Record #00182Nature archive
World's Longest River
Guinness World Records currently credits the Nile as the world's longest river at 6,695 kilometres, while noting that comparisons with the Amazon depend on how river sources and mouths are defined.
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Current Record
6,695km
Current record value
- Holder
- Nile
- Location
- Africa; farthest headstream in Burundi, flowing into the Mediterranean Sea · South Africa
- Start date
- —
- Record status
- Verified · currentReport an issue
Overview
Archive NoteGuinness World Records lists the Nile at 6,695 kilometres and credits it as the world's longest river.
The Nile-Amazon comparison is definition-sensitive, so this record explicitly follows the current Guinness methodology.
Record history
1 Milestones6,695 km
Africa; farthest headstream in Burundi, flowing into the Mediterranean Sea
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