Longest river
The current longest river record is 4,160 miles, held by Nile. Last checked October 14, 2026.
4,160
miles
Nile
- Holder
- Nile
- Record
- 4,160 miles
- Metric
- 6,695 km
- Location
- Northeastern Africa
- Last checked
- October 14, 2026
Put it in perspective
At 4,160 miles, it is as long as 158.7 marathons laid end to end.
Nile4,160 miles
A marathon26.2 miles
English Channel, narrowest crossing20.7 miles
Manhattan, end to end13.4 miles
Golden Gate Bridge8,980 ft
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Read the source
- Wikipedia List of river systems by length CC BY-SA 4.0
- guinnessworldrecords.com Read the source
- mappr.co Longest rivers in the world
- iflscience.com The worlds longest river that depends who you ask
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