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If size is important to you... The average discharge of water into the Atlantic Ocean by the Amazon is approximately 175,000 m3 per second, or between 1/5th and 1/6th of the total discharge into the oceans of all of the world's rivers!
Amazon River flood of 1953. The Amazon River basin, by far the largest river basin in the world, is responsible for 20 percent of the world's discharge of freshwater into the oceans. Seasonal floods cover an area as large as 140,000 square miles every year.he Amazon River basin, by far the largest river basin in the world, is responsible for 20 percent of the world's discharge of freshwater into the oceans. Seasonal floods cover an area as large as 140,000 square miles every year.