🗺️ Drainage Basins of the World

These are notable drainage basins — the land areas where all the rain and meltwater drains to a single river, lake or sea, bounded by a ridge of high ground, from the vast Amazon and Congo basins and the Mississippi’s interior sea of water to the closed catchments of the Great Basin and the terminal lakes of the desert, each defining a whole living region. Each profile shows where the basin lies, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

59 drainage basins from 25 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any drainage basin for its full profile.

Africa (3) Americas (35) Asia (6) Europe (8) Oceania (4)

Africa (3 drainage basins)

Americas (35 drainage basins)

Asia (6 drainage basins)

Europe (8 drainage basins)

Oceania (4 drainage basins)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.