No. The water that flows down the River Amazon in South America fell as snow or rain in a vast area known as a drainage basin. This draining basin is the largest in the world and includes eight countries, covering an area three-quarters the size of the USA.
TOP FIVE longest rivers in the world
- NILE(Africa) 6,695 km
- Amazon(South America) 6,448 km
- Yangtze(Asia) 6,378km
- Mississippi/Missouri(North America) 6,228km
- OB(Asia) 5,570km
Top five largest lakes
- Caspian Sea: central Asia 371,000 sq km
- Michigan/Huron: Canada/USA 117,436 sq km
- Superior: Canada/USA 82,103 sq km
- Victoria: east Africa 69,485 sq km
- Tanganyika: central-east Africa 32,893 sq km
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