Amazon River facts

• The Amazon River is the most extensive river in the world.  
• The Amazon River originates in the Andes Mountains of Peru and passes through Brazil.  
• This river originates from Peru's 'Mantaro River'. 
• The total length of the Amazon River is 6,992 km.  
• The Amazon River 'is the largest river in the world, while it is the second largest river in terms of length.  
• It is the largest river in South America.  
• The Amazon River flows through Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colobia and Ecuador.  
• It flows east from the Peruvian Andes Mountains and joins the Atlantic Ocean.  
• The Amazon River Valley is the largest in the world and has a water flow rate higher than the sum of the eight later rivers.  
• The dense forests of the Amazon River play an extremely important role in the Earth's environmental balance. 
• The Amazon River carries more water than the Nile, Mississippi, and Yangsi rivers. The reason for this is that the Amazon River has more than 1100 tributaries, 17 of which are more than 1500 kilometers in length.  
• The maximum width of this river is 140 kilometers. During rainy days, the width of this river in many places exceeds 190 kilometers.  
• It is the longest river after the Nile River.  
• The Amazon and its tributaries pass through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colobia, Ecuador and Brazil before falling into the Atlantic Ocean.  
• The Amazon River is called the center of bio-diversity, because a large number of different species of flora and fauna are found here. 
• More than 3,000 species of fish are found in the Amazon River.  
• A large number of dolphin fishes are found in the Amazon River.Therefore the Amazon River is called the 'home of the dolphin'.  
• The water of the Amazon River is very tasty to drink and is considered clean.  
• At a depth of about 13000 feet below the surface of the Amazon River, scientists have discovered a long underground river, which the scientists have named the river 'Hamza'.  
• The world's largest snake 'Anaconda' is found in the Amazon River.  
• The rain forests of the Amazon River are inhabited by 400 to 500 types of tribes, most of which have nothing to do with the modern world.  
• The Amazon River alone contributes 20% of the freshwater that is added to the oceans by various rivers in the world.

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