What are the two unique features of the Amazon river?

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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1) The Amazon River is the second-longest river in the world, after the Nile. 2) The Amazon River was named after the Amazons, warrior women of Greek mythology. 3) The Amazon River is a freshwater river.

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The Amazon River flows for more than 6,600 km, and with its hundreds of tributaries and streams contains the largest number of freshwater fish species in the world. Equally impressive are the unfathomable numbers of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles4 found across the biome.

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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 is the second longest river in the world. A majority of the water in the Amazonia Rivers is attributed to glacial melt from the Andes in the western Amazon and the rains created by the Amazon's trees.

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Here are 12 amazing facts about the Amazon.
  • The Amazon River Once Flowed in the Opposite Direction. ...
  • It's the Largest River in the World by Volume. ...
  • And the Second Longest River on Earth. ...
  • It Affects Sea Level in the Caribbean Sea. ...
  • It's Home to the Amazon River Dolphin. ...
  • The Dorado Catfish Also Lives Here.


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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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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.

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It has a wide range of biomes from untouched forest, to alpine zones, to big cities to a delta. This means there are a huge range of places that you could potentially swim - how safe each of those is, is very very dependent on where it is.

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The Amazon River originated as a transcontinental river around 11 million years ago and took its present shape approximately 2.4 million years ago.

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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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