answersLogoWhite

0

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.

500 Questions

What type of climate exists in areas along the amazon river?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

The Amazon Basin stretches directly onto the equator and is characterized by hot and wet climate throughout the year. Both day and nights are almost equally hot and humid. the skin feels sticky. it rains almost everyday, that too without much warning. The day temperatures are high with very humidity. At night the temperature goes down but the humidity remains high.

Which is longer the nile or the Amazon?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

The Nile River is the longest river of the wolrd. Its length is 7,088 km. The Amazon River is the second longest river of the world. Its length is 6,575 km.

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: 10.1080/17538940902746082

What other rivers join the Amazon River?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

A peculiarity of the Orinoco river system is the Casiquiare canal, which starts as an arm of the Orinoco, and finds its way to the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon, thus forming a 'natural canal' between Orinoco and Amazon.

How many turns has the amazon river got?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

how much bends do the amazon river have

How much water does the amazon river carry?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

The Nile River is the longest river in the world at over 4200 miles long. It discharges 99,941 cubic feet of water per second.

What sort of terrain does it flow through the river amazon?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

The Amazon River flows through the world's largest tropical rain forest.

Why was it that important for people to use fashion?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

It makes them think that they look better than without fashion

What is the amazon river near?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Peru and Brazil

What is the nearest town to the Amazon River?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

The closest city to Mach Picchu, i believe is Cusco.

Where does the Amazon River flow into the ocean?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

The Atlantic Ocean
The Amazon river eventually empties into the Atlantic Ocean

When was Amazon river flooded?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

1914

What is the relative location for amazon basin?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

The Amazon Basin in northern South America includes roughly 40 percent of the land area of the continent. The basin is mostly in Brazil, but includes part of the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The area contains vast regions of rainforest, so the climate in the central valley is hot and rainy. The western part of the valley reaches the mountains of the Andes.

Where is the Amazon River?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

The Amazon River is the world's second longest river, c.3,900 mi (6,280 km) long, formed by the junction in N Peru's Andes Mts. of two major headstreams, the Ucayali and the shorter Marañón. It flows across N Brazil before entering the Atlantic Ocean near Belém. For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

How are you destroying the Amazon?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

people are cutting down trees so the animals are loosing their habitat...

How is the Mississippi river and the amazon different?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Each is a main source of water for communities around them. They feed the rivers and lakes in small towns and cities dotted along their path. A decrease or increase in river lines affects millions of people.

Is it dangerous swimming in the Amazon River?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

It depends on if the animals above have landed their droppings in it but besides that it is a river so it is definitely fine to drink out of but unlike oceans it is not salt water.

How long is a river?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

The Brahmaputra River spans through Bangladesh, China and India.Its source is the Chemayungdung Glacier and and the length of it runs for 1,802 miles.

Are there jellyfish in the Amazon River?

User Avatar

Asked by Wiki User

Jellyfish need to live in the sea, not in a rainforest.