Running through the rainforest in the northern portion of South America is the Amazon river. Although it’s disputed if the Amazon is the longest river in the world, it does carry more water than ...

And large dams planned for several major tributaries will destroy water flows ... in Venezuela and Colombia with local communities to protect one of South America's most important rivers.

Most of the major rivers - like the Yangtze - have their ... next only to the Nile in Africa (6,670 km) and the Amazon in South America (6,400 km). In its upper reaches, the Yangtze tumbles ...

The Yangtze, 6,300 km long, is the largest river in China, and the third largest in the world, next only to the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America ... It links five major rivers ...