Located in the heart of South America is the Amazon, the world's largest river. It isn’t just big, it is by almost any measure you can think of the world’s largest river, and it is so by a wide margin.
In addition to the river itself, the Amazon basin is the location of one of the greatest collections of biodiversity on the planet. It is home to millions of species of plants and animals.
Despite its enormous size and importance, there is one area where the Amazon falls behind the other great rivers of the world.
Learn more about the Amazon, the world’s largest river, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
