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World Drainage Basin High Points over 5000 m high

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RankDrainage BasinArea-SqMiPeak Elev-Ft CountryRange (Level 3)
24.Aconcagua2,820Cerro Juncal19,521Argentina/ChileCentral Argentina-Chile Andes
11.Amazon2,342,529Yerupajá21,709PeruPeruvian Andes
5.Aral Sea498,027Pik Ismail Samani24,590TajikistanPamir
8.Atacama Salars17,198Ojos del Salado22,615Argentina/ChilePuna de Atacama
34.Balsas43,706Volcán Popocatépetl17,717MexicoCordillera Neovolcanica
32.Bering Glacier2,505Mount Saint Elias18,008Canada/United StatesSaint Elias Mountains
31.Caspian Sea1,275,775Elbrus18,510RussiaCentral Caucasus
6.Colorado [Arg]156,123Aconcagua22,841ArgentinaCentral Argentina-Chile Andes
21.Copiapo7,221Cerro Azufre19,856ChilePuna de Atacama
22.Copper24,695Mount Logan19,541CanadaSaint Elias Mountains
26.East Africa Minor Lake Basins80,183Kilimanjaro19,341TanzaniaNortheast Tanzania
17.Elqui3,646Cerro los Olivares20,394Argentina/ChileCentral Argentina-Chile Andes
26.Galana16,502Kilimanjaro19,341TanzaniaNortheast Tanzania
1.Ganges635,381Mount Everest29,029China/NepalCentral Nepal Himalaya
16.Huang He322,527Amnye Maqen20,610ChinaWest Sichuan Ranges
20.Huasco3,850Cerro del Toro20,236Argentina/ChileCentral Argentina-Chile Andes
30.Huaura1,990Santa Rosa18,720PeruPeruvian Andes
25.Hubbard Glacier1,479Mount Logan-East Peak19,350CanadaSaint Elias Mountains
2.Indus388,658K228,261China/PakistanKarakoram
35.Jubba310,577Mount Kenya17,057KenyaEast Central Kenya
14.Lake Balqash185,971Mramornaya Stepa20,997China/KazakhstanCentral Tien Shan
29.Magdalena101,294Pico Cristóbal Colón18,950ColombiaNorth Colombia Coast
13.Maipo5,866Cerro Tupungato21,539Argentina/ChileCentral Argentina-Chile Andes
22.Malaspina Glacier2,181Mount Logan19,541CanadaSaint Elias Mountains
10.Mekong310,342Kawagebo22,113ChinaParallel Gorges Area
37.Nile1,204,682Mount Stanley16,762Congo DRC/UgandaEast Rift Valley Ranges
33.Orinoco378,244Ritacuba Blanco17,749ColombiaColombian Andes
26.Pangani14,910Kilimanjaro19,341TanzaniaNortheast Tanzania
15.Parana1,028,759Nevado de Cachi20,932ArgentinaPuna de Atacama
11.Pativilca1,798Yerupajá21,709PeruPeruvian Andes
7.Salween104,721Sepu Kangri22,822ChinaNyainqêntanglha Shan
9.Santa4,551Nevado Huascarán22,133PeruPeruvian Andes
18.Susitna20,621Mount McKinley20,320United StatesAlaska Range
35.Tana36,191Mount Kenya17,057KenyaEast Central Kenya
2.Tarim He377,277K228,261China/PakistanKarakoram
4.Yangtze673,824Gongga Shan24,790ChinaWest Sichuan Ranges
18.Yukon329,016Mount McKinley20,320United StatesAlaska Range

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List Description

This list is a work in progess and it is not complete. The goal is to list every primary basin (defined as a basin of a river that flows into the sea, plus logically-defined internal basins) that has a high point over 5000 meters. But there are many very small coastal rivers that drain high summits that I have not yet researched. The river that drains Orizaba in Mexico is perhaps the most glaring omission, but there are others in Chile and perhaps Asia where I have overlooked a basin.

Still, the list shows many of the high peaks of the world that are also primary drainage basin high points.

 


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