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The Amazon River in South America is the world's largest river by discharge and is disputed to be the world's longest river system compared to the Nile.

The headwaters of the Apurimac River at Nevado Misumi were thought to be the Amazon Basin's most remote source for nearly a century, until a 2014 study found it to be the headwaters of the Mantaro River in the Rumi Cruz Mountains of Peru. rice field.
The Mantaro and Apurimac rivers join together to form the Ucayari river with other tributaries, which joins the Maranhão river above Iquitos in Peru to form what countries outside Brazil consider the main trunk of the Amazon. Brazilians call this part of the river Solimões above its confluence with the Rio Negro River.
The formation of what Brazilians call the Amazon at the meeting of water (Portuguese:
Encontro das Águas) is located in Manaus, the largest city along the river.

Average Amazon emissions are about 215,000 m3/s (7,600,000 cu ft/s) - 230,000 m3/s (8,100,000 cu ft/s) - about 6,591 km3 (1,581 cu mi) - 7,570 km3 (1,820 cu mi) annually . , the next he is larger than the seven largest independent rivers combined. Two of the 10 rivers with the highest flows are tributaries of the Amazon. The Amazon is responsible for 20% of global river-to-sea emissions. The Amazon Basin is the world's largest watershed, covering an area of ​​approximately 7,000,000 km2 (2,700,000 square miles). In Brazil alone, some of its river basins are larger than any other river basin. It has more current than any other river.