National Geographic Amazon River

The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile. The headwaters of the Apurímac River on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century the Amazon basin's most distant source until a 2014 study fo…
The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile. The headwaters of the Apurímac River on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century the Amazon basin's most distant source until a 2014 study found it to be the headwaters of the Mantaro River on the Cordillera Rumi Cruz in Peru. The Mantaro and Apurímac rivers join, and with other tributaries form the Ucayali River, which in turn meets the Marañón River upstream of Iquitos, Peru, forming what countries other than Brazil consider to be the main stem of the Amazon. Brazilians call this section the Solimões River above its confluence with the Rio Negro forming what Brazilians call the Amazon at the Meeting of Waters at Manaus, the largest city on the river.
  • Country: Peru, Colombia, Brazil
  • Cities: Iquitos (Peru); Leticia (Colombia); · Tabatinga (Brazil); Tefé (Brazil); · Itacoatiara (Brazil) Parintins (Brazil); · Óbidos (Brazil); Santarém (Brazil); · Almeirim (Brazil); Macapá (Brazil); · Manaus (Brazil)
  • Source: Apurímac River, Mismi Peak
  • Mouth: Atlantic Ocean
  • Length: 3,750 km (2,330 mi) · (Amazon–Ucayali–Tambo–Ené– Apurimac 6,400 km (4,000 mi) to 6,500 km (4,000 mi) · (Amazon–Marañón 5,700 km (3,500 mi)
  • Basin size: 7,000,000 km² (2,700,000 sq mi) 6,743,000 km² (2,603,000 sq mi)

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