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    What is the world's widest river?

    Question #70651. Asked by augiet. (Sep 12 06 8:41 AM)


    skysmom65

    		The Amazon River

    http://www.freshwateraquariumplants.com/amazonbiotope/amazonriverfacts.html

    Sep 12 06, 8:50 AM
    arctic_wolves

    		Río de la Plata

    Where the rivers join, it is 48 km (30 miles) wide, and it runs to the southeast growing to 220 km (136 miles) wide where it opens on the Atlantic Ocean, making it the widest river in the world.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata

    Sep 12 06, 9:27 AM
    arctic_wolves

    		Río de la Plata at Montevideo, Uruguay -- Looking out from the tip of the harbor here, all you can see is water -- the flat, endless waters of the Río de la Plata, at this point in its course the widest river in the world. It is some 80 kilometers to the far western shore.

    http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2002/08/lessing-b-08-09.html

    Sep 12 06, 9:40 AM
    What-A-Mess

    		More sites claim "Amazon" widest rather than "Plata".

    http://www.answers.com/topic/river


    http://www.4to40.com/earth/geography/index.asp?article=earth_geography_allaboutrivers

    http://www.mbendi.co.za/land/p0005.htm


    De La Plata

    http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/River

    Sep 12 06, 11:05 AM

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