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The Amazon River is the pride of the people of Latin America, with a total length of 6,440 km, it is the second largest river in the world, after the Nile with a length of 6,695 km. The largest river in the world, the Amazon River pumps 116,000 cubic meters of water per second into the Atlantic Ocean, about three times more than the Say, ten times more than the Mississippi, and sixty times more than the Nile, accounting for about 1.5 of the total runoff on the global surface. Its basin area is 1 3 times that of South America.
The Amazon has 15,000 tributaries, 17 of which are longer than the Rhine that flows through Europe, and the longest is the Madeira River, which is more than 3,200 kilometers long.
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The upper reaches of the Amazon River are about 2,500 kilometers long and are divided into two sections, the upper and the lower. The upper section is about 1,000 kilometers long, with a drop of 5,000 meters, high mountains and deep valleys, steep slopes and rapids, forming a series of rapids waterfalls; The lower section is the section between the two estuaries of the two large tributaries that flow into the Amazon River, and because of its entry into the Amazon plain, the flow is slow and meandering, and the river is about 2,000 meters wide at the end.
The Amazon River has a total length of 6296 km
The source is located at an altitude of 5,597 m above sea level
The average flow rate is 219,000 m s
The basin covers an area of 6,915,000 km
Source Naivado Mismi Peak.
Outlet to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Amazon. It is 6,751 kilometers long and traverses the northwest of Brazil, covering an area of 3.9 million square kilometers in the Brazilian basin. It is the largest river in the world, the largest river in the world and the most extensive river basin.
It is about 6,751 kilometers long from the source of the Ucalyali-Apurimac water system in Peru, and its westernmost source is the towering Andes Mountains, less than 160 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean, with an estuary in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Amazon River, located in the northern part of South America, is the world's widest river basin and largest flow. Originating on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera mountain system in the Andes Mountains in Peru, there are two river sources: one is the Maranon (usually the main source of the Amazon), which originates in the high mountains of the Andes in Peru; The other is the Ucay-Ali River, whose source is called the Apurmac River.
The Marañón and Ucayali rivers cross the mountains and join near Nauta, Peru. The main tributaries of the Amazon River meander through seven countries in South America. The Amazon River is called the Solimos River from Iquitos in Peru to Manaus in Brazil, and the section from the mouth of the Negro River to the Atlantic Ocean is called the Amazon River.
The Amazon River flows eastward across the northern part of Brazil and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near the island of Marajo.
The vast Amazon Basin is the largest lowland in Latin America, covering an area of about 6,000,000 square kilometers (2,300,000 square miles), almost twice the size of any other large river basin in the world. The Amazon River basin is about 2,776 kilometers (1,725 miles) wide from north to south. Comprising most of Brazil and Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and part of Bolivia and a small part of Venezuela, about 2 3 of the main stream and the vast majority of the basin are in Brazil.
The flow of the Amazon River is estimated to account for 1 5 of all water on the Earth's surface, and the average flow at the mouth of the river is about 175,000 cubic meters (6,180,000 cubic feet of seconds), more than 10 times that of the Mississippi River, and the large amount of fresh water dilutes the salt in the sea water as far as 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the coast.
The Amazon basin is not an endless swamp, and although there are large areas of lowland that flood every year, most of the land is a hilly and permanent land (terra firme) that far exceeds the flood level. The rainforest grows in the basin, which is the world's largest treasure trove of biological resources.
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The Amazon River is made up of two main upper rivers, one in Maragnon and the other in Ucayari, and the length varies greatly depending on which one is the main source. Maranium is a natural extension of the Amazon River, which is 6,440 km long, as measured by flow consistency; The Ucayali River runs from north to south, and flows almost at a constant angle to the main trunk of the Amazon River, which is generally considered to be a tributary, but from the point of view of "the source of the river is far away", it is more reasonable to take the longer Ucayali River as the source of the river, which is 7025 kilometers.
In the past, there were some regrets, because the length of the Amazon River was not as long as the Nile, and now the Amazon River can finally turn over. In addition to two other parameters: the size and flow of the Amazon River, which has long been among the best rivers in the world.
In this way, the Amazon River, with its triple crown of rivers, deserves to be the king of the world's rivers!
The source is south of Mount Vascada, Peru, north of the city of Sero de Pasco.
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Amazon River. It has a total length of 6,440 kilometers and an area of 6,915,000 square kilometers, accounting for about 40% of the total area of the South American continent. It is the second longest river in the world, the largest river in the world, and the most extensive river basin in the world.
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With a total length of 6,440 kilometers, it is the second longest river in the world.