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What is the longest river in the western hemisphere and the second longest in the world?
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The longest river in the world is the Nile River with the total length of 7,088 Km or 4,405 miles. The Amazon River is the second longest river of the world. The total length of the Amazon River is 6,575 km or 4,086 miles. The third longest river of the world is the Yangtze River. The total length of the Yangtze is 6,236 km or 3,876 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: 10.1080/17538940902746082ce
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