b4 the NILE river was found, what was the world's longest river??
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2007-03-21 11:46:30 · 10 answers · asked by RP 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Wikipedia claims the nil is the second longerst river after the Amazon River, so i would say the Amazon River was the longerst bevore the nil was discoverd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_River
2007-03-21 11:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The longest river is either the Nile or the Amazon depending on your method of including tributaries, etc. Wikipedia has the Nile first by just over 300 km.
Regardless of when any river was discovered, the longest river is still the longest river!
2007-03-21 13:53:06 · answer #2 · answered by John E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discovered by whom?
For South American Indians Amazon river was always the biggest one! For German tribes it could be Rain River, for Assirians it was Eufrat, for Chineese... be more precise.
By the way, Danube is not flowing even close to Russia. It begins in Germany and flows through several countries to the Bulgaria where it ends in the Black Sea
2007-03-21 13:45:16 · answer #3 · answered by meow_bi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nile.
momus2k7 you must read things more carefully. The amazon is greatest by volume, the nile is the longest. Read your wikipedia link again.
2007-03-22 03:42:39 · answer #4 · answered by kwambonambi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but's probably the Danube River which is 1770 miles long. It's located in Russia. It can't be Mississippi or The Amazon because the Americas were discovered after Africa was.
2007-03-21 12:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by Lodo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the nile river was still the biggest river just because it wasnt discovered
2007-03-21 11:50:28 · answer #6 · answered by devin s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Nile was always longest. Just because no one had discovered it yet didn't mean it wasn't there!
2007-03-21 12:20:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Nile.
It didnt disappear...
2007-03-21 11:50:22 · answer #8 · answered by shantia_schwack 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the mississippi?
2007-03-21 11:53:58 · answer #9 · answered by i wanna 2 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I dont know.
2007-03-21 11:54:39 · answer #10 · answered by Mary 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋