Is the longest river found?

During the existence of the Earth, the researchers do not reduce the work. After all, life on the planet is constantly changing under the influence of various factors - nature is being updated, and human activity contributes. Therefore, it is not easy to unequivocally answer the question: "What is the longest river in the world?"

For a long time the palm tree belonged to the River Nile. But modern, painstaking research has yielded more objective and unexpected results. It turns out that now Neal is ahead of the Amazon. Brazilian scientists have found a new source of the river Ucayali, this circumstance and allowed to increase the length of the continuous river Amazon canal up 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 sleeves stretch across the lands of Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia. During the rainy season, the river floods its waters with territory equal in size to England. The inhabitants of the Amazon waters are so diverse that the inhabitants of the Atlantic Ocean do not go with them in any comparison.

It is difficult to unequivocally choose one of the Russian rivers, which by right will be called "The longest river in Russia". Indeed, it is not always possible to accurately measure the length of a river channel, since the sources and tributaries of the river located in the territory of neighboring states play their role.

According to statistics, it is the Lena River that should become the record holder and receive the honorary title, as the longest river in Russia. After all, its length from the source itself, 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 river Lena can freeze to the very bottom, and when the hot summer comes to dry. In some places, its depth can reach a mark of 0.5 m. Although at the first portion of life-giving water coming from the tributaries, the river comes to life and becomes fused - ships that hurry along the waterway to the ocean begin to appear below Osetrova.

Americans are proud of the mighty river flow of the Mississippi, which divides the US into two parts, crosses the territory of ten states and carries its waters to the Atlantic. According to data taken from the American encyclopedia, the extent of the Mississippi River System is 6275 km. It originates from the Jefferson River in Montana, flows into the waters of Missouri and ends the way in the Gulf of Mexico. This allows us to assign it the appropriate title: "The longest river in the United States." It occupies the rightful fourth position among the other river systems of the planet.

In the upper Mississippi there are raging waterfalls and steep rapids. Among the waterfalls, St. Anthony stands out, the height of the indomitable fall of its waters is as much as 15 m. There are dams between the cities of St. Louis and Minneapolis, whose work helps to provide the local residents with electricity.

During the spring flood, floods flooding the large territory begin. The basin of the Mississippi River occupies almost half of the American land. The longest river provides the constant work of shipowners.