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The White Nile Expedition, led by South African national Hendrik Coetzee, navigated the White Nile's entire length of approximately 3,700 kilometres (2,300 mi). The expedition began at the White Nile's beginning at Lake Victoria in Uganda, on 17 January 2004 and arrived at the Mediterranean in Rosetta, four and a half months later. [89]
The second longest river in North America and the United States is the Mississippi River (2,320 mi (3,730 km)). The Rio Conchos (350 mi (560 km)) is the longest river in Mexico. The longest river in Canada is the Mackenzie River (1,080 mi (1,740 km)). Some of the longest or otherwise notable rivers include the rivers listed in the table below.
While debate as to whether the Amazon or the Nile is the world's longest river has gone on for many years, the historic consensus of geographic authorities has been to regard the Amazon as the second longest river in the world, with the Nile being the longest. However, the Amazon has been reported as being anywhere between 6,275 km (3,899 mi ...
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 ...
Three—the Milk River, the Red River of the North, and the Saint Lawrence River—begin in the United States and flow into Canada; two do the opposite (Yukon and Columbia). Also a segment of the Saint Lawrence River forms the international border between part of the province of Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. state of New York.
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 ...
Missouri River: Longest undammed river in the contiguous United States. Maya River: 1,053 km (654 mi) 171,000 km 2 (66,000 sq mi) 1,180 m 3 /s (42,000 cu ft/s) Aldan River: Fly River: 1,050 km (650 mi) 76,000 km 2 (29,000 sq mi) 6,500 m 3 /s (230,000 cu ft/s) Gulf of Papua: Largest completely undammed river system in the world White River
The five largest river basins (by area), from largest to smallest, are those of the Amazon (7 million km 2), the Congo (4 million km 2), the Nile (3.4 million km 2), the Mississippi (3.22 million km 2), and the Río de la Plata (3.17 million km 2). The three rivers that drain the most water, from most to least, are the Amazon, Ganges, and Congo ...