2006-07-16 17:46:15 · 11 answers · asked by daeng 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The Amazon is the greatest river in the world by so many measures; the volume of water it carries to the sea (approximately 20% of all the freshwater discharge into the oceans), the area of land that drains into it, and its length and width. It is one of the longest rivers in the world and, depending upon who you talk to, is anywhere between 6,259km/3,903mi and 6,712km/4,195mi long.
For the last century the length of the Amazon and the Nile Rivers have been in a tight battle for title of world's longest river. The exact length of the two rivers varies over time and reputable sources disagree as to their actual length. The Nile River in Africa is reported to be anywhere from at 5,499km/3,437mi to 6,690km/4,180mi long. But there is no question as to which of the two great rivers carries the greater volume of water - the Amazon River.
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2006-07-17 08:06:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We cannot mark a river as 'big' or 'biggest',but we can say 'a large river' or a 'long river'. On the basis of length the Nile is the longest in the world, while the Amazon of South America is the largest river in the world.
The Nile river rises in the Ethiopian Highland near Lake Victoria from a glaciated mountain top and flows northward a distance of 6650km to fall in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Amazon is the world's largest river with its 17,804,526sq km basin area.It occupies 12% of the world's total land area.
2006-07-17 01:44:02 · answer #2 · answered by sweeto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nile river in Egypt
2006-07-17 00:48:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nile river is the largest river in the world stretching for 4,187 miles. It flows from south to north and it is formed by three major tributaries, the white nile, the blue nile and the atbara.
2006-07-17 01:12:00 · answer #4 · answered by paula y 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Nile River
2006-07-17 00:48:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nile river in egypt
2006-07-17 04:39:43 · answer #6 · answered by cloud 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-17 08:45:05 · answer #7 · answered by Bobbie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Nile in Egypt is the biggest one in length and the Amazon in South America has the most water ( the biggest one in volume).
2006-07-17 04:44:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the one laying dormant and unfound in the world out there!
2006-07-17 00:48:22 · answer #9 · answered by Brandon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yukh
2006-07-17 21:51:08 · answer #10 · answered by Breana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋