Longest rivers on earth 13 Articles

by C. Unterkoffler

THE EARTH'S THREE LONGEST RIVERS The longest rivers on Earth are not only enduring and silent witnesses to all of the 10,000 years of human civilization, but also survivors of the many millions of years of our planet's ...read more

by Kenneth Black

Romance, myths, conquests, commerce - the world's longest rivers all of have something in common; they capture our imaginations. Indeed, rivers are a lifeline for much of the world's population. The major rivers especially...read more

by Sandra Petersen

Most research sources agree upon the three longest rivers in the world. They disagree upon the official lengths of these rivers and which rivers would fall into what ranking after the top three rivers are named. The disput...read more

by Craig Smith

Below, I will describe the two longest rivers on Earth which are home to many different cultures and animals alike. 1) The Nile is the longest river at 4,135 miles long. 2) The Amazon comes in second at 3,980 miles lon...read more

by Julie Romich

River length is not as easy to calculate as one might expect. It involves calculating the precise distance between the beginning of a river, also known as the river's source, and the end of a river, or its mouth. However...read more

by Janet Farricelli -Cuisine and Food Steward-

Determining the longest rivers of the world can prove challenging as the primary river's sources needs to be identified and their many tributaries need to be considered. Many times, river sources are simply temporary sea...read more

by Monique Nelson

Longest Rivers on Earth The 5 longest rivers on Earth are the Nile, the Amazon, the Yangtze, the Missouri and the Yenisei Rivers, respectively. Of the most famous, Africa's Nile River is also the longest, totaling an...read more

by EMSalem

The White Nile and the Blue Nile, separate tributaries emerge farther on to form the Nile. The longest river on earth. This is the river that history teachers have been telling us about since the beginning of history books...read more

by Debby Dyess

My first exposure to rivers was the movie The African Queen (1951) when I was a child. Intrigued by the adventure and beauty of the unnamed East African waterway, I dove into The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as soon as I was o...read more

by Trenna Sue Hiler

Oh the stories a river could tell. Some were here to see the ice ages and perhaps even had dinosaurs tromp through. We have always had a fascination with running water. Children seem to be naturally drawn to it. So whic...read more

by Rex Trulove

It wasn't all that long ago when there was a lot of contention over which river was really the longest. To a point, there still is. Most people have accepted that the two longest rivers in the world are the Nile and the Am...read more

by Shannon Pilot

The Nile River is the largest river in the world. It spans through nine countries and it is 4,132 miles or 6,695 kilometers long. Most rivers flow North to South, but the Nile flows South to North. This is because the Nile...read more

by AKA

Just above the border between Egypt and Sudan (Africa)lies the world's longest river on the earth, the Nile river. The Nile river is abpit 6,690 kilometers (river length) or 4,160 miles. Egypt has always been dependent of ...read more