Talk:List of rivers by discharge

Thames?

Including the Thames is ridiculous. It is like a trickle compared to any of the others listed. However, I will not remove it unless others agree.Ndriley97 (talk) 03:38, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

I think it shouldn't be removed... it's a very known river and it can be used as a comparison to other rivers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pvzci (talk • contribs) 21:06, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Ganga and Brahmaputra's Discharge

The values given initially for Ganges was the combined discharge and drainage area of Ganges and Brahmaputra put together. The source of the new values are: http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/R_0208.htm for Brahmaputra's statistics and http://www.himalmag.com/2003/september/review_2.htm for Ganga's statistics.--Raghu 09:26, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

dams/human development

How is this list affected by damming or human development?

Article's need

What is the need for this article considering that the List of rivers by length can already be sorted in order of average discharge? --Bossi (talk • gallery • contrib) 01:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Meghna

I am missing the Meghna River.

Banglapedia: "Lower Meghna below Shaitnot is one of the largest rivers in the world, because it is the mouth of Ganges-Padma and Brahmaputra-Jamuna rivers. It is a tidal reach carrying almost the entire fluvial discharge of Ganges, Brahmaputra and Upper Meghna river. The net discharge through this river varies from 10,000 cumec in the dry season to 160,000 cumec in the wet season." And: "The Lower Meghna, as the major outlet of the combined Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna has therefore somewhat less outflow than the Congo, which is second only to the Amazon". The lower Meghna combines Brahmaputra 19,200 + Ganges 14,270 + upper Meghna 6,500 = 39,970 m³/s. --91.1.11.167 (talk) 08:08, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Danube has competitors

According figures in wiki - avg discharge of Volga (Russia) is higher - 8050 m3/s, Columbia River (USA, Canada) - 7,500 m3/s. Perhaps it's wrong value for Danube here or some explanation needed. -Anton I've changed this string. As i think it can be some more equatorial rivers that will have discharge over of European one. ~~Anton —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.157.120.26 (talk) 11:51, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Unreliable source

Most of the data in this article is sourced from somebody calling himself Intergalactic Power and Light. Some random guy's personal web page does not constitute a reliable source. Dricherby (talk) 18:24, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Yellow River

"Yellow River (Huang He)" is missing here. It is included in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_by_length Friend2008 (talk) 11:07, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

The Yellow River of the present day does not have significant average discharge – these days, it often does not even reach the ocean (see, e.g., [1]). — Myasuda (talk) 13:03, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Fame

The end of the list seems to be about famous rivers that wouldn't make the list otherwise. It would be nice to separate the two lists to make it clear to the reader. It seems that Yukon rivers figures starts to drop really fast (transition is here?). Of course, the relative importance of a river depends on who's telling. I added Rio Sao Francisco, which is bigger than Nile and is also considered to be an important river here in Brazil. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.6.78.228 (talk) 11:59, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Good point, this is not goint to be a list of all rivers. Cut-off is needed, i am setting it. --Jklamo (talk) 14:47, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Several Amazon Tributaries Ignored

As soon as I saw this list, I noticed that some very mighty rivers were missing. A bit of research confirmed that. Here is a list of the largest Brazilian rivers by outflow: 1°) Rio Amazonas (Bacia Amazônica) - 209.000; 2°) Rio Solimões (Bacia Amazônica) - 103.000; 3°) Rio Madeira (Bacia Amazônica) - 31.200; 4°) Rio Negro (Bacia Amazônica) - 28.400; 5°) Rio Japurá (Bacia Amazônica) - 18.620; 6°) Rio Tapajós (Bacia Amazônica) - 13.500; 7°) Rio Purus (Bacia Amazônica), Rio Tocantins (Bacia Tocantins-Araguaia) e Rio Paraná (Bacia do Prata) - 11.000; 10°) Rio Xingu (Bacia Amazônica) - 9.700; 11°) Rio Içá (Bacia Amazônica) - 8.800; 12°) Rio Juruá (Bacia Amazônica) - 8.440; 13°) Rio Araguaia (Bacia Tocantins-Araguaia) - 5.500; 14°) Rio Uruguai (Bacia do Prata) - 4.150; 15°) Rio São Francisco (Bacia do São Francisco) - 2.850; e 16°) Rio Paraguai (Bacia do Prata) - 1.290. Wfgiuliano (talk) 18:20, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Eurasia??

User Captain armenia has merged Europe and Asia into Eurasia with the explanation that most of the rivers in the Europe category were also in Asia. I couldn't find a single river in the table that flows both in Europe and Asia. I strongly believe that Europe and Asia should be kept as separate categories as Eurasia is simply too large for easy processing. Why, should we also merge South and North American continents into a single Americas region? --140.182.230.136 (talk) 21:34, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

I agree and prefere to keep own Europe and Asia categories. --Jklamo (talk) 23:11, 5 October 2011 (UTC)