Historical Examples. 1  But, if it be to ease her heart, and not to dispute my will, you may hear her out. 2  But it was always my notion, that children should not dispute their parents' authority. 3  The beauty of the Turkish women is still a matter of dispute. 4  I could not dispute the evidence of the bit of shivered glass.
The longest river in the world is the Nile River. It stretches from near the equator in Eastern Africa and flows north for 4,100 miles before draining into the Mediterranean sea.
As a result, the length measurements of many rivers are only approximations (see also coastline paradox). In particular, there has long been disagreement as to whether the Nile or the Amazon is the world's longest river. The Nile has traditionally been considered longer, but in recent years some Brazilian and Peruvian studies have suggested that the Amazon is longer by measuring the river plus the adjacent ParÃ¡ estuary and the longest connecting tidal canal.