Rivers in Asia Ranked by Drainage basin area

Name: Rivers in Asia Ranked by Drainage basin area
Creator: Wikidata
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Rivers recorded in Wikidata, ranked by Drainage basin. Figures for long rivers vary between sources, depending on where the source and mouth are measured. Only items Wikidata places in Asia (directly or through their country) are included. Source: Wikidata (CC0 1.0 (public domain)).

Summary

Meghna River ranks #1 with 2.06 million km². Amur River is second with 1.86 million km², 10.8% behind. The top five are Meghna River, Amur River, Yangtze River, Irtysh and Padma River. The median across all 50 is 319,000 km²; Hongshui River is last at 138,340 km².

#1: Meghna River · 2.06 million km²
Median: 319,000 km²
Coverage: 50 rivers in Asia
Data year: As recorded in Wikidata
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: Drainage basin (km²). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Meghna River 2.06 million; 2. Amur River 1.86 million; 3. Yangtze River 1.81 million; 4. Irtysh 1.64 million; 5. Padma River 1.64 million; 6. Indus River 1.17 million; 7. Ganges 1.06 million; 8. Shatt al-Arab 884,000; 9. Mekong River 810,000; 10. Yellow River 752,000.

Full ranking

Rivers in Asia Ranked by Drainage basin area
Rank	River	Location	Drainage basin (km²)
1	Meghna River	Bangladesh	2,055,000
2	Amur River	China, Russian Federation	1,855,000
3	Yangtze River	China	1,808,500
4	Irtysh	China, Russian Federation	1,643,000
5	Padma River	India, Bangladesh	1,640,000
6	Indus River	China, India	1,165,000
7	Ganges	India	1,060,000
8	Shatt al-Arab	Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq	884,000
9	Mekong River	China, Cambodia	810,000
10	Yellow River	China	752,000
11	Euphrates	Türkiye, Iraq	673,000
12	Brahmaputra River	China, India	651,334
13	Tarim River	China	557,000
14	Jamuna River	Bangladesh	552,000
15	Songhua River	China	524,000
16	Helmand River	Iran, Islamic Rep., Afghanistan	500,000
17	Selenga	Russian Federation, Mongolia	447,000
18	Pearl River	China	437,000
19	Xi River	China	437,000
20	Tobol	Russian Federation, Kazakhstan	426,000
21	Irrawaddy River	Myanmar	411,000
22	Sutlej	China, India	395,000
23	Tigris	Türkiye, Iraq	375,000
24	Yamuna	India	351,000
25	Salween River	China, Myanmar	325,000
26	Godavari River	India	313,000
27	Amu Darya	Uzbekistan, Tajikistan	309,000
28	Hai River	China	280,000
29	Bai River	China	280,000
30	Krishna River	India	258,948
31	Nen River	China	244,000
32	Liao River	China	232,000
33	Ural	Russian Federation, Kazakhstan	231,000
34	Syr Darya	Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan	219,000
35	Ussuri	China, Russian Federation	193,000
36	Kura River	Türkiye, Azerbaijan	188,000
37	Huai River	China	187,000
38	Konqi He	China	184,400
39	Ishim	Russian Federation, Kazakhstan	177,000
40	Han River	China	175,000
41	Argun River	China, Russian Federation	164,000
42	Jialing River	China	160,000
43	Red River	China, Viet Nam	158,000
44	Turgai River	Kazakhstan	157,000
45	Yalong River	China	150,000
46	Zavkhan River	Mongolia	150,000
47	Xiliao River	China	147,000
48	Mahanadi	India	142,000
49	Ili River	China, Kazakhstan	140,000
50	Hongshui River	China	138,340