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The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile. [3] [21] [n 4]
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 ...
It can be thought of as a list of the biggest rivers on Earth, measured by a specific metric. For context, the volume of an Olympic-size swimming pool is 2,500 m 3 (88,000 cu ft). The average flow rate at the mouth of the Amazon is sufficient to fill more than 83 such pools each second.
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This river may predate the break-up of western Gondwana as an extension of a proto-Congo river system, 200 Mya during the Jurassic. Ohio: 3~2.5 Mississippi River: Formed when the Laurentide Ice Sheet dammed the north flowing Teays River during the Pre-Illinoian glaciation. The drainage area of the Teays could no longer drain to the north, and ...
It’s a small world after all.” Gene Duncan, photographer/The Walt Disney Company The It's a Small World ride at Disney World in Orlando. The song can be heard on the ride starting July 17 (the ...
The Arnold River, Moana, New Zealand. This is a comprehensive list of rivers, organized primarily by continent and country. ... List of largest unfragmented rivers;
The fifth-largest primary river by discharge volume in the world. [89] In September 2012, the Yangtze river near Chongqing turned red from pollution. [90] Industrial pollution, plastic pollution, agricultural runoff, siltation, untreated industrial and municipal sewage, and discharge of waste from pig farms. [91] [92] [93]