Where is the widest river in the world?

The widest river in the world ... Where is it still located? And how much time, in fact, will it take to overcome the current and find ourselves on the opposite shore? Generally, you will agree, if we were lucky to live on the shore of a reservoir, the width of which considerably exceeds our field of vision, we automatically put it in the category of world record-holders. However, all this is no more than the fruit of our imagination. Unfortunately, neither the Dnieper, nor the Volga, nor Lena to record holders, unfortunately.

Section 1. The widest river in the world: La Plata or the Silver River Located in South America, La Plata (or the Silver River) is a whole river system that was once formed at the confluence of Paraná and Uruguay. Its length is quite impressive and is 290 km. Almost does not lag behind this figure and the width is 220 km (at the confluence of the Atlantic Ocean).

By the way, only the locals call it the Silver River . Latin Americans believe that this name is directly related to those old times when in the pond it was possible to find real silver without any problems.

The modern name was given by the English. Those who speak a foreign language, it will be easy to see that River Plate is a "river plate". Where did this strange combination of words come from? Everything is extremely simple: the widest river in the world has a bottom, which in fact resembles a vessel - it is flat with a huge number of coastal shoals. It was on them that the British ships regained their long voyage.

In principle, the local flora and fauna of La Plata does not differ in anything from the vegetation and fauna of the other nearby water bodies. In addition, perhaps, the fact that it is inhabited by a rare species of dolphins and the endangered species of sea turtles.

Section 2. The widest river in the world (Russia) Let's now talk about our country. What kind of river can be called a record holder? Perhaps every schoolboy could have answered this question by thinking and looking at the map. Well, of course, this is the West Siberian Ob river.

Created by the confluence of Katun and Biya, running a distance of 5,400 km, the Ob finally empties into the Kara Sea, forming the famous Ob Bay. The place of mixing of two powerful rivers is really impressive. The fact is that the waters of Katun have a greenish tint, and Biya is white or dirty-gray. Uniting in a single whole, they form a striped water surface in summer and autumn.

What else distinguishes the Ob from hundreds and thousands of rivers and rivulets of the country? Let's name at least some features:

• Yielding only to Lena and the Yenisei, the widest river in Russia is also considered one of the most aquifers in the country.
• The Ob reservoir is the favorite recreation place for both Novosibirsk citizens and guests from the surrounding regions. There are many sanatoriums, boarding houses and recreation centers.
• About 50 different fish species live in the pond, most of which are commercial. The most common and valuable are the dace, carp, muxun, burbot, nelma, perch, sturgeon, peled, roach, whitefish, sterlet, pikeperch, chir, pike, ide.

Section 3. The shortest river in the world Agree, it is difficult to imagine a river, the length of which is only 18 meters. "Well, what kind of river is this?" It's a stream, "many will try to argue, and they will lose the dispute.

Such a river actually exists, and its sources start high in the depths of the caves of the Arabica plateau. From Crow, the deepest cave of the planet, the icy water of this reservoir enters the Black Sea.