section_path: Discharge
section_name: Discharge
paragraph_text: Discharge
  
  Average discharge at the estuary; Period from 2003 to 2015: 7,200 km /a (230,000 m /s)
  
  Average discharge at Óbidos gauge station; Period from 1969 to 2018: 5,520 km /a (175,000 m /s)
  
  Average discharge (Q - 173,000 m /s) and sediment load (S - 754 x 10 ton/year) at Óbidos gauge station (period from 1996 to 2007)
  
  Average, minimum and maximum discharge at Itacoatiara and Santarém (Lower Amazon). Period from 1998/01/01 to 2022/12/31 (Source: The Flood Observatory):