Tuesday 23 July 2013

Greatest Rivers

The volume of water flowing from the mouth of a river varies according to the season. The figures given are highest averages. The outflow of the Amazon would fill almost two million baths every second.
  • Amazon flows into the South Atlantic, Brazil at 219,000 m3/sec .
  • Ganges flows into the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh at 43,900 m3/sec .
  • Zaire(Congo) flows into the South Atlantic ,Angola/Congo  at 41,800 m3/sec .
  • Chang Jiang flows into the Yellow Sea , China at 31,900 m3/sec .
  • Orinoco flows into the South Atlantic , Venezuela at 31,900 m3/sec .
  • Plate-Parana-Grande flows into the South Atlantic , Uruguay at 25,700 m3/sec .
Source - Whitaker's world of facts
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