The Amazon river is the second largest river in the world located in South America. It drains an area spanning multiple countries and provides habitat for many fish and animal species. The surrounding Amazon rainforest is the largest in the world, covering over 5.5 million square kilometers. In 2007, a man named Martin Strel became the only person known to swim the entire 6,400 km length of the river over 66 days.

1. The Amazon
By Aoibhe

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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 .

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Scourge - Andes
location - Nevada
mismi Arequipa
Peru.
Elevation - 5,170
Mouth - Atlantic
Ocean
Length - 6,992 km
Basin - 7,050,000
km2

8. 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.

9. Here is some of the
wild life in the Amazon
rainforest.

10. 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.