1Hamza River
There is a massive "underground river," or aquifer that runs about 4 kilometers below the Amazon river for 6000 kilometers, following roughly the Amazon river's flow. It eventually empties into the Atlantic Ocean deep below the surface. It was only discovered in 2011.
2. Full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon River twice a day over a period of three weeks every year, resulting in a continuous, 4 meter high tidal wave that can be surfed for up to 13 km.
3. There is more water in the vapor and clouds above the Amazon rainforest than there is in the Amazon river.
4. The pharaohs attempted and eventually succeeded in digging a canal that stretched between the Nile River and the Red Sea. The ‘Canal of the Pharaohs’ was constructed in 1897 B.C. and it was used until being closed for good in 767 A.D.
5. The Nile River (6,853 km) is half as long as the Earth's Diameter (12,742 km).
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6River Delta
River deltas are named so after the Nile River's delta which resembles the uppercase Greek letter Delta.
7. The Amazon and Congo rivers were likely a single river before the continental plates of Africa and South America drifted apart. It would have been around 6000 miles or 10,000 km long.
8. There is an 'Underwater River' that flows along the seabed of the Black Sea.
9. Despite being the 20th longest river in the world, the Yukon River in North America only has 4 vehicle-carrying bridges spanning it (as of July 2022).
10. The Western Asian Tigris River has a major tributary called the Batman River which flows through Turkey.
11Amazon's First Bridge
The Amazon River didn't have a single bridge until 2012. Its first bridge was constructed with a budget of $400 million and used 1 million bags of cement.
12. The Danube River holds the record for passing through most countries in the world. It crosses 10 countries, namely Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine.
13. The Colorado River has rarely actually reached the ocean for decades. All its water gets used or evaporates.
14. The River Thames in England is 47 million years older than the Amazon.
15. The Ohio River at Cincinnati was as shallow as 2 feet, in 1881, and had a record crest of 80 feet, in 1937.
16Nile River's Lost Canyon
The Nile River used to be in a canyon the size of the Grand Canyon. It formed due to erosion after the Mediterranean Sea dried up.
17. North America’s Rio Grande River is often dry and is considered an "Endangered River."
18. The Yenisei River in Siberia carries more water than the Nile or the Mississippi, but was not fully navigated until 2001. It was also where Germany and Japan planned to split Asia after winning World War 2.
19. The Turia River in Spain’s Valencia was permanently diverted after constant flooding caused damage to its surrounding areas. The old riverbed is now a verdant sunken park.
20. The Yangtze River in China is the 3rd longest river in the world. It is also the longest river in the world to shed all of its water in only one country.
21Niger River
Africa's third-longest river, ‘The Niger River,’ begins only 150 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. It instead heads inland and curves south creating a boomerang shape. About 2,600 miles later, it reaches the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria.
22. During a long hot summer in 1858, the River Thames in London got so stinky, it stopped Parliament from carrying out business and made Joseph Bazalgette an unsung British hero. He was the civil engineer who proposed a project to clean it up. This event was known as ‘The Great Stink.’
23. An unusually dry period led to low river levels in the Rhine in Germany in December 2011, which exposed a 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) blockbuster bomb in the riverbed near Koblenz. Around 45,000 people had to be evacuated when it was defused.
24. The Amazon River was named after the conquistador Francisco de Orellana was defeated by a few tribes of women, thus naming it after the warrior women of Greek legend.
25. The Thames River in London is currently one of the cleanest rivers in the world that flows through a major city. It was declared biologically dead just 50 years ago.
