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1 Longest rivers. 2 References. ... Major rivers of Romania Hydrographical map of Romania. The length and drainage area represent only the part of the river within ...
The border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.
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 river is known to be first mentioned by Herodotus in 485 BC bearing the name Maris (Μάρις). [5] Strabo calls it Marisos (Μάρισος). [ 6 ] It was known in Latin as the Marisus ; the Mureș is also mentioned, as Morisis (Μορήσης), in a document of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII , in 948 AD.
Europe: North America: Oceania: South America: ... Longest undammed river in the contiguous United States. Maya River: 1,053 km (654 mi) 171,000 km 2 (66,000 sq mi)
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 ...
Map of most important tributaries of the Danube. This is a list of tributaries of the Danube by order of entrance.. The Danube is Europe's second-longest river.It starts in the Black Forest in Germany as two smaller rivers—the Brigach and the Breg—which join at Donaueschingen, and it is from here that it is known as the Danube, flowing generally eastwards for a distance of some 2,850 km ...
The Argeș (Romanian pronunciation: ⓘ) is a river in Southern Romania, a left tributary of the Danube. [1] [2] It is 350 km (220 mi) long, and its basin area is 12,550 km 2 (4,850 sq mi). [2] [3] Its source is in the Făgăraș Mountains, in the Southern Carpathians and it flows into the Danube at Oltenița.