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23 Νοε 2024 · Amazon River, the greatest river of South America and the largest drainage system in the world in terms of the volume of its flow and the area of its basin. The total length of the river is at least 4,000 miles (6,400 km), which makes it slightly shorter than the Nile River.
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For most of the last century, the Nile has been considered the world’s longest river, at 4,132 miles (6,650 km) compared to the Amazon’s 3,976 miles (6,400 km). But the matter has now been complicated by a series of expeditions to an extinct Andean volcano called Nevado Mismi near Arequipa in southern Peru.
In July 2008, the Brazilian Institute for Space Research (INPE) published a news article on their webpage, claiming that the Amazon River was 140 km (87 mi) longer than the Nile. The Amazon's length was calculated as 6,992 km (4,345 mi), taking the Apacheta Creek as its source.
18 Ιουν 2007 · The Brazilian scientists' 14-day expedition extended the Amazon's length by about 176 miles (284 kilometers), making it 65 miles (105 kilometers) longer than the Nile.
27 Ιουν 2023 · The Encyclopedia Britannica gives the length of the Nile as 6,650 kilometers (4,132 miles), to 6,400 kilometers (3,977 miles) for the Amazon, measuring the latter from the headwaters of the...
Most scientists believe the South American river is at least 4,000 miles (6,400 km) long—still shorter than the Nile, which is widely held to be the world’s longest river at about 4,132 miles (6,650 km). Others, however, have asserted that the Amazon is actually much longer.
22 Ιουν 2007 · Guido Gelli, director of science at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, argues that there is no question the Amazon is longer, based on a 2000 expedition that identified the...
