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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.
Orinoco River. Rio Grande (distributary, empties into the Boca Grande) Barima River; Amacuro River; Cuyubini River; Aguirre River; Caño Araguao (distributary) Caño Mariusa (distributary) Caño Macareo (distributary) Caño Tucupita (distributary) Caño Mánamo (distributary, empties into the Gulf of Paria) Tigre River. Morichal Largo River ...
River Bordering country Amazon River Colombia, Peru and Brazil: Apaporis River Colombia and Brazil: Arauca River Colombia and Venezuela: Bermejo River Argentina and Bolivia: Catatumbo River Colombia and Venezuela: Courantyne River Guyana and Suriname: Cuareim River Brazil and Uruguay: Guaitara River Colombia and Ecuador: Iguazu River
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. [3] [23] [n 4]
Amazon River basin. The following are some of the significant rivers in South America Aconcagua - Chile; Amazon - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil (4,086 mi (6,576 km)) (flows into the Atlantic Ocean) Solimões - name given in Brazil to the portions of the Amazon upstream of its confluence with the Rio Negro. Ucayali - Peru ...
Map of the Amazon River drainage basin with the Amazon River highlighted The Amazon River drainage basin; with the Casiquiare River, a distributary of the Orinoco River flowing southward into the Negro River, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems.
It is situated on major sea and air routes linking North and South America. Located at the northernmost end of South America, Venezuela has a total area of 912,050 km 2 (352,140 sq mi) and a land area of 882,050 km 2 (340,560 sq mi). [2] [1] It is the 32nd largest country and is slightly smaller than Egypt, or half the size of Mexico. Shaped ...
The geography of South America contains many diverse regions and climates. Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the landmass of the Americas, south and east of the Colombia–Panama border by most authorities, or south and east of the Panama Canal by some.