What are 3 facts about the Amazon river?

What are 3 facts about the Amazon river?

How many years does the Amazon have left?

According to the World Wildlife Fund, more than a quarter of the Amazon rainforest will be devoid of trees by 2030 if cutting continues at the same speed. If nothing is done to stop it, an estimated 40 per cent of this unique forest will be razed by 2050.

What is the Amazon river facts for kids?

The Amazon River is the second-longest river in the world. Running through the Amazon Rainforest in South America, it is more than 4,000 miles long and home to many different animals and plants. The Amazon River has over 1,100 tributaries, rivers or streams that are connected to a larger river or lake.

How deep is Amazon River?

The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile.

What are 3 rivers that flow into the Amazon?

The Mantaro and Apurímac rivers join, and with other tributaries form the Ucayali River, which in turn meets the Marañón River upstream of Iquitos, Peru, forming what countries other than Brazil consider to be the main stem of the Amazon.

What lives in the Amazon river?

The Amazon is one of Earth's last refuges for jaguars, harpy eagles, and pink river dolphins, and it is home to sloths, black spider monkeys, and poison dart frogs. It contains one in 10 known species on Earth, 40,000 plant species, 3,000 freshwater fish species, and more than 370 types of reptiles.

What are 2 fun facts about the Amazon river?

Are there 2 Amazon rivers?

The Meeting of Waters (Portuguese: Encontro das Águas) is the confluence between the dark (blackwater) Rio Negro and the pale sandy-colored (whitewater) Amazon River, referred to as the Solimões River in Brazil upriver of this confluence. For 6 km (3.7 mi) the waters of the two rivers run side by side without mixing.

What river has two colors?

As the seventh longest river in Asia, the Lancang River is a major trade route between China and Southeast Asia. During the rainy season, the section of the river in Xishuangbanna in southwest China's Yunnan Province bisects into two different colors.

Is Amazon or Nile longer?

The Encyclopedia Britannica gives the length of the Nile as 6,650 kilometers (4,132 miles), to 6,400 kilometers (3,977 miles) for the Amazon, measuring the latter from the headwaters of the Apurimac river in southern Peru.