What is the major river in the northern portion of South America that winds from the Guiana highlands to the Atlantic Ocean?
Orinoco River
What is the longest river in South America that winds from Peru through northern Brazil and empties into the Atlantic Ocean?
The famous AMAZON river!!
What river cuts through the desert and forms a border with Mexico and the United States?
Rio Grande
What rivers run through the Andes?
The major basins lie east of the Andes, and the main rivers flow to the Atlantic Ocean. The four largest drainage systems—the Amazon, Río de la Plata (Paraguay, Paraná, and Uruguay rivers), Orinoco, and São Francisco—cover about two-thirds of the continent.
Which is the longest river of South America?
the Amazon River
Which country in the Americas has the largest river?
Rivers in South America by Length
Rank | River | Country/Countries |
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1 | Amazon-Ucayali-Tambo-Ene-Apurimac | Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana |
2 | Parana-Rio de la Plata | Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay |
3 | Tocantins-Araguaia | Brazil |
4 | Madeira-Mamore-Grande-Caine-Rocha | Brazil, Bolivia, Peru |
Which is the longest river of Africa?
Nile River
Which is the second largest river of Africa?
Congo River
What is the name of the 2nd longest bridge in Africa?
Top 10 longest bridges in Africa – Summary by length
Top 10 longest bridges in Africa by length | ||
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Rank | Bridge | Length |
1 | 6th October Bridge (Egypt) | 20,500 m |
2 | Third Mainland Bridge (Nigeria) | 11,800 m |
3 | Suez Canal Bridge (Egypt) | 3,900 m |
Which is the biggest bridge in South Africa?
Msikaba Bridge project
Which country has longest bridge in the world?
Top 10: World’s longest bridges
- The Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, China. 164km.
- Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct, Taiwan. 157km.
- Cangde Grand Bridge, China. 116km.
- Tianjin Grand Bridge, China. 113km.
- Weinan Weihe Grand Bridge, China. 79km.
- Bang Na Expressway, Thailand. 54km.
- Beijing Grand Bridge, China.
- Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, USA.
What is the longest bridge on I 10?
Atchafalaya Basin Bridge
What is the most longest bridge in the world?
Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge
What is the largest bridge in the US?
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest bridge in the United States. It is made of two parallel bridges with terminals in Metairie and Mandeville, and is listed as the longest bridge in the world over water by the Guinness Book of World Records.