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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 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] [23] [n 4]
A probable location for Brower's Spring in Montana. Brower's Spring is a spring in the Centennial Mountains of Beaverhead County, Montana that was identified by surveyor Jacob V. Brower in 1888 as the ultimate headwaters of the Missouri River and thus of the fourth-longest river system in the world, the 3,902-mile-long (6,280 km) Mississippi–Missouri River.
River Ganges has not been added to the list of longest rivers, with 2525 km length it stands 20 the inthe list of longest rivers in the world. Syam4691 07:49, 4 February 2019 (UTC) Ganges is already in the list. Kmusser 15:36, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
The headwater of a river or stream is the point on each of its tributaries upstream from its mouth or estuary into a lake, sea, or confluence with another river. Each headwater is considered one of the river's sources, as it is the place where surface runoffs from rainwater , meltwater , or spring water begin accumulating into a more ...
Total length of waterways per country in kilometers. This is a list of waterways, defined as navigable rivers, canals, estuaries, lakes, or firths.In practice, and depending on the language, the term "waterway" covers maritime or inland transport routes, as suggested by "way".
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.
List of drainage basins by area (including rivers, lakes, and endorheic basins) List of largest unfragmented rivers; List of longest undammed rivers; List of river name etymologies; List of rivers by age; List of rivers by discharge; List of rivers by length; List of rivers of Central America and the Caribbean; List of rivers of the Americas