2007-01-26 00:35:16 · 21 answers · asked by Rajiv D 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The Nile.
2007-01-26 00:42:23 · answer #1 · answered by . 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alas, all that said the Nile are officially correct.
Were it not for a quirk of fate on which fork of the mighty river that travelers first explored, the Mississippi, might have been the longest. But the explorers went right instead of left and the shorter branch bore the name. The longer branch became the Missouri River and together with the Mississippi below their confluence, are longer than the Nile River.
That said, other river systems may be able to boast longer status in a similar manner.
2007-01-26 11:47:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longest river in the world is the Nile but the river with the highest volume of water is the Amazon.
2007-01-26 08:43:21 · answer #3 · answered by Raider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nile River
2007-01-26 08:42:51 · answer #4 · answered by golfinguy79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nile.
The Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile, the latter being the source of most of the Nile's water and fertile soil, but the former being the longer of the two. The Red Nile rises in the Great Lakes region of central Africa, with the most distant source in southern Rwanda 2°16′55.92″S, 29°19′52.32″E, and flows north from there through Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda and southern Sudan, while the Blue Nile starts at Lake Tana in Ethiopia, flowing into Sudan from the southeast. The two rivers meet near the Sudanese capital Khartoum.
2007-01-26 09:38:36 · answer #5 · answered by Mongolian Warrior 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longest river on Earth is the Nile River in Africa, with a length of 6,695 km (4,160 mi) from its headwaters in Burundi to its mouth at the Mediterranean Sea
2007-01-26 08:56:29 · answer #6 · answered by billys.lady 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nile. Then the Amazon, then the Yangtze in China. The Mississippi is about the eighth longest.
2007-01-29 20:19:57 · answer #7 · answered by Kilty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I might just do u a big favour by answering this question! I can't help it I'm so brainy!!!!!!! That is River Nile in Egypt! The second is River Amazin in brazil and the third is mississipi in America. You definetly need to learn more geography. I mean these are basics.
2007-01-26 08:42:05 · answer #8 · answered by glossy div@ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nile
2007-01-26 08:43:26 · answer #9 · answered by reene2g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 4 longest rivers in the world are as follows:
Nile is 4160 miles (6700 km)
Amazon is 4000 miles (6450 km)
Yangtze is 3964 miles (6393 km)
Missouri-Mississippi is 3800 miles (6130km)
2007-01-26 11:59:26 · answer #10 · answered by Dr. D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋