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Running about 6,400 km from the headwaters of the Apurímac river system, the Amazon is the world’s mightiest river in terms of its volume and extensive drainage into the Atlantic Ocean. Its watershed spans the countries of Brazil , Peru , Ecuador , Colombia , Venezuela , and Bolivia .

The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world, and the largest in terms of the size of its watershed, the number of tributaries, and the volume ...

The Amazon River is a massive, intricate water system weaving through one of the most vital and complex ecosystems in the world — the Amazon ...

VerkkoThe Amazon River has its source high in the Peruvian Andes, at an elevation of 5,598 m. There, at a mere 192 km from the Pacific Ocean where it once flowed into, the Amazon River begins as a small tributary called the Carhuasanta.

VerkkoThe Amazon Rainforest Occupying much of Brazil and Peru, and also parts of Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela, the Amazon River Basin is the world’s largest drainage system.

The Amazon River has the largest volume of freshwater of any river in the world. The River releases around 200,000 liters of freshwater into the ocean every second. Together, this freshwater...

The Amazon River is unparalleled to any other river on Earth. Its massive volumes of water feed the adjacent Amazon rainforest, make it impossible to build ...

The Amazon River ( UK: / ˈæməzən /, US: / ˈæməzɒn /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile. [2] [16] [n 2]

The Amazon River has its source high in the Peruvian Andes, at an elevation of 5,598 m. There, at a mere 192 km from the Pacific Ocean where it once flowed into ...

The Amazon River. Coming a close second after the Nile as the world’s longest river, the Amazon River sets the record in terms of the sheer volume of water that it carries – a mind-boggling average discharge of 219,000 m 3 /sec of water. 2. It is estimated that approximately one-sixth of all fresh water that drains into the world's oceans ...

VerkkoAmazon River. Aerial view of the Amazon River in Brazil. Amazon River, Portuguese Rio Amazonas, River, northern South America. It is the largest river in the world in volume and in area of drainage basin; only the Nile River of eastern and northeastern Africa exceeds it in length.

The Amazon River in South America is the widest and largest river in the world. It flows from its source, Nevado Mismi, in the mountains of Peru to the ...

The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest river system in the world though this has been disputed by those who claim it is the Nile. The headwaters of the Apurímac River on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a … Näytä lisää

Amazon River, Portuguese Rio Amazonas, River, northern South America. It is the largest river in the world in volume and in area of drainage basin; only the Nile River of eastern and northeastern Africa exceeds it in length.

The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in ...

The Maranon River flows upstream of Iquitos, Peru's Amazon adventure capital and one of the most spellbinding places to enjoy Amazon River ...

Amazon River, Portuguese Rio Amazonas, Spanish Río Amazonas, also called Río Marañón and Rio Solimões, the greatest river of South America and the largest drainage system in the world in terms of the volume of its flow and the area of its basin.

Amazon River, the greatest river of South America and the largest drainage system in the world in terms of the volume of its flow and the area of its basin. The total length of the river is at least 4,000 miles (6,400 km), which makes it slightly shorter than the Nile River.

Celebrating the ever-changing nature of our relationship with the Earth's amazing water systems, Rivers and Life reveals how the cultures ...

Experts have long argued over the origin of the Amazon River, seen here in the Loreto region of Peru. Radius Images / Alamy Where Does the Amazon River Begin? Five different …

The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world and is about 4,000 miles (6400 km) long. (In July 2007 a group of scientists reportedly determined that the Amazon River might just be …

The vast Amazon basin (Amazonia), the largest lowland in Latin America, has an area of about 2.7 million square miles (7 million square km) and is nearly twice ...