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The Amazon basin, the largest and the longest drainage basin in the world, covers about 40 percent of South America, an area of approximately 6,915,000 square kilometres. Correction, the area is approximatley 7'050'000 square kilometres and about 2'720'000 square miles. This correction was by noobsinmyface!

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