Major Rivers in Brazil |
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River | Length (km) | Length (miles) | Drainage area (km²) | Outflow | Countries in the drainage basin | States of Brazil in the drainage basin |
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Amazon River Basin | 6,400 | 3976.78 | 7 008 370 | Atlantic Ocean | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. | Pará, Amazonas, Amapa |
Araguaia River | 2600 | 1615.57 | 967 059 (Araguaia Tocantins Basin) | Confluence with Tocantins | Brazil | Goiás, Tocantins, Para, Mato Grosso |
Tocantins River | 1960 | 1217.89 | 967 059 (Araguaia Tocantins Basin) | Atlantic Ocean | Brazil | Goiás, Tocantins, Para, Maranhao |
Paraguay River | 2550 | 1629 | 1 095 000 | Confluence with Parana | Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay | Mato Gross, Mato Gross Sul |
Parana River | 4880 | 3032.29 | 2800000 | Joins Paraguay river | Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina | Minas Gerais, Paraná |
Parnaiba River | 1700 | 1056 | 344 112 | Atlantic Ocean | Brazil | Maranhão and PiauÃ. |
São Francisco | 2914 | 1811 | 631200 | Atlantic Ocean | Brazil | Minas Gerais, Bahia, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Alagoas, |
Uruguay River | 1838 | 1142 | 365000 | Rio de la Plata Estuary | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul |