The longest something in the world?

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1. The longest river?
Niger
Thames
Amazon
Gambia
2. The longest runway?
Beijing Airport
Qamdo Bamda Airport
Heathrow Airport
New York Airport
3. The longest road?
M5
Canada A
Australia 1
Pan-American Highway
4. The longest railway?
Moscow to Vladivostok line
New York to Houston line
New York to Anchorage line
London to Moscow line
5. The longest country?
Brazil
USA
Chile
Denmark/Greenland
6. The longest movie ever made to win an academy award?
Joseph of Egypt
Pharaoh of Egypt
Russia's war and peace
Tiangels
7. The longest bridge?
Golden gate bridge
Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge
Denmark--Sweden Bridge
Kamchatka bridge
8. The longest animal?
anteater
snake
worm
alligator
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9 Comments
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Level 92
Jun 3, 2020
What source are you using that says the Amazon is the longest river? Every other source says the Nile and has since the measurements existed.
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Level 45
Jun 3, 2020
National Geographic and Wikipedia!
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Level 45
Jun 3, 2020
Of those, it is definitely the amazon you see
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Level 92
Jun 3, 2020
From Wikipedia, "A peer-reviewed article published in the International Journal of Digital Earth comes to the conclusion that the Nile is longer."
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Level 92
Jun 3, 2020
Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_by_length
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Level 79
Jun 3, 2020
I see you've done a lot of great quizzes but in this one that thing about Amazon is completely wrong.
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Level 45
Jun 4, 2020
National Geographic says 'The Brazilian scientists' 14-day expedition extended the Amazon's length by about 176 miles (284 kilometers), making it 65 miles (105 kilometers) longer than the Nile.'
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Level 92
Jun 5, 2020
Also, https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/rivers-world-worlds-longest-rivers?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
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Level 92
Jun 5, 2020
Excerpts from the article you referenced ---

The scientists claim to have traced the river's source to a snow-capped mountain in southern Peru, adding a new twist in the swirling debate over the longest river label.

Determining the length of a river is tricky because scientists have to pinpoint both where the river begins and ends, Andrew Johnston, a geographer at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., told National Geographic News.

"The mouth of the Amazon is so wide, it's hard to pick the exact spot at which to choose the end point with that kind of precision," he said.

"Personally, I would want to know a little bit more about how they came to that number before I was comfortable saying, 'Yes this is longer,'" he added.

--- this is far from clear evidence of the Amazon being longer than the Nile. Especially when there are numerous other references that say otherwise.