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Amazon Basin Facts

Basin Area: 5856696 5,856,696 km² <br />2,260,684.656 mi² <br /> km2
Average Discharge: 193020962.967193,020,962.967 m³/s <br />6,816,470,973.293 cfs <br />6,091,162.528 km³/y <br /> m3/s
Type:watershed or basin, river or creek

Includes Riparians: Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Guyana; French Guiana; Peru; Suriname;

Venezuela;
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The Amazon Basin is located in South America.


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== Riparians == == Water Features ==

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Facts about Included Riparians

RiparianPopulation in BasinArea within Basin in sq. kmIrrigated Lands within Basin in sq kmAverage Discharge in cubic m per second
Suriname0.0017 million1,700 people <br />1,566 km²604.636 mi² <br />0 km²0 mi² <br />95.067 m³/s3,357.259 cfs <br />3 km³/y <br />
Guyana0.0181 million18,100 people <br />14,831 km²5,726.281 mi² <br />0 km²0 mi² <br />3,168.9 m³/s111,908.647 cfs <br />100.001 km³/y <br />
Venezuela0.0042 million4,200 people <br />40,329 km²15,571.114 mi² <br />0 km²0 mi² <br />31,689 m³/s1,119,086.473 cfs <br />1,000.01 km³/y <br />
Peru9.295 million9,295,000 people <br />951,855 km²367,513.27 mi² <br />19,000 km²7,335.941 mi² <br />5,418,819 m³/s191,363,786.893 cfs <br />171,001.671 km³/y <br />
Colombia0.91 million910,100 people <br />366,819 km²141,629.608 mi² <br />0 km²0 mi² <br />2,820,321 m³/s99,598,696.102 cfs <br />89,000.87 km³/y <br />
Brazil7.968 million7,968,000 people <br />3,654,439 km²1,410,986.786 mi² <br />0 km²0 mi² <br />184,651,803 m³/s6,520,916,878.499 cfs <br />5,827,056.947 km³/y <br />
Ecuador1.515 million1,515,000 people <br />123,295 km²47,604.466 mi² <br />7,400 km²2,857.156 mi² <br />95,067 m³/s3,357,259.419 cfs <br />3,000.029 km³/y <br />
Bolivia6.337 million6,337,000 people <br />703,423 km²271,593.139 mi² <br />0 km²0 mi² <br />
French Guiana0 million0 people <br />139 km²53.668 mi² <br />0 km²0 mi² <br />0 m³/s0 cfs <br />0 km³/y <br />
  1. ^ Oregon State University.Transboundary Freshwater Spatial Database Entry for "Amazon Basin" Accessed August 15 2014 online:http://ocid.nacse.org/tfdd/map/result.php?bcode=AMZN