A study by Brazilian scientists claimed that the Amazon is actually longer than the Nile. Using
Nevado Mismi, which in 2001 was labeled by the
National Geographic Society as the Amazon's source, these scientists have made new calculations of the Amazon's length. They now estimate that the Amazon is 105 kilometres (65 mi) longer than the Nile,
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Guido Gelli, director of science at the
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), told the Brazilian TV network
Globo in June 2007 that it could be considered as a fact that the Amazon was the longest river in the world. However, other geographers have had access to the same data since 2001, and a consensus has yet to emerge to support the claims of these Brazilian scientists.