Which is the longest river of North America?

Which is the longest river of North America?

  • (A) Missouri
  • (B) Mississippi
  • (C) Red
  • (D) Colorado
  • The Missouri River holds the record as the longest river in North America, according to measurements taken by the U.S. Geological Survey, which put its length at 2,540 miles, compared to the 2,340 miles of the Mississippi River.
  • The Missouri River begins at the Rocky Mountains in Montana, where three streams, the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin, merge to create the river’s headwaters. The river ends 15 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri, where it flows into the Mississippi River.
  • Since the Missouri River flows into the Mississippi, they are considered a single river, but if they are considered as a single entity, they are the fourth-longest river in the world, stretching 3,710 miles.
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 ‘NATO’ is an abbreviation of:

  • (A) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • (B) Non-Aligned Treaty Organization
  • (C) Non-Aligned Trading Organization
  • (D) North American Transport Organization

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