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  2. Yangtze - Wikipedia

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    Yangtze or Yangzi (English: / ˈ j æ ŋ t s i / or / ˈ j ɑː ŋ t s i / simplified Chinese: 长江; traditional Chinese: 長江; pinyin: Cháng Jiāng; lit. 'long river') is the longest river in Eurasia and the third-longest in the world.

  3. List of river systems by length - Wikipedia

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    In particular, there seems to exist disagreement as to whether the Nile [3] or the Amazon [4] is the world's longest river. The Nile has traditionally been considered longer, but in 2007 and 2008 some scientists claimed that the Amazon is longer [5] [6] [7] by measuring the river plus the adjacent Pará estuary and the longest connecting tidal ...

  4. List of longest undammed rivers - Wikipedia

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    Second-longest and largest river in the world, undammed as well as unbridged, does not form a delta while joining the sea due to adequate thrust of river water to overcome the sea water wave and tidal thrusts. 1 Lena River: 4,472 km (2,779 mi) 2,500,000 km 2 (970,000 sq mi) 17,000 m 3 /s (600,000 cu ft/s) Arctic Ocean: Longest undammed river in ...

  5. What’s the world’s longest river? New expedition aims to ...

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    The Nile in Africa is officially recognized as the world’s longest river, but now a new expedition is heading to South America with the aim of exploring a tributary of the Amazon which may lead ...

  6. List of most-polluted rivers - Wikipedia

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    Second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest river system on Earth. Birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization. [96] 4.29 billion tons of waste and sewage discharged in 2007 alone, mainly from urban factories and manufacturing facilities. [97] One-third of the river's course rendered unusable even for agricultural or industrial use. [98 ...

  7. Douro - Wikipedia

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    It is the third-longest river in the Iberian Peninsula after the Tagus and Ebro. Its total length is 897 kilometres (557 mi), [12] of which only sections of the Portuguese section, being below a fall/rapids line, are naturally navigable, by modest rivercraft. [13] The Douro River basin encompasses an area of approximately 97,290 square ...

  8. ‘A new chapter of a very old story’: Documentary shows Bad ...

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    A new documentary chronicles a Wisconsin’s tribe's ongoing fight to protect Lake Superior for future generations. “Bad River” shows the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s long ...

  9. Tianxia Changhe - Wikipedia

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    'The Longest River in the World') is a 2022 Chinese historical television series written and directed by Zhang Ting, and starring Luo Jin, Yin Fang and Huang Zhizhong. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The series tells the story of Chen Huang [ zh ] and Jin Fu governing the Yellow River during the Kangxi period of Qing dynasty (1644–1912).