Amazon River Facts
Exciting Amazon River Facts
Surely every person at least once in the life has heard something about the great Amazon River and he or she may not even know how many interesting and informative Amazon River facts there are. Did you know that the Amazon River is the second largest river in the whole world; the first one is the famous Nile. Also the Amazon River is really long, its length is 6280 kilometers; that is even noticeable once you look at the Amazon River map, although it may not be the longest river but surely it is the widest river in the world. |
From Peruvian Iquitos and all the way across whole Brazil straight to the Atlantic Ocean, the Amazon River is between 6-10 kilometers wide. And furthermore it is even wider when it is flooded during the wet season.
As you have already understood there is a huge amount of exciting Amazon River facts, for someone it is undiscovered field of knowledge. For example not everyone realizes that the Amazon River accounts for about one-fifth of the world's entire river flow. The source of the river is located in Peru and the mouth is in North Eastern Brazil.
The Europeans discovered the Amazon River just because they were about 200 miles out to the sea and observed that they were sailing in fresh water, so when they turned the ship toward shore, the Amazon River was discovered. So these and lots of other interesting Amazon River facts make this river absolutely majestic and captivating and it has not even been mentioned that the Amazon River is inexhaustible life source for local flora and fauna and moreover for almost all humanity.
