Rivers in Oceania Ranked by Length

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

Summary

Murray River ranks #1 with 2,530 km. That is 1.7 times Murrumbidgee River in second place (1,488 km). The top five are Murray River, Murrumbidgee River, Darling River, Warrego River and Lachlan River. The median across all 50 is 716.5 km; South Para River is last at 475 km.

#1: Murray River · 2,530 km
Median: 716.5 km
Coverage: 50 rivers in Oceania
Data year: As recorded in Wikidata
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: Length (km). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Murray River 2,530; 2. Murrumbidgee River 1,488; 3. Darling River 1,472; 4. Warrego River 1,380; 5. Lachlan River 1,339; 6. Keerom River 1,312; 7. Cooper Creek 1,300; 8. Georgina River 1,130; 9. Sepik 1,126; 10. Fly River 1,050.

Full ranking

Rivers in Oceania Ranked by Length
Rank	River	Location	Length (km)
1	Murray River	Australia	2,530
2	Murrumbidgee River	Australia	1,488
3	Darling River	Australia	1,472
4	Warrego River	Australia	1,380
5	Lachlan River	Australia	1,339
6	Keerom River	Indonesia, Papua New Guinea	1,312
7	Cooper Creek	Australia	1,300
8	Georgina River	Australia	1,130
9	Sepik	Indonesia, Papua New Guinea	1,126
10	Fly River	Indonesia, Papua New Guinea	1,050
11	Saxby River	Australia	1,030
12	Flinders River	Australia	1,004
13	Gascoyne River	Australia	978
14	Wambuul Macquarie River	Australia	950
15	Diamantina River	Australia	941
16	Barwon River	Australia	889
17	Gilbert River	Australia	887
18	Ashburton River	Australia	825
19	Murchison River	Australia	780
20	Fortescue River	Australia	760
21	Mitchell River	Australia	750
22	Dawson River	Australia	735
23	Fitzroy River	Australia	733
24	Burdekin River	Australia	732
25	Nicholson River	Australia	725
26	Namoi River	Australia	708
27	Gwydir River	Australia	668
28	Condamine River	Australia	657
29	Ord River	Australia	650
30	Ramu	Papua New Guinea	640
31	Leichhardt River	Australia	631
32	Strickland River	Papua New Guinea	620
33	Bogan River	Australia	617
34	Finke River	Australia	600
35	Paroo River	Australia	600
36	Lyons River	Australia	561
37	Victoria River	Australia	560
38	Shaw River	Australia	554
39	Moonie River	Australia	542
40	Castlereagh River	Australia	541
41	Cloncurry River	Australia	530
42	Goulburn River	Australia	529
43	McArthur River	Australia	521
44	Eyre Creek	Australia	520
45	Maranoa River	Australia	519
46	Culgoa River	Australia	489
47	Bega River	Australia	486
48	Wawoi River	Papua New Guinea	482
49	Balonne River	Australia	479
50	South Para River	Australia	475