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Show L'Hi' Nt RhiTs. (leoriiplierr: claim that there are twenty-live rivers oil the globe which have a total length each of over 1.IHI0 miles. Of these, two, the Mis-i.-sippi. from the source of the Missouri in the Rocky Mountains Moun-tains to the Kad jetties, and the AtiKi.on. from the source of the Bcni to the isle of Marjo, are over -1.000 miles in length. To he exact, the former is -I. -00 and the hitter -1,0211 miles from the source to the places where their waters are mingled with those of the ocean. Four claim a total length nf over 3,0u0 and under 4.OO0. Tiny are the Yenisei in Asia, length o.-vO; the Kiang. Asia, length :!.!'UI; the Nile, Africa. Ii,'-'-)!); and the lloaug ho, Asia, which is 3,0-10 miles. |