Because it flows almost parallel to the equator, the Amazon benefits from the summers of both hemispheres. Flooding alternates between the tributaries on the left bank and those on the right bank.
Tā kā Amazone plūst gandrīz paralēli ekvatoram, upi ietekmē abu pusložu sezonu mija un pārmaiņus pārplūst te labā, te kreisā krasta pietekas.