What are 2 impressive facts about the Amazon river?

The Amazon River is by far the world's largest river by volume, carrying more than five times the volume of the Congo or twelve times that of the Mississippi. It drains an area nearly the size of the forty-eight contiguous United States and has over 1,100 tributaries, 17 of which are longer than 1000 miles.



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The Amazon River supplies more fresh water to the world's oceans than any other river. It also has the more tributaries than any other river and the world's largest watershed.It is the life-blood of an incredibly vast and diverse rain forest.

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While deforestation has decreased significantly in the Amazon this year, the forest is still burning at an alarming rate.

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The Meeting of Waters (Portuguese: Encontro das Águas) is the confluence between the dark (blackwater) Rio Negro and the pale sandy-colored (whitewater) Amazon River, referred to as the Solimões River in Brazil upriver of this confluence. For 6 km (3.7 mi) the waters of the two rivers run side by side without mixing.

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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 comparison to the Nile.

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The Amazon River is the second-longest river in the world. Running through the Amazon Rainforest in South America, it is more than 4,000 miles long and home to many different animals and plants. The Amazon River has over 1,100 tributaries, rivers or streams that are connected to a larger river or lake.

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As the seventh longest river in Asia, the Lancang River is a major trade route between China and Southeast Asia. During the rainy season, the section of the river in Xishuangbanna in southwest China's Yunnan Province bisects into two different colors.

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This is not because the river would be too wide to bridge; for most of its length, engineers could build a bridge across the river easily. For most of its course, the river flows through the Amazon Rainforest, where there are very few roads and cities. Most of the time, the crossing can be done by a ferry.

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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 comparison to the Nile.

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