Which is longer... the Amazon or the Nile?
The researchers set out on a journey to explore the two rivers to determine the question
A group of researchers is about to embark on a journey along the Amazon River, to measure and map its entire course, to see if it is indeed longer than the Nile.
The British Middle East Eye website said that in the next seven months, researchers will work to map the Amazon River from its source in the Peruvian Andes to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean. If the expedition is successful, the explorers will go on to visit the Nile, which they believe has been misjudged.
The Washington Post said that there is a dispute between the Nile and the Amazon about the identity of the longest river, because according to the US Geological Survey and the British Encyclopedia, the difference in length between them is only 212 kilometers. Some researchers argue that it may be necessary to review the two rivers, since the difference in their length is small. Another word for the source and mouth of the two rivers.
As the American paper puts it: "Any change in volume, any change in river direction—whether natural or not—can make the difference in long written and structural changes."
The newspaper stated that the Atlas of Useful Knowledge Maps, which was published in 1846, considered the Amazon River to be the longest river in the world, with a length of 5150 km, while the length of the Nile River is 4426 km.
Nile vs. Amazon
The Nile River is located in northeastern Africa, and has long been considered the longest river in the world, with a length of 6,695 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey and the Encyclopedia Britannica. The name of the river is associated with Egypt more than others, but it passes through 11 countries, including: Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea, South Sudan and Sudan.
The river is a source of water, as well as an important route for travel and trade.
Egyptian authorities have removed all boats from the Nile in Cairo by 2022. Some of the residents of these homes have been living there for decades, tending their gardens and watching their children and grandchildren grow up on the banks of the river. The boats, 32 in number, were installed in a small line extending from the banks of the Nile, about a kilometer long, to the Imbaba Bridge. While the Amazon River is located in the northern part of South America and runs from west to east. The river originates in the Andes Mountains in Peru and reaches Ecuador, then Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Brazil before entering the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon is the world's largest river by elevation, providing an average of 209,000 cubic meters of water per minute, more than the next seven rivers combined.
