Either the Nile or the Amazon is the longest river. But the Amazon is not the longest river. Therefore, the Nile is the longest river.
A) No fallacy.
B) Suppressed evidence.
C) False dichotomy.
D) Composition.
E) Straw man.

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The argument logically concludes that if the Amazon is not the longest river, then the Nile must be, based on the premise that only one of these two is the longest river. This does not contain a logical fallacy within the context provided.

Either the Nile or the Amazon Is the Longest River