yangtze is the longest river in the world after the nile.
yangtze is the longest river in the world after the nile.
after the nile which is the longest river in the world?
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china originally had an estimated number of 50,000 rivers. however, due to statistical discrepancies, water and soil loss, and climate change, there are currently only an estimated 22,000 rivers remaining. the rivers in china have a total length of 420,000 kilometers. 1,500 have a catchment area exceeding 1,000 square kilometers. the majority of rivers flow west to east into the pacific ocean. the yangtze (chang jiang) rises in tibet, flows through central china and enters the east china sea near shanghai. the yangtze is 6,300 kilometers long and has a catchment area of 1.8 million square kilometers. it is the third longest river in the world, after the amazon and the nile. the second longest river in china is the huang he (yellow river). it rises in tibet and travels circuitously for 5,464 kilometers through north china, it empties into the bo hai gulf on the north coast of the shandong province. it has a catchment area of 752,000 square kilometers. the heilongjiang (heilong or black dragon river) flows for 3,101 kilometers in northeast china and an additional 1,249 kilometers in russia, where it is known as the amur. the longest river in south china is the zhujiang (pearl river), which is 2,214 kilometers long. along with its three tributaries, the xi (west), dong (east), and bei (north) rivers, it forms the pearl river delta near guangzhou, zhuhai, macau, and hong kong. other major rivers are the liaohe in the northeast, haihe in the north, qiantang in the east, and lancang in the southwest.
geography of china
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the nile (, written as al-nīl; pronounced as an-nīl) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern africa, and is the longest river in africa and the disputed longest river in the world, as the brazilian government claims that the amazon river is longer than the nile. the nile, which is about long, is an "international" river as its drainage basin covers eleven countries, namely, tanzania, uganda, rwanda, burundi, the democratic republic of the congo, kenya, ethiopia, eritrea, south sudan, republic of the sudan and egypt. in particular, the nile is the primary water source of egypt and sudan.
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