Discharge rate209,000 m^3
83.6Olympic swimming pools
4,976Living rooms
Per second
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Amazon River Discharge (Per Second)
The largest river by volume empties an ocean of its own/Water
The Amazon River discharges about 209,000 cubic meters of water per second into the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 20% of all river water reaching the oceans worldwide. Its discharge is greater than the next seven largest rivers combined. The freshwater plume extends up to 400 km into the Atlantic. During flood season, the river can be over 40 km wide in places.
Measurements
Water mass per second209 million kg
69.7 quadrillionFruit fly eggs
59,714Forklifts
18.2 billionAAA batteries
River length6.4 million m
103 quadrillionHelium atoms
12.8 millionTree stump diameters
75,695Olympic straights
6,400 km
Maximum width (flood)40,000 m
40,000Guitar lengths
13.3 millionSnowflake crystals
1.6 millionCherry tomatoes
40 km
Drainage basin area6.9 trillion m^2
43.2 trillionPizza box tops
714 trillionIndex cards
46.1 quadrillionHuman thumbnails
6.915 million km^2