From its humble beginnings high in the Peruvian Andes, within 100 miles [160 km] of the Pacific Ocean, the Amazon ​ — swollen by the waters of other rivers along its way — ​ descends some 16,000 feet [5,000 m] to the Atlantic Ocean.
Amazone sākas augstu Peru Andos nepilnu 160 kilometru attālumā no Klusā okeāna krasta un, pa ceļam uzņēmusi daudzu upju ūdeņus, ietek Atlantijas okeānā apmēram piectūkstoš metru zemāk.