🇧🇷 Amazon River

World's largest river by water volume; drains 40% of South America

Brazil 1500 Great Rivers

🌊 Key Facts

World's largest river by discharge — carries 20% of all freshwater entering the world's oceans

Basin covers 7.05 million km² — 40% of South America's landmass

2,000+ species of fish, 430 mammals, 2.5 million insect species — most biodiverse river

So wide at its mouth (325 km) that you cannot see land across it from the centre