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The Amazon River is the largest river in the world in terms of its flow rate. In addition, it is the second longest river, measuring 6,575 km (4,086 mi) [3] from its source to the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean [4] after the Nile River which is considered to be the longest river in the world (see Source of the Nile River), although there is some dispute.
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The Amazon represents 20% of the global riverine discharge into oceans. [30] The Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with an area of approximately 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi). [3] The portion of the river's drainage basin in Brazil alone is larger than any other river's basin.
Ene River Map of the landscape relief around the Ene River in southeastern Peru. The Ene River (Spanish: Río Ene; Quechua: Iniy mayu) is a Peruvian river on the eastern slopes of the Andes. It is a headwater of the Amazon River.
Very few people have visited the headwaters of the Carhuasanta. A walking track called the Apacheta Trail, used by locals, runs across the continental divide 13 kilometers to the west of Mismi, linking the villages of the Colca Canyon to the isolated valleys of the altiplano used by alpaca herders and their families, and to the mining town of Caylloma, 60 km distant (which can be accessed by a ...
Map of the Tres Fronteras produced by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Tres Fronteras (Portuguese: Três Fronteiras, English: Three Frontiers) is an area of the Amazon rainforest in the Upper Amazon region of South America. It includes, and is named for, the tripoint where the borders of Brazil, Peru, and Colombia meet.
Mismi is a 5,597-metre (18,363 ft) mountain peak of volcanic origin in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru.A glacial stream on the Mismi was identified as the most distant source of the Amazon River in 1996; [1] this finding was confirmed in 2001 [2] and again in 2007. [3]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Map of large rivers in south-central Peru ... The Tambo is part of the headwaters of the Amazon River whose origin is the ...