Editor’s Note: Monthly Ticket is a CNN Travel series that spotlights some of the most fascinating topics in the travel world. In September, we’re celebrating superlatives as we look at some of the ...

The Amazon River, not the Nile, is the longest in the world, a team of Brazilian scientists claims. The scientists claim to ...

Did you know one of the facts about Ohio is that it was named after the Seneca word for river? The Seneca people, who spoke Seneca, an Iroquoian language, named Ohio after the Ohio River. It can mean ...

Although we all have an intuition of how large Earth is, sometimes a handful of factoids come along that knock our size conceptions of the planet sideways. For those of us unfamiliar with Earth’s ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The Nile, the world’s longest river at 4,132 miles, ...

Rivers are the lifeblood of our planet, carving landscapes, supporting diverse ecosystems, and sustaining human civilisations for millennia. Flowing through deserts, mountains, forests, and plains, ...

Africa's second-longest river, the Congo, is a global marvel, uniquely crossing the Equator twice. This immense waterway, the ...

Discover the world's most beautiful rivers! See the vibrant colours of Caño Cristales and the misty karst landscapes of the ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. (Updated) The world’s two longest rivers, the Amazon and ...

(CNN) — In today’s modern age, it might be fair to assume that science has decisively answered some of the bigger questions regarding the natural world – or at least those dependent upon sheer ...