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by kpetermeni 1151 days ago
Libya's Great Man-Made River (1,750mi, 2,820km) [0] would like to have a few more words :-). [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Man-Made_River
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Let's nitpick then. It says: "According to its website, it is the largest underground network of pipes (2,820 kilometres (1,750 mi))[3] and aqueducts in the world.".

It could concievably have no pipe longer than 114 km.

Also if it's underground it's not a river?

That's a heck of an aquifer. Libya is pumping 2.4 km^3 a year from the estimated 150,000 km^3 reserve.