How long is the Amazon River?

Answer 1

1. The length of the Amazon River is 6,575 km or 4,086 miles from its source in Nevado Mismi of southern of Peru to the mouth in Atlantic Ocean. Amazon is the second longest river after the Nile River (7,088 Km or 4,405 miles) of Africa.

Source: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/1753894090274608

2. About 4,080 miles long

Answer 2

1. The length of the Amazon River is 6,575 km or 4,086 miles from its source in Nevado Mismi of southern of Peru to the mouth in Atlantic Ocean. Amazon is the second longest river after the Nile River (7,088 Km or 4,405 miles) of Africa.

Source: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/1753894090274608

2. About 4,080 miles long

Answer 3

The Amazon is the largest river in the world by volume, with a total river flow greater than the next top ten largest rivers flowing into the ocean combined.

The Amazon, which has the largest drainage basin in the world, accounts for approximately one fifth of the world's total river flow.

It is approx 4,080 miles long which makes it the 2nd longest river next to the Nile which is 4,184 miles long.

Answer 4

The Amazon River is approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles) long.

Answer 5

== == The Amazon River is anywhere between 6,259km/3,903mi and 6,712km/4,195mi long.