Amazon River facts and history in brief

The Amazon River is the second longest river (Only to the Nile), in the world and the longest and largest river of South America
The river is 6,437 kilometres long, and carries more water than any other river, even more than the Mississippi, Nile, and Yangtze rivers together
The river is 2.5 to 10 kilometres wide during most of its course
At some points it is too wide for a person on one bank to see the opposite shore
It widens to about 150 kilometres at its mouth
The depth of the Amazon averages about 10 metres and increases to more than 90 metres at some places
The Amazon River Basin covers about 7,000,000 square kilometres and is the world's largest tropical rainforest
The temperature averages 29 °C nearly throughout the year
Rainfall in the Amazon region ranges from 130 centimetres in the low-lying areas to 305 centimetres near the Andes Mountains in Peru
The air is very humid throughout most of the river basin
Ocean going vessels can sail about 3,700 kilometres up the Amazon to Iquitos, in Peru
Belem, on the Para River, and Manaus, 1,600 kilometres upstream from the mouth of the Amazon, are important ports
The Amazon begins 5,240 metres above sea level in the Andes Mountains of Peru as a small stream called the Apurimac River
The Apurimac joins the Ucayali River, and they join the Maranon River, the Amazon's upper branch near Iquitos, Peru, and form the main channel of the Amazon
The river continues eastward across Brazil and flows into the Atlantic Ocean
The Amazon tumbles rapidly through the Andes and falls about 5,000 metres during the first 970 kilometres
It falls only about 240 metres more during the rest of its course
The river flows at a speed of about 2.5 kilometres per hour during the dry season, but the flow increases to about 5 kilometres per hour in the rainy season
More than 200 streams and rivers flow into the Amazon River. An unusually high ocean tide occasionally overpowers the current at the mouth of the Amazon
This creates a wall of water called a 'bore' that measures up to 4.5 metres high and rushes upstream
Many different fish live in the Amazon River, including the fierce, flesh-eating piranha and the pirarucu, one of the largest fresh-water fish of South America
The basin area is the home of such animals as alligators, anacondas, monkeys, parrots, sloths, and many species of insects
The indigenous Indians lived in the Amazon River basin before white people first came to the area
In 1500, Vincente Pinzon, a Spanish explorer, was probably the first European to see the Amazon
In 1541 and 1542, Francisco de Orellana, another Spaniard led the first exploration of the river by a European
His expedition followed the Amazon from the mouth of the Napo River in Peru to the Atlantic
Orellana and his group was attacked on their journey by fierce female Indian warriors
The Spaniards called their attackers Amazons, after the female warriors in Greek mythology
The name was later given to the river and the nearby area
During the mid-1800's, the Amazon basin became an important source of rubber, obtained from trees in the region, until about 1910, when plantations in Southeast Asia began to produce rubber more cheaply, and the economy of the region collapsed
Since the 1960's, the Brazilian government has built roads and airports in the Amazon basin
New towns and farms have been established in the basin, and its population has grown

The Amazon rain forest has a great variety of plant life
Scientists have found more than 3,000 species of plants in 2.5 square kilometres there
The trees stand as tall as 60 metres
Their tops grow so close together that only a little sunlight can reach the ground

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Manaus on the Rio Negro River, not far from where it merges with the great Amazon River was another place we've arrived in the middle of the night
Our negotiations with the tour operators taken some time and after that it didn't seem to be much point to search for a hotel, so we waited for the tour at the Airport
Our tour included the sightseeing of Manaus city, the Rivers Amazon and Negro, their merging down stream, exploration of the nearby Amazon 'rainforest' or 'jungle', fishing and meeting some of the local indigenous people

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Our guide 'Jumbo" was a jovial 'welllll-built' fellow, who's agility often surprised us. We were assured to see lot of 'wildlife', such as crocodiles, monkeys, iguanas, birds and piranhas.
As you've probably guessed, it wasn't the day or we weren't the people to see a lot of 'wildlife', although it wasn't for a lack of trying
We did catch some piranhas. Jumbo and our boatman did spend three hours after sunset showing their torches around looking for the shining eyes of the crocks in the pitch dark jungle. Of course no one told the crocks, that we were looking for them, or they have been pre-warned and just didn't want to be seen by us
We did enjoy our trip in the Amazon 'jungle'
We did see the confluence of the two great rivers and the remarkable different colours of the rivers, which takes ten kilometres to mix and merge completely

Jumbo agreed to a very reasonable price for the tour, but in the end got even with us
Coming ashore, after our trip, he hailed a taxi to the Airport and made us pay half the fare

A bit disappointing, but it was a thoroughly enjoyable and memorable day

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