Amazon River Flashcards
Location
Northern portion of South American, flows from east to west
Where does it originate
Andes mountains of Peru
Where does it empty
Atlantic ocean
Climate
Warm, rainy, humid
How much sunlight does it receive a day?
12 hours
Temperature
Day = 32
Night = 24
Underlying Soils
Very fertile - nutrients locked up in system in vegetation and continuously recycled through leaf fall and decay
Soils above drain levels
Well drained, porous and of various structures
How much water enters ocean
219,000 meters cubed per second
How many tributaries
1100
How much rainfall does it receive each year
9 feet (50% returns to atmosphere through foliage of trees)
How much moisture do the trees release into atmosphere per day
20 billion tonnes seeds clouds with rain
How much does the river rise by every year
9 meters flooding surrounding forests covering an area of 350,000km2
Imputs
Precipitation
Outputs
Meting sea, evaporation,
