The Amazon River is responsible for a fifth of the world’s river flow and can reach 190 km wide during the rainy season. There are no bridges due to the rainforest, but the Rio Negro bridge connects Manaus and Iranduba. The Amazon is the largest river, but not the longest.
During the rainy season, the Amazon River can swell up to more than 120 miles (190 km) wide. The Amazon moves more water than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined, making it responsible for a fifth of the world’s total river flow. Perhaps surprisingly, there are no bridges crossing the river at any point. This is because the Amazon mostly winds through pristine rainforests, where there are very few roads. Most crossings are made by ferry. However, in 2010, the Rio Negro bridge was completed over one of the tributaries of the Amazon. The 11,795-foot (3,595 m) span connects the Brazilian cities of Manaus and Iranduba.
The biggest, not the longest:
The Amazon River flows through Guyana, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Its length is approximately 4,000 miles (6,400 km).
The Amazon originates in the Andes in Peru, on the western edge of South America. The river flows east into the Atlantic Ocean, near the Equator.
The Amazon is the largest river in the world, but the title of longest river in the world goes to the Nile River in Africa.
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