Adventure on the Amazon: An aerial view of the Amazon River near Iquitos, in Peru's Loreto Region.In 2024, an expedition group will set out to travel a 7,000-kilometer (4,350-mile) Amazon River ...

Then, in 1971, a National Geographic expedition led by Loren McIntyre identified the snow-capped peak of Mismi (map) as the headwaters of the Apurímac River and the ultimate source of the Amazon.

Armchair travelers, get ready to go to the Amazon River. Google Inc. announced Wednesday that street view images of the Amazon’s Rio Negro Reserve is now available through Google’s Street View ...

Nile or Amazon? It’s not as straightforward as you think. Let’s untangle the science, measurements, and muddy sources behind ...

The Amazon River carries four times as much water into the ocean as any other river does, but for most of the last century, the Nile was measured as slightly longer—about 4,150 miles long ...

They used satellite technology to map the river. For this exploration, they traveled the Amazon through Peru, Colombia and Brazil. Yuri says it's almost 7,000 kilometers long — that's more than ...

In 1846, according to the atlas “Maps of Useful Knowledge,” the Amazon was the world’s longest river, at 3,200 miles; the Nile came in at 2,750. Advertisement ...

A 7,000-kilometer expedition. The planned five-month-long expedition, due to set off in April 2024, aims to voyage the Amazon’s full length, using modern river-mapping satellite technology to ...