what is the longest and second longest rivers in the world?
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The Nile is the longest and the Amazon is the second longest. The Amazon, however, is also the largest.
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India has the second largest in the world next to Indonisia
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wat r trivers? and u can learn about rivers in history. i have a REALLY good social studies teacher who told me that geo and history and very closely related. we learned bout the st lawerence river in history class!\n\nand bout the yangtze river...\nThe Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and third longest in the world. The headwaters of the Yangtze are situated at an elevation of about 16,000 feet in the Kunlun Mountains in the southwestern section of Qinghai. It flows generally south through Sichuan into Yuanan then northeast and east across central China through Sichuan, Hubei, Auhui, and Juangsu provinces to its mouth, 3,720 miles, in the East China Sea north of Shanghai. The river has over 700 tributaries but the principal tributaries are the Hun, Yalong, Jialing, Min, Tuo Jiang, and Wu Jiang. The climate ranges from 96 degrees in the summer to cold, brisk temperatures in the winter. Precipitation is high due to the height of the mountains.  \nChina covers an area of almost 3.7 million square miles and is the most populous country on earth having more than one billion people. The bordering countries include Mongolia, Kazakhstan, India, Nepal, Burma, Vietnam and Korea. The People's Republic is led by Chinese Communist Party and governed by the State Council. The main language spoken is the Mandarin dialect of Chinese but there are more than 150 languages and dialects spoken throughout the country. Approximately 350 million people inhabit the region of the Yangtze. There is plenty of wildlife along the river as well which include the Tibetan antelopes, Mongolian gazelles, and snow leopards, just to name a few.  \n\nWaters of the Yangtze are often used for rice and wheat irrigation. It also has enormous and inexhaustible hydroelectric resources. In 1995 construction began on the Three Gorges Dam near Yichang and is scheduled for completion in 2009. The dam will measure about 600 feet and about 1.5 miles wide. The dam is expected to help control the flooding of the Yangtze River Valley. The Three Gorges (the Qutang Gorge, the Wuxia Gorge, and Xiling Gorge) will also be the largest electricity generating facility in the world. The hydroelectric generators will provide 1/9 of China's total power output. \n\nThere is a lot of controversy surrounding the construction of the dams. There are 140 villages, 1,600 factories and over 80,000 acres of growable land that will be destroyed. It may also cause animals to become extinct. The area is very prone to earthquakes because it lies directly on a fault line. Actually, the plateau and gorges were created by collision of the Indian-Australian plate, drifting northward, with the Eurasian plate that began over 40 million years ago and continues today. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n      Snaking its way 6,300 kilometres from western China’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the East China Sea, the Yangtze River stretches nine provinces and serves as a drain for 695,000 square miles of land.  It is less in length only to the Amazon and Nile, and spans so many regions that it has acquired half a dozen names.  In the high Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Tibetans title it Dri Chu—Female Yak River.  The Chinese in the area know it as Tongtian He, Travelling-Through-the-Heavens River.  Where it borders Sichuan and runs through Yunnan, it is referred to as Jinsha Jiang, River of Golden Sand.  Often the word Wanli prefixes the common Chang Jiang (Long River), designating it Ten Thousand Li River. Only in the lower reaches does this great flood go by its name common to foreigners: Yangtze. \n\n        For over two centuries the Yangzte has served as a transportation highway and commercial thoroughfare.  Ocean-going vessels can navigate up the river for 1000 km and steamers can travel as far as Yichang, 1600 km from the sea.  A quarter of China’s ocean-going cargo enters the river between Shanghai and the sea.  Shanghai is known as the gateway to the Yangzte, spanning the Huangpu tributary just south of the
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Yangtze-runs through China.\n\nThe Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America. \nThe river originates in a glacier in the Dangla mountains on the eastern part of Tibetan plateau. It then runs through the eastern part of Qinghai, turning southward down a deep valley at the border of Sichuan and Tibet to reach Yunnan. In the course of this valley, the river's elevation drops from above 5000 m to less than 1000 m. It enters the basin of Sichuan at Yibin. While in the Sichuan basin it receives several mighty tributaries, increasing its water volume significantly. The river then cuts through Mount Wushan bordering Chongqing and Hubei to create the famous Three Gorges. Eastward of the Three Gorges, Yichang is the first city on the Yangtze Plain. After entering Hubei, the Yangtze receives more water from thousands of lakes. The largest of the lakes is Dongting Lake, which is located on the border of Hunan and Hubei provinces, and is the outlet for most of the rivers in Hunan. At Wuhan it receives its biggest tributary, the Han River, bringing water from its northern basin as far as Shanxi. At the northern tip of Jiangxi, another lake, Lake Boyang merges into the river. The river then runs through Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, receiving more water from innumerable smaller lakes and rivers, and finally reaches the East China Sea at Shanghai. Actually, four of China's five main freshwater lakes contribute their waters to the Yangtze River. Traditionally, the upstream part of the Yangtze River refers to the section from Yibin to Yichang; the middle part refers to the section from Yichang to Hukou, where Boyang Lake meets the river; the downstream part is from Hukou to Shanghai.
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Most rivers are fresh water.
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The Nile is credited as the longest river in the world. Its main source is Lake Victoria, in east central Africa. From its farthest stream in Burundi, in eastern Africa, it extends 6,695 km (4,160 miles) to Egypt.
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False!\n\nThe Nile is the longest.\n\nThe Nile (Arabic: النيل an-nīl), in Africa, is the longest river on Earth.\n\nSource(s): Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The river Nile, which is 4,160 miles long. After the Nile comes Amazon, which is 4,000 miles long.
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There are over 1,800 rivers in Spain. The longests are:\n\nRiver\n Source\n Outlet\n Length in km\n \nTajo\n Albarracín\n Lisboa\n 1,007 km\n \nEbro\n Pico de los Tres Mares\n Amposta\n 910 km\n \nDuero\n Picos de Urbión\n Oporto\n 895 km\n \nGuadalquivir*\n Lagunas de Ruidera\n Ayamonte\n 657 km\n \nGuadiana\n Sierra de Cazorla\n Sanlúcar de Barrameda\n 578 km\n \nJúcar\n Sierra de Tragacete\n Cullera\n 498 km\n \nGenil (flows into Guadalquivir)\n Pico Veleta\n Palma del Río\n 337 km\n \nSegura\n Sierra Segura\n Guardamar\n 325 km\n \nMiño\n Laguna Fuente Miña\n La Guardia\n 310 km\n \nTuria\n Muela de San Juan\n Valencia\n 280 km
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Lengths of the major rivers\nTake a look at a map of the United States or of any country in the world. Notice how towns and cities tend to be located next to rivers? This is no coincidence. Rivers provide water for the essential needs of both tiny towns and huge cities. There's a good chance that you live near one of our nation's large rivers. Ever wonder what rivers are the longest? Look at the graphic below to see our short list of long rivers.\n\n(It's not so easy to define how long a river is. If a number of tributaries merge to form a larger river, how would you define where the river actually begins? Here, we define river length as the distance to the outflow point from the original headwaters where the name defines the complete length. (Source: Statistical Abstract of the U.S., 1986))\n\nWORLD\n\n Nile: 4,132 miles\n Amazon: 4,000 miles\n Yangtze: 3,915 miles\n\nUNITED STATES\n\n Missouri: 2,540 miles\n Mississippi: 2,340 miles\n Yukon: 1,980 miles\n Rio Grande: 1,900 miles\n St. Lawrence: 1,900 miles\n Arkansas: 1,460 miles\n Colorado: 1,450 miles\n Atchafalaya: 1,420 miles\n Ohio: 1,310 miles\n Red: 1,290 miles\n Brazos: 1,280 miles\n Columbia: 1,240 miles\n Snake: 1,040 miles\n Platte: 990 miles\n Pecos: 926 miles\n Canadian: 906 miles\n Tennessee: 886 miles\n Colorado (of Texas): 862 miles\n North Canadian: 800 miles\n Mobile: 774 miles\n Kansas: 743 miles\n Kuskokwim: 724 miles\n Yellowstone: 692 miles\n Tanana: 659 miles\n Milk: 625 miles\n Quachita: 605 miles\n Hamilton: 600 miles\n Cimarron: 600 miles\n\nThe Yellowstone River is the longest free flowing river in the lower 48 states. Unshackled by dams, the 680-mile river begins its journey in the mountains of northwest Wyoming and extends to meet with the Missouri River in northeastern Montana. Fish, float or simply appreciate this national treasure.\n\nThe Yellowstone River, the longest free-flowing river in The United States, is a world-class blue ribbon trout stream, teaming with trophy-size Cutthroats, Browns and Rainbows. It flows North through Paradise Valley from its source, Yellowstone Lake, in famed Yellowstone National Park
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Nile, Amazon and Yangtze in that order.
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I am dubious about the answer 32. The Blue Nile and the White Nile run through 9 countries.  They are Uganda, Sudan and Egypt for the White Nile. Ethiopia, Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi either have tributaries of the Blue Nile or are traversed by the Blue Nile. \n\nI think that therefore 9 is a more correct answer, since I do not see any of these countries sharing any of those valuable resourse with their neighbors.
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RIVERS THAT FLOW NORTH \n"To many Americans . . . , north is the wrong way for a river to flow,  which leads to geographic confusion." \n-- Angus Phillips, "Simple Gifts of the Shenandoah", National Geographic, December 1996\n\n"The important thing to remember is that to a river, or more precisely to the drops of water that make up the river, "down" has nothing to do with compass points -- with latitude or longitude -- only with altitude."\n\n2Surprisingly, four of the world's ten longest rivers flow generally in a northern direction. The Nile in Africa, the Ob-Irtysh and the Lena in Eurasia and the Mackenzie-Peace in North America."\n\nLots more information at the site below
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Three Gorges Dam in China is the Biggest Dam in the world.\n\nSee the link below, u will understand why??
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Nile\nLength 6,695 km (4,160 mi) \nclick here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile
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The Amazon river ends in northeastern Brazil, near the city of Belem, where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean.\n\nWhere a river begins is subject to intepretation.  Some consider it to be the farthest point up river, some the highest, and some as the path of greatest flow.  \n\nSo, there are a number of candidates in the Peruvian Andes that might be considered to be the beginning of the Amazon.
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http://www.thewaterpage.com/yangtze.htm\nhttp://cgee.hamline.edu/rivers/Resources/river_profiles/Yangtze.html\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze_River