Rivers in Europe Ranked by Drainage basin area
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 Europe (directly or through their country) are included. Source: Wikidata (CC0 1.0 (public domain)).
Summary
Ob ranks #1 with 2.99 million km². Yenisei is second with 2.58 million km², 15.9% behind. The top five are Ob, Yenisei, Lena River, Amur River and Irtysh. The median across all 50 is 235,500 km²; Vychegda is last at 121,000 km².
- #1
- Ob · 2.99 million km²
- Median
- 235,500 km²
- Coverage
- 50 rivers in Europe
- Data year
- As recorded in Wikidata
- Last updated
- 2026-11-14
Full ranking
| Rank | River | Location | Drainage basin (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ob | Russian Federation | 2,990,000 |
| 2 | Yenisei | Russian Federation | 2,580,000 |
| 3 | Lena River | Russian Federation | 2,490,000 |
| 4 | Amur River | China, Russian Federation | 1,855,000 |
| 5 | Irtysh | China, Russian Federation | 1,643,000 |
| 6 | Volga | Russian Federation | 1,360,000 |
| 7 | Angara | Russian Federation | 1,039,000 |
| 8 | Danube | Hungary, Austria | 817,000 |
| 9 | Aldan | Russian Federation | 729,000 |
| 10 | Kolyma | Russian Federation | 643,000 |
| 11 | Kama | Russian Federation | 507,000 |
| 12 | Dnieper | Russian Federation, Belarus | 503,500 |
| 13 | Nizhnyaya Tunguska | Russian Federation | 473,000 |
| 14 | Vilyuy | Russian Federation | 454,000 |
| 15 | Selenga | Russian Federation, Mongolia | 447,000 |
| 16 | Tobol | Russian Federation, Kazakhstan | 426,000 |
| 17 | Don | Russian Federation | 422,000 |
| 18 | Khatanga | Russian Federation | 364,000 |
| 19 | Indigirka | Russian Federation | 360,000 |
| 20 | Northern Dvina | Russian Federation | 357,000 |
| 21 | Pechora | Russian Federation | 322,000 |
| 22 | Neva | Russian Federation | 281,000 |
| 23 | Oka | Russian Federation | 245,000 |
| 24 | Podkamennaya Tunguska | Russian Federation | 240,000 |
| 25 | Yana | Russian Federation | 238,000 |
| 26 | Zeya | Russian Federation | 233,000 |
| 27 | Ural | Russian Federation, Kazakhstan | 231,000 |
| 28 | Vitim | Russian Federation | 225,000 |
| 29 | Olenyok | Russian Federation | 219,000 |
| 30 | Olyokma | Russian Federation | 210,000 |
| 31 | Shilka | Russian Federation | 206,000 |
| 32 | Vistula | Poland | 194,500 |
| 33 | Ussuri | China, Russian Federation | 193,000 |
| 34 | Anadyr | Russian Federation | 191,000 |
| 35 | Rhine | France, Germany | 185,000 |
| 36 | Pyasina | Russian Federation | 182,000 |
| 37 | Ishim | Russian Federation, Kazakhstan | 177,000 |
| 38 | Kotuy | Russian Federation | 176,000 |
| 39 | Maya | Russian Federation | 171,000 |
| 40 | Argun River | China, Russian Federation | 164,000 |
| 41 | Tisza | Hungary, Ukraine | 153,200 |
| 42 | Taz | Russian Federation | 150,000 |
| 43 | Elbe | Germany, Czechia | 148,268 |
| 44 | Belaya | Russian Federation | 142,000 |
| 45 | Chulym | Russian Federation | 134,000 |
| 46 | Vyatka | Russian Federation | 129,000 |
| 47 | Taseyeva River | Russian Federation | 128,000 |
| 48 | Oder | Poland, Germany | 125,000 |
| 49 | Taymyra | Russian Federation | 124,000 |
| 50 | Vychegda | Russian Federation | 121,000 |
About the top 10
#1 Ob
Ob ranks #1 on this list with 2.99 million km².
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Length
- 3,650 km
- Flows into
- Kara Sea
Also ranks #5 in drainage basin · #13 in length · #31 in average discharge.
#2 Yenisei
Yenisei ranks #2 on this list with 2.58 million km².
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Length
- 3,487 km
- Flows into
- Kara Sea
Also ranks #8 in drainage basin · #15 in length · #16 in average discharge.
#3 Lena River
Lena River ranks #3 on this list with 2.49 million km².
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Length
- 4,294 km
- Flows into
- Laptev Sea
Also ranks #8 in length · #9 in drainage basin · #20 in average discharge.
#4 Amur River
Amur River ranks #4 on this list with 1.86 million km².
- Countries
- China, Russian Federation
- Length
- 2,824 km
- Flows into
- Sea of Okhotsk
Also ranks #13 in drainage basin · #26 in length · #28 in average discharge.
#5 Irtysh
Irtysh ranks #5 on this list with 1.64 million km².
- Countries
- China, Russian Federation, Kazakhstan
- Length
- 4,248 km
- Flows into
- Ob
Also ranks #9 in length · #16 in drainage basin · #87 in average discharge.
#6 Volga
Volga ranks #6 on this list with 1.36 million km².
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Length
- 3,530 km
- Flows into
- Caspian Sea
Also ranks #14 in length · #20 in drainage basin · #42 in average discharge.
#7 Angara
Angara ranks #7 on this list with 1.04 million km².
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Length
- 1,779 km
- Flows into
- Yenisei
Also ranks #28 in drainage basin · #68 in average discharge · #73 in length.
#8 Danube
Danube ranks #8 on this list with 817,000 km².
- Countries
- Hungary, Austria, Germany, Slovak Republic, Moldova, Romania
- Length
- 2,850 km
- Flows into
- Black Sea
Also ranks #24 in length · #35 in drainage basin · #57 in average discharge.
#9 Aldan
Aldan ranks #9 on this list with 729,000 km².
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Length
- 2,273 km
- Flows into
- Lena River
Also ranks #41 in drainage basin · #45 in length · #62 in average discharge.
#10 Kolyma
Kolyma ranks #10 on this list with 643,000 km².
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Length
- 2,129 km
- Flows into
- East Siberian Sea
Also ranks #49 in drainage basin · #55 in length · #76 in average discharge.
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Source and method
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 Europe (directly or through their country) are included.
Source: Wikidata. Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain). Retrieved: 2026-11-14.
Data: Wikidata (CC0)
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