Nile River
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(CC [1]) Photo: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC (Visible Earth)
This aerial photograph shows the Nile flowing through Egypt. About 6,695km in length, it extends further south through other countries.
This aerial photograph shows the Nile flowing through Egypt. About 6,695km in length, it extends further south through other countries.
The Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world at about 6,695km from its source in the south to the Mediterranean Sea in the north.[1] There has historically been debate about which is the longest river in the world: the Nile, or the Amazon in South America. Throughout the 20th century the Nile was considered longer. Though Brazilian scientists renewed the Amazon's claims in 2007, Glenn Switkes of the International Rivers Network remarked that the matter was "trivial".[2]
(CC [2]) Photo: "lowjumpingfrog"
Beyond the reach of the Nile, Egypt gives way to dry, infertile desert.
Beyond the reach of the Nile, Egypt gives way to dry, infertile desert.
- ↑ Longest River, Guinness World Records. Accessed 27 December 2012.
- ↑ Roach, John (18 June 2007). "Amazon Longer Than Nile River, Scientists Say", National Geographic News. Accessed 27 December 2012.