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what is the length of the longest river on earth
The Nile River is the longest river in the world, measuring at 4,130 mi.
what is the length of the second longest river on earth
The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world, measuring at 4,000 mi.
what is the source of the amazon river
The Mantaro, along with the Apurimac River, are the sources of the Amazon River, depending on the criteria used for definition.
can you tell me the criteria used to define river length
The source, the identification or the definition of the mouth, and the scale of measurement of the river length between source and mouth, determine the precise meaning of river length.

Question: which river comes third
Self-contained rewrite: which river is the third longest in the world