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Nam Khan

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Nam Khan (Lao) is a river in Laos that is a major tributary of the river Mekong, with which it joins at Luang Prabang. The Nam Khan river is 935 km long and the catchment area is 7490 km2 (or 7620 km2); the population of the catchment is about 122,700 (1996). The confluence of Nam Khan and Mekong forms a peninsula where the downtown of Luang Prabang is located.

Flows through: Laos.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

Other major rivers

  1. Amazon6,992 km
  2. Nile6,650 km
  3. Yangtze River6,300 km
  4. Bian River5,806 km
  5. Yellow River5,464 km
  6. Paraná River4,880 km
  7. River Congo4,700 km
  8. Mekong River4,350 km