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The Amazon River begins in the Andes Mountains at the west of the basin with its main tributary the Marañón River and Apurimac River in Peru. The highest point in the watershed of the Amazon is the second biggest peak of Yerupajá at 6,635 metres (21,768 ft).
The vast Amazon basin (Amazonia), the largest lowland in Latin America, has an area of about 2.7 million square miles (7 million square km) and is nearly twice as large as that of the Congo River, the Earth’s other great equatorial drainage system.
Amazon basin, the drainage basin of the Amazon River that covers about 34 percent of the land of South America (about 6,100,000 square km [roughly 2,300,000 square miles]) and is located in the center and eastern portions of the continent.
The Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis), also known as "seacow", is found in the northern Amazon River basin and its tributaries. It is a mammal and a herbivore.
The area covered by the Amazon River and its tributaries triples during the wet season over the course of one year. On average, over 110,000 km 2 of land are covered in water during the dry season, while in the wet season the basin rises to over 350,000 km 2.
Wrapped around the river is the Amazon Basin. This basin holds the largest rainforest in the world. We're talking about 7 million square kilometers of dense forest. Replete with an incredible variety of plants and animals. Listen for the squawk of colorful parrots. Look for Jaguars prowling.
Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the drainage basin of the Amazon River and its tributaries in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km).