Amazon and Mississippi, great American rivers

Did you know that the Amazon River is one of the largest in the world? If you have doubts about how long the Amazon is, you should know that it extends over 6.800 kilometers, exceeding the approximate 6.760 kilometers of the Nile River.

Amazon River

On the other hand, it is also known that the distance between the two banks of the Amazon River is 330 kilometers. The issue related to the length of this freshwater river tributary was always controversial, until the Geographical Society of Lima carried out a study where it was learned that the Amazon is born in the Andes of southern Peru, in the Apacheta stream in the department of Arequipa, giving it a long stretch of kilometers to overcome the Nile River. This study was supported by several internationally renowned scientific entities.

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It is worth mentioning that its origin is at more than 5.000 meters of altitude and travels territories concerning Peru and Brazil and then end up flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.

If we have to highlight a river that is located in North American territories without a doubt we must mention the Mississippi (Mississippi in English). This river is the longest in all of North America with its 3.770 kilometers in length, becoming part of the general American culture.

Mississppi river

The Mississippi finds its starting point in northern Minnesota, its only tributary being the Missouri, ending its journey in the Gulf of Mexico.

Close to the Mississippi we will find great natural attractions both in flora and fauna, having in its waters a quarter of the species of fish existing in all of North America.


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  1.   christian espinoza tiburcio said

    This is the best place I have ever seen in my life, I don't know what you think, but for me it is worth it that it is a natural wonder of the whole world. A mirror for the natural world I know it would not be so assimilable but for me that is the most beautiful thing in the world maybe it is the best thing I can see because a vacation there is the most beautiful thing that happened to me in life

  2.   David said

    Life is beautiful to enjoy that beauty as the Amazon River is full of all the wonders that everyone wants to know and if you want to be the lucky one you can make it on your vacation and visit the most beautiful thing in your life because you will travel everything to through a little little goodbye luck everyone enjoy the wonder

  3.   Victor said

    that they are absolutely right that place is wonderful it is a place where we can go to see the wonders and its tourist sites tell the story that is shaped like anconda that they are absolutely right and qx the middle of the night begins to see more similar movements than the anaconda Because you can see his skin and we must also take into account the swampy places
    Well, what I like the most are the places they have and their flora and rauna that are spectacular