What is one way the Amazon and Nile Rivers are alike?

Answer 1

Nile River - Countries - Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea and Kenya. Primary source White Nile Secondary source Blue Nile Source confluence near Khartoum. Flows into the Mediterranean Sea. Length - 4,132 miles. Basin - ,312,747 sq miles. Discharge - average 2,830 m³/s (99,941 cu ft/s) Amazon River - Countries - Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Guyana. Tributaries - Marañón, Japurá, Rio Negro, Ucayali, Purus, Madeira, Tapajós, Xingu and Tocantins. Source - Apacheta cliff, Nevado Mismi, Arequipa, Peru. Flows into Atlantic Ocean. Length - 4,000 miles. Basin - 2,720,000 sq miles. Discharge - average 219,000 m³/s (7,734,000 cu ft/s)

Answer 2

Amazon: in south America, roughly 4,000mi long, starts in the Andes mountains and runs through 5 countries-Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia and Brazil, runs west to east and drains in the Atlantic Ocean

Nile: in Africa, primary source is the White Nile, secondary source is the Blue Nile, runs south to north through 11 countries-Ethiopia, Sudan, south Sudan, Egypt, Kenya, Uganda, democratic republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Eritrea, drains into the Mediterranean Sea. Approx. 4,132 mi long. Considered longest in the world, however further testing of the Amazon river may prove the Nile is in fact the second longest in the world.

Answer 3

While not comparing like with like the link below will compare them.

Answer 4

the Nile doesn't go through the continent and the amazon is apart of hundreds of tiny rivers and streams.

Answer 5

They both flow north

Answer 6

it is used as a source of survival

Answer 7

it is used to survive

Answer 8

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