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 about 35.5 …

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 located in the …

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 of …

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 lowland, …

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 the earth.

May 23, 2024 · The Amazon Basin is a huge tropical rainforest area in South America that contains the Amazon river, the second longest river in the world, and its tributaries. Nearly half of the Amazon …

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 drainage system.

The Amazon Basin is the largest river basin in the world, covering millions of square kilometers and supporting the Amazon River and its tributaries. This interactive map explores the Amazon Basin’s …

The Amazon is a vast biome that spans eight rapidly developing countries—Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname—and French Guiana, an overseas territory …

Today the Amazon River Basin holds the largest tropical rainforest in the world, ranging from the eastern slope of the Andes mountains to the Atlantic Ocean and covering an area of 2,400,000 square miles …