Historical Examples. 1  But, if it be to ease her heart, and not to dispute my will, you may hear her out. 2  But it was always my notion, that children should not dispute their parents' authority. 3  The beauty of the Turkish women is still a matter of dispute. 4  I could not dispute the evidence of the bit of shivered glass.
The longest river in the world is the Nile River. It stretches from near the equator in Eastern Africa and flows north for 4,100 miles before draining into the Mediterranean sea.
Nile River: 4,238 miles (6,825 kilometers). Amazon River: 4,000 miles (6,437 kilometers). The Nile is now considered the longest river in the world. At one time, the Para River was considered to be part of the Amazon's mouth, so when added to the length of the Amazon, its distance exceeded that of the Nile.