Primary 4/Unit 2: Water PART III: Water in the World Appendix_22A
THE AMAZON RIVER
Fact File about the
Amazon
The Amazon River is 6,280km
long and its source is located in
Calillona, Peru.
The mouth is
located in North Eastern Brazil
(South America).
It...
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Primary 4/Unit 2: Water PART III: Water in the World Appendix_22A
THE AMAZON RIVER
Fact File about the
Amazon
The Amazon River is 6,280km
long and its source is located in
Calillona, Peru.
The mouth is
located in North Eastern Brazil
(South America).
It is the world s second longest river.
Only the Nile, in Africa, is longer.
But,
if you measure a river by the volume of water that flows along it, the Amazon
is the biggest river in the world.
It collects water from over 1,000 tributaries, 17 of which are over 1600
kilometres long.
From Iquitos in Peru all the way across Brazil to the Atlantic, the Amazon is
between six and ten kilometres wide.
The first European who found the Amazon noticed he was sailing in fresh
water when he was 321 km out to sea.
Eusko Jaurlaritza.
Hezkuntza Saila.
Ingelesa Edukien Bitartez.
LMHko 4.
Maila.
2004-05 ikasturtea 1
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