The Amazon, which has the largest drainage basin in the world, about 7,050,000 square kilometres (2,720,000 sq mi), accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world's total river flow. The width of the Amazon varies between 1.6 and 10 kilometres (1.0 and 6.2 mi) at low stage, but expands during the wet season to 48 kilometres (30 mi) or more. The river enters the Atlantic Ocean in a broad estuary about 240 kilometres (150 mi) wide. The mouth of the main stem is 80 kilometres (50 mi).
The Amazon has over 1,100 tributaries, 17 of which are over 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) long. Some of the more notable ones are: Madeira, Purus, Yapura, Tocantins, Araguaia, Juruá, Rio Negro, Tapajós, Xingu, Ucayali River, Guaporé, Içá (Putumayo), Marañón, Teles Pires. It is crossing the following cities: Iquitos (Peru), Leticia (Colombia), Manaus (Brazil), Santarém and Belém do Pará (Brazil), Macapa (Brazil).
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egr.msu.edu palinstravels.co.uk defdesigns.com wallpaperfigure.blogspot.com
southoftheborder.wordpress.com amazonmissionfellowship.org
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