Which is the widest river in the world?

Question

Which is the widest river in the world?

Answer 1

its THE AMAZON in soth america.

Answer 2

The first 3 answers are correct; near its mouth the Amazon is about 300 km. wide.  That's wider than the English Channel's widest point.

Answer 3

The Amazon is the greatest river in the world by so many measures; the volume of water it carries to the sea (approximately 20% of all the freshwater discharge into the oceans), the area of land that drains into it, and its length and width. It is one of the longest rivers in the world and, depending upon who you talk to, is anywhere between 6,259km/3,903mi and 6,712km/4,195mi long.

For the last century the length of the Amazon and the Nile Rivers have been in a tight battle for title of world's longest river. The exact length of the two rivers varies over time and reputable sources disagree as to their actual length. The Nile River in Africa is reported to be anywhere from at 5,499km/3,437mi to 6,690km/4,180mi long. But there is no question as to which of the two great rivers carries the greater volume of water - the Amazon River.

At its widest point the Amazon River can be 11km/6.8 mi wide during the dry season. The area covered by the Amazon River and its tributaries more than triples over the course of a year. In an average dry season 110,000 square km of land are water-covered, while in the wet season the flooded area of the Amazon Basin rises to 350,000 square km. When the flood plains and the Amazon River Basin flood during the rainy season the Amazon River can be up to 40km/24.8 mi wide. Where the Amazon opens at its estuary the river is over 325km/202 mi wide!

Answer 4

AMAZON,in terms of width

Answer 5

Río de la Plata.

Answer 6

River 'Ob' in the maps, appears 11km wide even without floods. The width is maintained for 600km before it joins Kara Sea in the Arctic and is aptly named 'Obskaya Guba' (Gulf of Ob). Probably this claims the record. Rio de la Plata has wider separation between its farthest banks than Amazon. But this is not good enough in comparison to Ob.

One can check out in Google Earth.

Answer 7

Itz Amazon in South America

Answer 8

amazon

Answer 9

The Amazon is the widest river in the world.

At its widest point the Amazon River can be 11 kilometres (7 mi) wide during the dry season, but during the rainy season when the Amazon floods the surrounding plains it can be up to 45 kilometres (28 mi) wide. The main river (which is between approximately one and six miles (10 km) wide). The Amazon is wider at its mouth than the entire length of the Thames in England.

Answer 10

amazon is the widest river

Answer 11

the amazon is 207 miles wide at its mouth making it the widest river by far.

Answer 12

land river?  amazon.

however, i've heard that there are currents, like the gulf stream, that can be wider.

Answer 13

Amazon-Widest

Nile-Longest