During the Earth’s existence, researchers have not reduced their work. After all, life on the planet is constantly changing under the influence of various factors - nature is being updated, and human activities are contributing. Therefore, it is not easy to unequivocally answer the question: “What is the longest river in the world?”
For a long time, the palm belonged to the Nile River. But modern painstaking research has yielded more objective and unexpected results. It turns out that now Neil is ahead of the Amazon. Brazilian scientists have found a new source for the Ucayali River, this circumstance and allowed to increase the length of the continuous Amazon river channel to 7000 km. Therefore, the Amazon is recognized as the longest river.
Most of the South American river flows on the territory of Brazil, and the rest of its branches extend on the lands of Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia. During the rainy season, the river floods with its waters an area the size of England. The inhabitants of the Amazon are so diverse that the inhabitants of the Atlantic Ocean can not be compared with them.
It is difficult to unequivocally choose one of the Russian rivers, which will rightfully be called the “Longest River in Russia”. After all, it is not always possible to accurately measure the length of the river channel, since the sources and tributaries of the river located on the territory of neighboring states play their role.
According to statistics, it is the Lena River that should become the champion and receive the honorary title as the longest river in Russia. After all, its length from the source, located near the ridge of the deep-water lake Baikal, to the mouth, which flows into the Laptev Sea, is 4400 km.
In winter, the Lena River can freeze to the bottom, and when the hot summer begins, it dries up. In some places, its depth can reach the level of 0.5 m. Although the river comes to life and becomes flooded with the first portion of the life-giving moisture coming from the tributaries, ships rushing along the water route to the ocean begin to appear below Osetrov.
The Americans are proud of the mighty Mississippi River Stream, which divides the United States into two parts, crosses the territory of ten states and carries its waters to the Atlantic. According to data from the American Encyclopedia, the length of the Mississippi River System is 6, 275 km. It originates from the Jefferson River in Montana, flows into the waters of Missouri and ends the path in the Gulf of Mexico. This allows you to assign her the appropriate title: "The longest river in the United States." She occupies a legitimate fourth position among other river systems of the planet.
In the upper Mississippi there are raging waterfalls and steep rapids. St. Antoni stands out among the waterfalls, the height of the irrepressible fall of its waters is as much as 15 m. Between the cities of St. Louis and Minneapolis there are dams, whose work helps to provide local residents with electricity.
During the spring flood, floods begin to flood a large area. The Mississippi River Basin occupies nearly half of American land. The longest river provides permanent work for shipowners.
