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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]
Two of the top ten rivers by discharge are tributaries of the Amazon river. The Amazon represents 20% of the global riverine discharge into oceans. [ 28 ] The Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with an area of approximately 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi). [ 3 ]
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
This river may predate the break-up of western Gondwana as an extension of a proto-Congo river system, 200 Mya during the Jurassic. Ohio: 3~2.5 Mississippi River: Formed when the Laurentide Ice Sheet dammed the north flowing Teays River during the Pre-Illinoian glaciation. The drainage area of the Teays could no longer drain to the north, and ...
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 Greek author Herodotus recorded two more ancient Iranic names of the Volga: Oaros (Ancient Greek: Οαρος, romanized: Oaros; Latin: Oarus), which was derived from Scythian *Varu, meaning "broad". [20] The Huns' name of the Dnieper river, Var, was also derived from Scythian *Varu. [20] Araxes (Ancient Greek: Ancient Greek: Αραξης ...
The name Blue River began to be applied in the 18th century, [22] apparently owing to a former name of the Dam Chu [28] or Min [30] and to analogy with the Yellow River, [31] [32] but it was frequently explained in early English references as a 'translation' of Jiang, [33] [34] Jiangkou, [24] or Yangzijiang. [35]