Saturday, 16 June 2007

World's longest river?

Not the Nile, according to new research from the National Geographical Institute of Peru!

Brazilian and Peruvian scientists claim to have found an ice-covered mountain called Mismi, in southern Peru, and, according to them, that is where the River Amazon starts - making the Amazon 6800km long, compared to the 6695km of the Nile...


Click on the picture to link to the BBC coverage of the story...

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