Holiday Ayo - Is the Amazon river familiar to us? This river is very famous. The Amazon River is a river in South America which is one of the longest rivers in the world.

Second Longest River

The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world, while the number 1 position is occupied by the Nile. The Amazon River has a length of 6,853 kilometers, running from the Andes Mountains to its empties into the northeastern coast of Brazil, which is located in the Atlantic Ocean.

With about 1,100 tributaries, the Amazon River also has the largest drainage system in the world. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, about one-fifth of all water flowing on Earth is carried by the Amazon River.

Uniquely, in the dry season, the width of the Amazon River can be very wide, cited from bobogrid.id, the width of the amazon is about 3.2 to 9.6 kilometers. While in winter, the width can reach 48 kilometers.

At the height of the rainy season, the current carried by the Amazon River travels at more than 6.4 kilometers per hour. The Amazon River is known to have been discovered by a Spanish soldier Francisco de Orellana, in 1541.

Become a Piranha Habitat

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There are approximately 3,000 species of fish in the Amazon River, the most famous of which is the famous piranha fish. So far, piranha fish are known as predatory fish that like to eat the flesh of other animals. However, piranha fish can turn into omnivores when food sources are reduced.

Piranha fish, which mostly grow and develop in South America, can be a threat to livestock belonging to residents around the Amazon River.

Amazon Basin in 6 Countries

Reporting from Bobogrid.id, the Amazon Basin is a vast land area that flows into the Amazon River and its tributaries. This basin is located in 6 countries, namely Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. However, most of these basins are located in Brazil. Don't get me wrong, it turns out that there are also people living around this amazing Amazon River.

According to the Coordinator of Indigenous Organization on the Amazon Basin, there are about 2.7 million indigenous people living in the Amazon Basin. The number consists of 350 different ethnic groups, and 60 of them are isolated.