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List of the shortest rivers

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The Reprua river in Georgia
Roe River, the shortest river in the world
Kuokanjoki in winter between the two lakes

The following is a list of some of the shortest watercourses that are considered rivers in the world in terms of distance.

The shortest in this page:

The 1st to 13th shortest river in the world
No River Long(m) Long(ft) Country
1 Kuokanjoki 3.5 11 Finland
2 Butsubutsu 13.5 44 Japan
3 Reprua 18 59 Georgia
4 Tamborasi 20 66 Indonesia
4 Kovasselva 20 66 Norway
6 Ombla 30 100 Croatia
7 Jezernica 55 180 Slovenia
8 Roe River 61 200 United States
8 Rio Los Patos 61 200 Dominican Republic
10 D River 130 425 United States
11 Ljutica 135 445 Montenegro
12 Azuis River 147 480 Brazil
13 Aril River 175 575 Italy

Asia[edit]

Butsubutsu, the shortest river of Japan
Singapore River
Pasig River
Madu Ganga
Source of the Tamborasi River.

Africa[edit]

Europe[edit]

  • Kuokanjoki in Finland is 3.5 meters (11 ft) long, connecting Lake Sumiainen and Lake Keitele (to be precise, the region of the latter named Ala-Keitele). There is half a meter (1 ft 8 in) difference of the surface altitudes of the two lakes.
  • Kovasselva, on the island Hitra in Norway, approximately 20 meters (66 ft) long depending on the tide
  • Reprua River, Georgia, 18 meters (59 ft)
  • Ombla, river near Dubrovnik in Croatia, approximately 30 meters (100 ft) long
  • Jezernica, the shortest river in Slovenia near Idrija, approximately 55 meters (180 ft) long
  • Ljutica, the shortest river in Montenegro located in Pljevlja municipality. It is a tributary of the river Tara and is 135 meters (445 ft) long.
  • Aril River, shortest river of Italy (near Lago di Garda), 175 meters (575 ft)
  • Fiumelatte River, Italy, 250 meters (820 ft)
  • The Norrström and Söderström of Stockholm, Sweden, run approximately 350 meters (1,150 ft) from the lake Mälaren, past the island of Stadsholmen (Norrström to the North, the Söderström to the South) to the Baltic Sea. By volumetric flow, it is the tenth largest river in Sweden.
  • Vrelo, Serbia, Bajina Bašta, 365 meters (1,200 ft)
  • The Pader, Germany, 4.4 kilometers (2.7 mi) long. Its more than 700 springs lie in a park in the city center of Paderborn, Germany, from where it flows into the larger river Lippe in a Paderborn suburb.
  • The Veules, the shortest river of France, 1.15 kilometers (0.71 mi)
  • River Bain, North Yorkshire
  • The Cians 25.3 kilometers (15.7 mi)
  • The Coulomp 20.3 kilometers (12.6 mi)
  • The Chalvagne 15.1 kilometers (9.4 mi)
  • The Barlatte 13.5 kilometers (8.4 mi)
  • The Bourdous 7.3 kilometers (4.5 mi)
  • The Roudoule 13.1 kilometers (8.1 mi)
  • The Mayola 7.0 kilometers (4.3 mi)
  • River Corrib, Ireland, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long. Despite its short length, it has the second-largest flow of any river in Ireland (104.8 m3/s (3,700 cu ft/s))
  • River Cart, Renfrew, near Glasgow, Scotland (0.75 mile (1 km) long).

North America[edit]

South America[edit]

Australia's[edit]

  • Patterson River is a partly man-made urban river of the Port Phillip catchment in the Australian east coast state of Victoria, located in the outer southeastern suburbs of the Greater Melbourne region. It is the continent's shortest river, although its main stem tributary and de facto upper section, the Dandenong Creek, is over 33 miles long.

References[edit]

  1. United States Geological Survey. "United States Geological Survey Topographic Map". TopoQuest. Retrieved April 4, 2011. The maps include river mile (RM) markers for the entire length of the Klamath and Link Rivers. The markers begin at the mouth of the Klamath on the Pacific Ocean, and the Link flows from between markers 255 and 254 to marker 253. The relevant map quadrangle is Klamath Falls.
  2. "Dunn's River Falls". Wondermondo. Retrieved 19 December 2016.


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