2006-11-08 10:56:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Actually, they're not EXACTLY the longest rivers on their continents.
Amazon and Nile, yes.
But the longest river in North America is the Mississippi-Missouri system. To track the longest river, you have to start at the mouth of the Mississippi (near New Orleans), travel generally northward to a point north of St. Louis, at which point you turn left and follow the Missouri River to Montana (where various streams join to form the Missouri). So the Mississippi (which begins in Minnesota) is NOT the longest river in North America, but the SOUTHERN HALF of the Mississippi River is PART of the longest river in North America.
2006-11-08 11:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by actuator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nile and Amazon are the longest and second longest rivers in the world, and Mississippi is the fourth longest. (The third is the Yangtze in China).
2006-11-08 11:04:46 · answer #2 · answered by Enrique C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the three longest rivers in the world (when the Mississippi is taken with the Missouri.)
2006-11-08 11:04:41 · answer #3 · answered by mnnydb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-28 16:30:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the longest rivers in the world
2006-11-08 10:59:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are all the biggest rivers in their countries. And I do believe their continents.
2006-11-08 10:57:29 · answer #6 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of them have water??
2006-11-08 11:06:31 · answer #7 · answered by Peter pan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋