BASINS

Amazon Basins

Occupying more than 6.8 million km2, the Amazon is the largest river basin in the world and nearly twice the size of that of the Congo, the second largest. Although some do not consider the Tocantins Basin to be part of the Amazon Basin it is nevertheless connected geographically and ecologically to it and its lower course is invaded by Amazon River water.

Conservando la Cuenca Amazónica Aguas Amazonicas

 

Pan-Amazon Basins

The new Pan-Amazon basins classification (Eduardo Venticinque, Bruce Forsberg, Ronaldo Barthem, and Michael Goulding, 2021) addresses the challenge of conservation at scale, and offers a useful spatial reduction to make integrated analysis of the aquatic, semi-aquatic and land systems at the Amazon Biome scale, or at different hydrographic scales.

Pan-Amazon basins and percentage of the total area of the Pan-Amazon. (Eduardo Venticinque, Bruce Forsberg, Ronaldo Barthem, and Michael Goulding, 2021). Map: Wildlife Conservation Society 2024.

Pan-Amazon basins and percentage of the total area of the Pan-Amazon. (Eduardo Venticinque, Bruce Forsberg, Ronaldo Barthem, and Michael Goulding, 2021). Map: Wildlife Conservation Society 2024.

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ESTUARY & COAST

The Estuary
Marajó Bay
Amapá Coast
Marajó Island

AMAZON MAIN STEM

The Main Stem
Uses & Impacts
Protected Areas

MAIN RIVER BASINS

Caquetá-Japurá
Juruá
Madeira
Marañón
Napo
Negro
Purus
Putumayo-Içá
Tapajós
Tocantins
Trombetas
Ucayali
Xingu