How long is the Amazon?
6,400 kmAbout 3,977 miles · Planet-sized
About 6,400 km, and it carries more water than any other river.
A red kangaroo would need about 800,000 hops (8 m each) to cover it.
🌳6,400 km
🏞️Lake Baikal
To scale: the Amazon is about 10× bigger than Lake Baikal.
Things about the same size
- How long is the Mekong?4,909 km
- How wide is Titan, Saturn's biggest moon?5,150 km
- How wide is Ganymede, the biggest moon in the solar system?5,268 km
- How far is London from New York?5,570 km
- How long is the Yangtze?6,300 km
- How far is it to the centre of the Earth?6,371 km
- How long is the Nile?6,650 km
- How wide is Mars?6,779 km
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].