the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
But these waterways seem minute in comparison to the world's two lengthiest rivers—the Nile and the Amazon.
但与世界上两条最长的尼罗河和亚马逊河相比,这几条水道显得微不足道。
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These waterways seem mute in comparison to the world's two longest rivers—the Nile and the Amazon.
与世界上最长的两条河流——尼罗河和亚马逊河相比,这些水道显得黯然失色。
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The Blue Nile rises in Lake Tana in the Ethiopian highlands, the White Nile in Lake Victoria in Uganda (into which flow rivers from Rwanda and Tanzania).