it is mississippi or some one else
2006-07-11 02:27:59 · 39 answers · asked by pundit 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Longest River
"The Nile is credited as the longest river in the world. Its main source is Lake Victoria, in east central Africa. From its farthest stream in Burundi, in eastern Africa, it extends 6,695 km (4,160 miles) in length." [from website below]
2006-07-11 02:30:23 · answer #1 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
·Either the Nile or the Amazon may be considered the longest river on Earth. The Amazon becomes the longest if it is measured by the long way around the south of the Isla de Marajó. Some believe a fair statement is that the Nile is the longest in the world, while the Amazon is the strongest.
The Nile is 6,690km long (4,157 miles). Its drainage area is 2,870,000km squared, and the average discharge is 5,100m cubed per second. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea and runs through Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Amazon is 6,387km long (6,762 the long way!). It drains 6,915,000sq. km. Its average discharge is 219,000cubed metres per second. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean and runs through Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela.
So it depends upon what you are measuring (and how, when talking about the Amazon!)
2006-07-11 03:25:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In America? The Mississippi is the widest river, the missouri is the longest. The Nile is the longest river in the world
2006-07-11 02:29:35 · answer #3 · answered by jayhawk1124 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nile River in Egypt
2006-07-11 02:36:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean in USA? or in the whole world?
In USA i think it's Missouri,Mississippi i am not sure which one is the longest...but none is longer than Missourri and Mississippi in USA
The Nile is the world's longest river, It has two sources, one at Lake Victoria, in Uganda (the White Nile) and one at Lake Tana, in Ethiopia (the Blue Nile)
2006-07-11 02:39:22 · answer #5 · answered by LordCEO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nile river
the mississippi river isn't even on the top 2
its usually debated between the amazon and the nile
2006-07-11 02:31:36 · answer #6 · answered by Eng 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mississippi river
2006-07-11 02:30:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Missouri is the longest river in the US, the longest river in the world is the Nile, over 4,000 miles long.
2006-07-11 02:30:30 · answer #8 · answered by Jill S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Nile River
2006-07-11 02:31:32 · answer #9 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nile River that stretches throughout Africa and starts in Lake Victoria.
2006-07-11 02:30:05 · answer #10 · answered by derbreezy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋