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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 ...
The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the longest river in the world, [3] [4] though this has been contested by research suggesting that the Amazon River is slightly longer. [5] [6] Of the world's major rivers, the Nile is one of the smallest, as measured by annual flow in cubic metres of water. [7]
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 ...
The Mississippi drainage basin includes the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers, the two longest main-stem rivers in the United States, as well as 18 more of the rivers on this list. The Mississippi main stem is highlighted in dark blue. The longest rivers of the United States include 38 that have main stems of at least 500 miles (800 km) long.
Dri Chu. YangtzeYangziEnglish: ˈjæŋtsiˈjɑːŋtsi simplified Chinese 长江 traditional Chinese 長江 pinyin Cháng Jiānglit. Eurasia third-longest Tanggula Mountains East China Sea 8 fifth-largest primary river by discharge volume in the world drainage basin China country's population 9. history culture economy of China Yangtze Delta ...
This is a list of longest rivers of Asia. Included are all rivers over 1,000 km (620 mi) that are in Asia. ... Irrawaddy River (Ayeyarwady River ...
340~320. North Sea. Paleozoic, dissects the Ardennes during the Hercynian [3] French Broad River. 340~320. Tennessee River. Dissects the Appalachian Mountains, formed by the Alleghenian orogeny, 320–340 ma. The New, Susquehanna, and French Broad are the only significant rivers that fully dissect the Appalachian core; the Hudson River is of ...
Longest rivers in Australia by length (September 2008) Order River name System Length Source km miles 1 Murray River: Murray-Darling: 2,375 1,476 [1] 2 Murrumbidgee River: Murray-Darling: 1,485 923 3 Darling River: Murray-Darling: 1,472 915 4 Lachlan River: Murray-Darling: 1,448 900 5 Warrego River: Murray-Darling: 1,380 857 6 Cooper Creek ...