Hello Readers
Today we have been learning about rivers. What are rivers? A river is a natural, flowing stream of fresh water, typically originating in mountains and moving toward an ocean, lake , or another river. We’ve just started learning about rivers and we’ve learning some rivers all around the world including the Nile River in Egypt, The Amazon In South America and many more around the globe. Our teacher gave a task to fill out slides about rivers, and make a blog post about the River you chose. I chose The Amazon River.
Where is it?
The Amazon River is located in South America and flows through 3 different countries Peru, Columbia, and Brazil. But the Amazon River mainly covers Brazil with roughly 2/3 thirds or 60% or more of the Amazon Rain forest lies within Brazil, and majority of the Amazon River flows through Brazil before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
How long is it?
The Amazon River is generally considered to be approximately 6,400 to 6992 kilometres long. Its still not the longest river in the world with The Nile River in Egypt beating it at 6,650 kilometres long. Its the second longest river in the world but its the number one in water volume.
Two Facts about it
- The Amazon River is the world’s largest river by volume, discharging roughly 20% of the Earth’s freshwater into the Atlantic Ocean.
- It is home to an estimated 3,000 types of fish, including piranhas and Arapaima, as well as unique mammals like the Amazon river dolphin (or boto ).
