Which river is the longest in the world?

The Nile is the longest river in the world. It originates in Burundi, Africa, and flows into the vast Lake Victoria on the East African plateau, passing through Uganda, Sudan and Egypt before flowing into the Mediterranean. The total length is 6,671 kilometers, and from the mouth of Lake Victoria, it is 5,588 kilometers.

The Nile is only 20,000 or 30,000 years old, so it is still a particularly young river. Its basin area ranks fourth in the world, while its flow only ranks 35th, which is one-third of China's Yangtze River.

The natural characteristics of the Nile River vary greatly from upstream to downstream. Its upstream section rushes on the tropical plateau, with turbulent water flow and abundant water, with the characteristics of a mountain river; The middle reaches of the river slowly detour through the vast plains of Sudan, where the Nile diverges and flows heavily due to the dense swamps and clusters of aquatic plants, and the water is lost greatly under strong evaporation. Beneath the capital of the Sudan, Khartoum, the Nile takes in its largest tributary, the Blue Nile, and then flows mightily for more than 3,000 kilometres in the vast yellow sands of the Sahara Desert, rushing down six waterfalls along the way and finally alluvial into a huge delta covering an area of 240,000 square kilometres. It is precisely because of the precious water provided by the Nile River that the ancient Egyptian working people created the oldest civilization of mankind in the desert, and now Egypt and Sudan have built many water conservancy projects on the Nile River to make use of it.

China's rivers are numerous, with long origins, large numbers and long flows, which are one of the outstanding characteristics of China's rivers. There are more than 50,000 rivers with a basin area of more than 100 square kilometers in the country. Do you know which is the longest river in the world?

The longest river in the world is the Nile. The Nile is 6,670 miles long and is the longest river in the world. In 2007, some scholars from Brazil claimed that the Amazon River was longer, but it has not yet been universally accepted by the global geography community.

The Nile has two main tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue Nile. The Blue Nile, which originates in the Ethiopian highlands, is the most water and nutrient source of the lower Nile, but the White Nile is the longest of the two tributaries.

The Nile is a river that flows through eastern and northern Africa and flows into the Mediterranean Sea from south to north. Along with the Congo River in Central Africa and the Niger River in West Africa, it is one of the three largest river systems in Africa. It is divided into 7 regions:

East African Lakes plateau, mountain river region, White Nile region, Blue Nile region, Atbara River region, Nile region north of Khartoum and Nile Delta.

The Nile River is characterized by regular flooding, usually starting in May in northern Sudan, reaching its highest level in August, and gradually declining thereafter, with low levels from January to May. Although flooding occurs regularly, the amount of water and the timing of high tides vary greatly. The floodwaters of the Nile's main stream reached Khartoum (the capital of Sudan) in June, reaching its peak in September.

Cairo experienced its heaviest flood peak in October.