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This is a list of rivers in Africa. See below each river's article for its tributaries, drainage areas, etc. Southern Africa. Cuanza - Angola;
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 ...
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]
The Congo River, [a] formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third-largest river in the world by discharge volume, following the Amazon and Ganges rivers. It is the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths of around 220 m (720 ft). [10]
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
Toggle Rivers of Africa subsection. 2.1 Rivers of Eastern Africa. ... List of longest rivers in the United States by state; List of rivers of the Great Basin;
A map showing South Africa's cities, main towns, selected villages, rivers, and its highest peak. This is a list of rivers in South Africa. It is quite common to find the Afrikaans word -rivier as part of the name. Another common suffix is "-kamma", from the Khoisan term for "river" [1] (often tautologically the English term "river" is added to ...
The Orange River (from Afrikaans/Dutch: Oranjerivier) is a river in Southern Africa.It is the longest river in South Africa.With a total length of 2,432 km (1,511 mi), the Orange River Basin extends from Lesotho into South Africa and Namibia to the north.