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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nishuek" data-source="post: 16812103" data-attributes="member: 293241">      <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank">The  Amazon is the greatest river in the world by so many measures; the  volume of water it carries to the sea (approximately 20% of all the  freshwater discharge into the oceans), the area of land that drains into  it, and its length and width. It is one of the longest rivers in the  world and, depending upon who you talk to, is anywhere between  6,259km/3,903mi and 6,712km/4,195mi long.</a> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank">For  the last century the length of the Amazon and the Nile Rivers have been  in a tight battle for title of world's longest river. The exact length  of the two rivers varies over time and reputable sources disagree as to  their actual length. The Nile River in Africa is reported to be anywhere  from at 5,499km/3,437mi to 6,690km/4,180mi long. But there is no  question as to which of the two great rivers carries the greater volume  of water - the Amazon River.</a> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank">At  its widest point the Amazon River can be 11km/6.8 mi wide during the  dry season. The area covered by the Amazon River and its tributaries  more than triples over the course of a year. In an average dry season  110,000 square km of land are water-covered, while in the wet season the  flooded area of the Amazon Basin rises to 350,000 square km. When the  flood plains and the Amazon River Basin flood during the rainy season  the Amazon River can be up to 40km/24.8 mi wide. Where the Amazon opens  at its estuary the river is over 325km/202 mi wide!</a> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank">Because  the Amazon drains the entire Northern half of the South American  continent (approx. 40% landmass), including all the torrential tropical  rains that deluge the rainforests, it carries an enormous amount of  water. The mouth of the Amazon River, where it meets the sea, is so wide  and deep that ocean-going ships have navigated its waters and traveled  as far inland as two-thirds the way up the entire length of the river.</a> <a href="http://www.getnidokidos.com/" target="_blank">So,  how did the Amazon get to be so big? The first reason has to do with  its location - right at the equator. Around the "belt line" of the earth  lies a warm, tropical zone where over 400 in/1016cm of rain fall every  year. That averages out to more than an inch (3cm) of rain, everyday! A  lot of water falls onto the land surrounding the river, what is called  the "Amazon River drainage basin". A good way to understand what a  drainage basin is to think of the whole northern half of the continent  of South America as a shallow dish, or saucer. Whenever rain falls and  lands anywhere in the river basin it all  runs into the lowest place in the pan, which happens to be the Amazon  River. The sheer volume of rain in the Amazon jungle, as well as the  slope of the surrounding land, combine to create the enormous river  known as the Amazon.</a> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/QmKfmNb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/xAnTdAU.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/mHIwbzB.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://i.imgur.com/83bB1gb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/qj3sigm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/vjUsrEb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/HzcHRTK.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/YVffyyL.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/1qBd97v.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/liAayVr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </blockquote>

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