Miles in length.
2,578, the Nile, the longest river in Africa.
2,762, the Volga, the longest river in Europe.
3,314, the Yang-tze-Kiang, the longest river in Asia.
3,716, the Mississippi, the longest river in America.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.