Where is the Amazon?
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Amazon is not without reason called a great river - it'sThe most water-bearing and full-flowing river in the world. The waters of the Amazon carry one quarter of all the river waters of the Earth. It is also one of the longest rivers - its length is about seven thousand kilometers, the width is about 80 km, and the depth is on average 135 meters.
Where is the Amazon? Amazon is a river located in South America. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers - the Maraion and the Ucayali. Its source is in the Andes, which are a territory belonging to Peru.
Amazon - a river with the largest pool. Its basin occupies a vast expanse on the Amazonian lowland, roughly equal to the area of all of Australia.
Most of the Amazon is in Brazil, but it also captures many other states. These include Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia.
The Amazon flows near the equator, insublatitudinal direction, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. Amazon forms the largest delta, the area of which exceeds 100 thousand km ² and includes the largest on the planet the river island of Marajó.
Amazon has a huge number of feeding ittributaries, and the length of twenty of them - more than a half thousand kilometers. The most famous tributaries are Jurua, Purus, Madeira, Shingu, Isa. The Amazon and its tributaries form a ramified system of waterways, therefore navigation thrives on the river.
The river is so huge that the water rises happen in its different parts at different times, so the Amazon is full all year round.
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