Asian Rivers

This river is the longest river in China and Asia and the third largest in the world. The Three Gorges Dam helps reduce flooding along this river.

• The Yellow River

• The Mekong

• The Yangtze River

• The Tigris

This river is the holiest river of Hinduism. It rises in the Himalayas and flows to the world's largest delta on the Bay of Bengal.

• The Ganges

• The Euphrates

• The Yellow River

• The Irrawaddy

This river is the chief river of Pakistan and the source of the name of India.

• The Yellow River

• The Mekong

• The Indus

• The Jordan River

This river rises from springs in Syria. It flows through the Sea of Galilee and into the Dead Sea. In the New Testament, the river was the site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.

• The Yangtze

• The Ganges

• The Indus River

• The Jordan River

This is the chief river of Southeast Asia. It forms much of the Laos-Thailand border. It flows through Cambodia and enters the South China Sea in Vietnam.

• The Ganges

• The Irrawaddy

• The Mekong

• The Yellow River

This river merges with the Ganges to form the world's largest delta.

• The Jordan River

• The Brahmaputra

• The Mekong

• The Tigris

This is the chief river of Myanmar (also known as Burma).

• The Tigris

• The Irrawaddy

• The Mekong

• The Ganges

These are the two rivers that define the historic region of Mesopotamia. They both flow through the country of Iraq.

• The Tigris and Euphrates

• The Ganges and the Brahmaputra

• The Mekong and the Irrawaddy

• The Yellow River and the Yangtze

This is China's second longest river and the most important river to the northern half of China.

• The Euphrates

• The Yellow River

• The Yangtze

• The Indus