The Niger is the third-longest river in Africa.

"Blocking the Yangtze is a great moment in the modernization of our country," Mr. Jiang proclaimed, noting that China's emperors could only dream of taming the Yangtze, the third-longest river in the world.

The Murray flows from the Great Dividing Range in northeastern Victoria to Encounter Bay in SA, more than 2700km away, making it the third-longest navigable river in the world.

The third-longest river in Africa behind the Nile and the Congo.

The Koito is the third-longest river in Chiba Prefecture, and under the Rivers Act of 1906 the Koito is designated as a Class 2 River.

A cruise down the Yangtze, the world's third-longest river, is one of the most memorable water-borne journeys on earth.

Vengara is spread on the banks of Kadalundi River, the third-longest river in Malabar after Bharathappuzha and Chaliyar.

The Niger is the third-longest river in Africa, exceeded only by the Nile and the Congo River (also known as the Zaïre River).

Yet sections are so rugged that the world's third-longest river (after the Nile and the Amazon) was not navigated from source to mouth until 1986.

With a length of 290 km, the Whanganui is the country's third-longest river.