Top 10 Major Rivers Of The World: Interesting Facts
What after Nile, Amazon? Read more to know about interesting facts about 10 major rivers of the world.
Nisha Yadav
The length of a river is not easy to calculate. It depends on the identification of the source, mouth, and the precise measurement of the river length between source and mouth.
The river provided a crucial role in the development of the Egyptian civilization.
1. Nile River
Between 65 and 145 million years ago, the Amazon River flowed towards the Pacific Ocean, in the OPPOSITE direction it flows today.
2. Amazon River
The Yangtze is fed by approximately 700 tributaries, including eight principal rivers.
3. Yangtze River
It Takes 3 Months for Water to Travel the Entire River.
4. Mississippi - Missouri River
In the water basin of the Yenisei are about one hundred thousand lakes.
5. Yenisei River
CHINA'S SORROW- The Muddiest Major River on Earth.
6. Yellow River
In autumn and summer, at the source of the Ob River, where it is formed as a result of the confluence of two other rivers, one can observe a CURIOUS EFFECT – the river seems striped.
Ob - Irtysh River
7. Ob - Irtysh River
The Paraná river was named after the local phrase 'para rehe onava' which means 'as big as the sea'.
8. Parana River
9. Congo River
It is the only major river to cross the Equator twice.
It is the third longest non dammed river in the world
10. Amur - Argun River
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