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 …

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 …

Occupying much of Brazil and Peru, and also parts of Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela, the Amazon River Basin is the world’s largest …

Aug 23, 2025 · The Amazon Basin represents Earth's largest river drainage system of waterways, floodplains, and ecosystems. This immense watershed collects rainfall and runoff across much …

May 23, 2025 · Starting in the Andes Mountains of Peru, the Amazon River flows eastward over 6,400 kilometers before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. The basin's topography is mainly …

Extending across nine different countries and covering an area of 2.3 million square mi (6 million sq. km), the Amazon basin contains the greatest abundance and diversity of life anywhere on …

Occupying more than 6.8 million km 2, the Amazon is the largest river basin in the world and nearly twice the size of that of the Congo, the second largest.

The Amazon River Basin is the largest river basin in the world, spanning approximately 2.72 million square miles (7.04 million square kilometers) across several South American countries, …

Dec 7, 2025 · This article provides a detailed, structured overview of the Amazon Basin’s location, climate, and river system, and explores the unique features that make this natural wonder …

Rivers in the Amazon are divided according to the color of their water, which is determined by geological and biological structures where the waters originate. We distinguish between: white …