Is the amazon river a major river?

Answer 1

Because God and Mother Nature couldn't decide on anything smaller :) Besides, it travels through a vast watery land, so it spreads. Plus it has many smaller rivers feeding it's flow to the sea.

Answer 2

The length of the Nile river is 7,088 km (4,405 miles). It is the longest river of the world. The length of the Amazon river is 6,575 km (4,086 miles).

SOURCE: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/17538940902746082

Answer 3

The Amazon River is the second longest river of the world. The accurate length of the Amazon is 6575 km. The Nile River with the length of 7088 km is the longest river of the world.

Answer 4

The River Amazon is not the largest river in the world although its not far off the River nile which is situated in Egypt.

The River Nile is conciderd to be the longest.

Answer 5

The Amazon is a river and it's the worlds largest river.

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

it is a river and it is the 2nd longest in the world

Answer 8

the amazon is a river and its the second longest in the world after the nile