Question

What is the length of the Amazon river?
A. 5987 Km
B. 6280 Km
C. 6358 Km
D. 6395 Km

Answer 1

Hint: Amazon river in South America is the second largest river the world, and the disputed longest river in the world next to the Nile river. The river passes through Peru from where it starts and travels across Colombia and Brazil.

Complete Answer:
- The Amazon basin has long been relatively uninhabited by humans although now recently it has started to be inhabited by tribes known as Indians.
- Flora and Fauna: It is tropical rain forest, the trees are so long that known as the canopy, soar as high as 120 feet (40 metres) above the ground; The trees found are rubber trees, silk cotton trees, brazil nut trees, sapucaia trees, sucupira trees, laurels, myrtles, bignonias, Spanish cedars, figs, mahogany and rosewoods are also common.
- The animals found in this region are stinging bees, fireflies, wasps, hornets, cockroaches, beetles, centipedes,cicadas, ticks, scorpions, red bugs, and giant spiders are found in abundance. The dangerous flesh eating piranha generally that feeds on other fish but may attack any animal or human that enters the water;
- The unique characteristic of the Amazon forest are several species of monkeys. Howler monkeys, squirrel monkey, spider monkey and also rich in bird life, the parrots and macaws. The distance of the Amazon river is approximately 6500 km .

The correct answer is Option D ( 6395 km).

Note: The Amazon is well known for many reasons. It is the greatest river of South America and the largest drainage system in the world in terms of the volume of its flow and the area of its basin.