stumper - longest river

[Joyce Conklin <jconkli@SMCOE.K12.CA.US>]

Earle is right, in that it depends where you start measuring, but
About.com (quoting Britannica online) says that the Nile, at 4241 mi.
(6825 km) "barely beats out" the Amazon at 6437 km (4231.5 mi), but that
the Amazon "wins hands down as the largest river system, both in area
covered and in volume of water.



Joyce Conklin      jconkli@smcoe.k12.ca.us
San Mateo Union HS Dist. (librarian, ret.)
San Mateo, CA
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