US CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The two longest rivers in the United States are the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. The Mississippi River runs through ten U.S. states. It starts in Minnesota near the border we share with Canada.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mississippi River is the second longest river in North America, flowing 2, 350 miles from its source at Lake Itasca through the center of the continental United States to the Gulf of Mexico. The Missouri River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, is about 100 miles longer.

Detailed explanation-3: -America’s Longest River The Missouri River will travel more than 2, 300 miles before it joins the Mississippi in its namesake state at St. Louis, forming the world’s fourth longest river system as it rolls south to the Gulf of Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -When measured from its longest stream source (most distant source from the sea), Brower’s Spring in Montana, the source of the Missouri River, it has a length of 3, 710 miles (5, 970 km), making it the fourth longest river in the world after the Nile, Amazon, and Yangtze.

Detailed explanation-5: -1 . The Nile River is the second longest river in the world at approximately 6, 695 kilometres long and was historically thought to be the longest river in the world. However, there is much debate surrounding this, as the Amazon River in South America is now considered to be longer, at 6, 800 kilometres.