By Steven Green

Geographical Location

Where The Amazon Is

Key

= Amazon River

Located in 7 countries•Brazil•Peru•Ecuador•Columbia•Venezuela•Bolivia•Guyana

The River FlowOver 1/5 of the water from rivers flows down the Amazon River

It flows for 6488 km

There are no bridges across the Amazon river because it is so wide and it flows through tropical rainforest

Geographical Records

  River Length (km) Country/

Continent

1. Nile 6550 Africa

2. Amazon 6488 South America

3. Yangtze 6300 China

4. Mississippi 6275 U.S.A

5. Yenisei 5539 Russia

6. Huang-He 5464 China

7. Ob-Irtysh 5410 Russia

2nd longest river in the whole world! But there was a thorough debate deciding whether the Nile was the longest river in the world or the Amazon river.

Source of the RiverSource is where it starts

Tough job to find exact source

Located in Nevado Mismi, an 18363 foot mountain in South Peru

Mouth of the River

Definition of mouth of a riverWhere a river flows into an ocean

Drains loads of water into the Atlantic Ocean

Rain from the Amazon Rainforest pours into the Amazon River which carries it out to the ocean

The width

The width of the mouth of the river is mostly measured between Cabo do Norte and Punto patijoca. Though it also involves the ocean outlet which is 60km wide.

Did You Know?

The width of the mouth of the Amazon River is larger than the complete length of the Thames in London!

ThamesMouth of the Amazon River

Location Located in the Atlantic ocean, nearest brazil. There is no elevation of the mouth.

Key Atlantic Ocean

Brazil

Wildlife

Bull Shark

One of the three sharks that attack humansSlightly smaller than the great white sharkCan be aggressive and hostile

Anaconda

Lives in the shallows of the Amazon RiverKills prey by crushing itCan dislocate jaws

Piranha

Swim and catch prey in large groupsLocate victims through vibration and the smell of bloodCan eat baby alligators, baby anacondas and small birds

Amazon River Dolphin

2.8 meters long!Also named the BotoBiggest species of river dolphin

Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/http://www.extremescience.com/http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/educ/science/

2000/01-04-01.htmhttp://images.google.com.hk/imghp?

rls=ig&hl=en&tab=wihttp://thesaurus.reference.com/The Worlds top ten Rivers by Neil MorrisJourney to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson

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