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The Amazon is recognised as the world's largest river by volume, but has generally been regarded as second in length to the River Nile. The claim follows an expedition to Peru that is said to have ...

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What is the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? It’s a question that has fuelled debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good.

What's the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled a heated debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good.

The Amazon, the pulsing aorta of the world's biggest rainforest, has long been recognized as the largest river in the world by volume, discharging more than the Nile, the Yangtze and the ...

The Post reported that in 1846, according to the atlas “Maps of Useful Knowledge,” the Amazon was the world’s longest river, at 5,150km; the Nile came in at 4,426km.

They managed to trace the river all the way back to a snow-capped mountain in southern Peru and claimed that the Amazon measured 6,800km in length, making it longer than the Nile. "Today, we can ...

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