Amazon River

Question 1

Where is the Amazon River Located?

Answer 1

South America

Question 2

Where does the river originate?

Answer 2

Mountains of Peru

Question 3

Which countries does the Amazon travel through?

Answer 3

Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil

Question 4

Which ocean does the river empty into?

Answer 4

Atlantic Ocean

Question 5

What is the Average annual temperature of the Amazon?

Answer 5

26°c

Question 6

How many hours of sunlight does the Amazon get in each day?

Answer 6

12h

Question 7

What is the driest month in the Amazon Basin?

Answer 7

August

Question 8

When is the wet season in the Amazon?

Answer 8

December to May

Question 9

How much is the rainfall during the dry season?

Answer 9

2 inches

Question 10

What is the rainfall per month in the wet season?

Answer 10

8 inches

Question 11

How many tributaries does the Amazon River have?

Answer 11

1,100

Question 12

How much rain does the Amazon have throughout the year?

Answer 12

9 feet

Question 13

On the average sunny day how much moisture do the trees of the Amazon reduce?

Answer 13

20 billion tons of moisture

Question 14

How much of the worlds fresh water does the Amazon carry?

Answer 14

20%

Question 15

What’s the underlying soil like?

Answer 15

Very fertile- nutrients locked up in system and vegetation and continuously recycled through leaf fall and decay

Question 16

What is the Soil above drain levels like?

Answer 16

Well drained, porous and of various structures