And III is Mississippi Missouri in USA.
Other major rivers details like name, its origin, where it falls in and the length of the river:

River	Origin	Falls in	Length (Km.)
Nile	Victoria lake	Mediterranean Sea	6,650
Amazon	Andes (Peru)	Atlantic  Ocean	6,428
Mississippi Missouri	Itasca lake (USA)	Gulf of Mexico (USA)	6,020
Yangtze	Tibetan Kin Plateau	China Sea	5,494
Ob	Altai Mts., Russia	Gulf of Ob	5,410
Huang Ho	Kunlun Mts.	Gulf of Chibli	4,344
Yenisei	Tannu-Ola Mts.	Arctic Ocean	3,804
Conga	Lualaba & Luapula rivers	Atlantic Ocean	3,700
Niger	Guinea	Gulf of Guinea	4,180
Mekong	Tibetan highlands	South China sea	4,180
Volga	Voldai Plateau, Russia	Caspian Sea	3,690
St. Lawrence	Lake Ontario	Gulf of St. Lawrence	3,058
Brahmaputra	Lake Mansarovar	Bay of Bengal	2,900
Indus	Near lake Mansarovar	Arabian sea	2,880

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