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Amazon River
The second-longest river in the world, the Amazon flows about 3,900 miles from northern Peru across northern Brazil to a wide delta on the Atlantic Ocean.
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Chemical weathering is probably faster along the Amazon River then in the Himalayas true or false?
TRUE!
Two things that distinguish the Amazon River?
It is the second longest river in the world and it is responsible for a fifth of the total volume of fresh water entering the oceans worldwide.
Where does the Amazon River rise and to where does it flow?
Peru and it travels through Brazil, Peru and Columbia
What is The Amazon River basin is home to?
The Amazon rainforest
The largest tropical rain forest in the world
How is Loa River related to the south America deserts?
it runs through Atacama desert in south america
The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world. It's just a little shorter than the Nile. Its length is 4,391 miles [7,062 kilometers]. Its drainage basin covers an area of 2,670,000 square miles [6,915,000 square kilometers]. The drainage basin takes up 40 percent of the South American continent. The Amazon drainage basin passes through seven countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.
What are the two rivers that flow through the major rainforests in Brazil and Zaire?
Nile river and Amazon river
Trade and travel are difficult in the amazon river basin because it is a region of?
RAIN FOREST....C for Plato :)
What is Nevado Sajama famous for?
Nevado Sajama is the highest mountain in Bolivia (6542 m or 21,463 feet ASL).
In a 2001 protest against FIFA bypassing La Paz as a host site, some Bolivians played a soccer game atop the mountain.
What fish will kill you if you swim in amazon river?
The Candiru,
The candiru refers to parasitic freshwater catfish in the family Trichomycteridae. They can be found in the Amazon River and are almost impossible to see through being translucent. They are eel shaped and can grow up to a size of 6 inches (15cm) in length.
The fish is attracted by the smell of human urine. After tasting the urine the candiru may follow the urine stream back to the human. It then swims up the urethra and uses its spines to manifest itself somewhere in the urinary tract. After having spread the spines like an umbrella the candiru finally starts to draw blood and may grow by the amount of blood that is consumed. It eats away the muscous membranes and tissues until it is stopped either by hemorrhage or the host. Every attempt to catch the fish by the tail will fail since once in the urethra, it cannot be pulled out because the spines are spread like an umbrella. Men as well as women can be attacked by the candiru.
The second-longest river in the world and the one with the greatest volume of water, flowing about 6,275 km (3,900 mi) from northern Peru across northern Brazil to a wide delta on the Atlantic Ocean. The first European to explore it was probably the Spanish navigator Vicente Yáñez Pinzón in 1500.
The Amazon river is one of the longest rivers in the world aside from the Nile. The Amazon is home to the Amazon river Dolphin. The only dolphin that turns pink when it is cold.
What major cities does the Amazon River flow through?
The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world after the Nile. It flows through the major cities of Iquitos, Manaus, Macapa and Santarem.
Which way does the Amazon River flows?
The Zambezi river is the 4th largest river in Africa and largest flowing into Indian Ocean from the African Continent.. It flows through a number of countries such as Zambia, DR Congo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and Tanzania.
The of the Amazon River is an estuary?
i think the people that make this website should awnser the bloody questions and am 12 yrs of age me name is Courtney if u think this is insultin well then tuff titty ;P
What benefits do you think the rivers might bring to Atlantic south America?
The rivers could bring salt supply, hydration to the land, and plentiful amounts of fish.
What is the evergreen appearance of the Amazon Rainforest?
Well, it`s simply a very large rainforest completely green and home to more than 1million species of insects, plants etc
What is the Amazon River's outflow?
The Atlantic Ocean is the outflow for the Amazon Rver. The Amazon is responsible for 20 percent of the total volume of fresh water entering the oceans worldwide. The Amazon discharges over 3.5 million cubic feet of water per second into the Atlantic. Because of this massive outflow, the water is fresh in open ocean for several miles. The salinity of the ocean is noticeably lower as far as 310 miles [500 kilometers] out to sea.
What reference source would you use to find through which countries the Amazon River flows?
Atlas of course
What cities does the Amazon River flow through?
The bulk of the river flows through tropical rainforest, where there are few roads and even fewer cities. The cities that actually lie on the river are
* Iquitos (Peru); * Manaus (Brazil) and * Belem do Pará (Brazil)
