Flowing north through Egypt to the Mediterranean, the Nile is traditionally measured at roughly 6,650 kilometers, making it the longest river on Earth by most conventional measurements, narrowly ahead of South America's Amazon. Ancient Egyptian civilization grew up almost entirely along its banks and floodplain.
Record no. MRB-2026-005714
World's Longest River
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