The AmazonBy Aoibhe

The Amazon river is in

South America

The Amazon is the second biggest

river in the world. The largest river

in the world is the Nile.

Rivers are very useful to there surroundings.

They give animals water as well as

people. Some rivers even drain

the land.The Amazon drains

the land in Columbia, Peru,

Brazil and Bolivia

There are many different kinds of

fish in the Amazon. One of these fishes

is the ferocious piranha.

The Amazon river provides for a

variety of different animals .

Surrounding the Amazon river is the largest rainforest in the world, stretching

over 5.5 million square kilometers . The U.K. and Ireland would

fit in it 17 times.

The Amazon river stretches over 6400km and is

growing steadily.

In 2007 a man named Martin Strel swam the entire length of

the Amazon river.

He had to swim up to ten hours a day for sixty six days straight. He is the

only person known to swim the entire length of the river.

Scourge - Andes location - Nevada mismi Arequipa

Peru.Elevation - 5,170Mouth - Atlantic

OceanLength - 6,992 kmBasin - 7,050,000

km2

There are no bridges crossing the Amazon . Mostly because there is no need, the Amazon people like to go

through the rainforest.

During the wet season the Amazon can reach

over 190 km in width.

Here is some of the wild life in the

Amazon rainforest.

The Amazon is a wonderful place and has a lot of natural beauty.

When I am older I would love to visit it and see all of its

wonders.