2007-02-27 10:45:13 · 5 answers · asked by james b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
he Amazon drains an area of some 6,915,000km² (2,722,000 mile²), or some 40 percent of South America. It gathers its waters from 5 degrees north latitude to 20 degrees south latitude. Its most remote sources are found on the inter-Andean plateau, just a short distance from the Pacific Ocean; and, after a course of about 6,400 km (4,000 mi) through the interior of Peru and across Brazil, it enters the Atlantic Ocean at the equator.
2007-02-27 10:53:02 · answer #1 · answered by chanljkk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6, 437 kilometers (4,000 miles) long:
"The Amazon and its tributaries flow through the countries of Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean 6, 437 kilometers (4,000 miles) from the Amazon's headwaters high in the Andes mountains of Peru. This huge watershed includes the largest tropical rainforest in the world as well as areas of dry grassland, or savannah."
2007-02-27 18:56:38 · answer #2 · answered by LibraryGirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Amazon is the greatest river in the world by so many measures; the volume of water it carries to the sea (approximately 20% of all the freshwater discharge into the oceans), the area of land that drains into it, and its length and width. It is one of the longest rivers in the world and, depending upon who you talk to, is anywhere between 6,259km/3,903mi and 6,712km/4,195mi long.
2007-02-27 18:49:45 · answer #3 · answered by Cathy K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is 4017 miles. It discharges 116 tons of freshwater into the atlantic every second.
2007-02-27 23:48:40 · answer #4 · answered by Shreyan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Length is 6,400 km (3,977 mi)
2007-02-27 18:55:49 · answer #5 · answered by wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋