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The Amazon Canyon is a submarine canyon within the Amazon Fan in the Atlantic Ocean, located approximately 200 mi (322 km) from the mouth of the Amazon River, near South America. It covers an area of 2,250 km 2 (870 sq mi). [ 1 ]
The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile.
English: Map of the Amazon River drainage basin with the Amazon River highlighted. Date: 25 February 2013, 11:59:10: Source .
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 1 ] or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent.
The Marañón River was considered the source of the Amazon River starting with the 1707 map published by Padre Samuel Fritz, [4]: 58 who indicated the great river "has its source on the southern shore of a lake that is called Lauriocha, near Huánuco." Fritz believed that the Marañón contributed the most water of all the Amazon's tributaries ...
Amazon Canyon, extending from the Amazon River off the coast of Brazil; Avilés Canyon, off the coast of Asturias, Spain; Baltimore Canyon, off the coast of Maryland; Congo Canyon, extending from the Congo River off the coast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Great Bahama Canyon, between the islands of The Bahamas
This SVG map uses embedded raster graphics to show its topographic structures. Thumbnail with colored legend in caption Francisco de Orellana Amazon River voyage (1541-1542) ( interactive map )
The Juan de Fuca Channel carries more water than the Amazon River. And the Amazon is Earth's biggest river, by discharge volume of water. The Juan de Fuca Channel reaches to the opening of the Juan de Fuca Strait, which separates the United States and Canada. The canyon is just less than 4 miles (6.4 km) wide and at least 450 yards (410 m) deep ...