Talk:Amazon River

Possible misleading translation

I suspect this sentence is misleading, but I want to be sure.

"In this journey, Orellana baptised some of the affluents of the Amazonas like Rio Negro, Napo and Jurua."

In my first reading of this, I took it to be an inelegant way to say that Orellana introduced some of the wealthy residents ("affluents") of the region to Christianity, including three specific regions. On my second reading I don't think this was intended. Does the following sentence capture what the author intended?

"In this journey, Orellana named some of the tributaries of the Amazon River such as the Rio Negro, Napo, and Jurua."

Second longest river?

This mistake is only in the English version. In the Czech version it is correct.

The Amazon river is the longest in the world. In 1999 and 2000, the scientific team of prof. Bohumír Janský from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Charles University found that the river was 7 062km long. Bohumír Janský even got a state award from Peru.

Please fix this mistake, thank you Lairdone (talk) 10:22, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

It is calculated from the mouth of the Rio Para, which is 350 km longer than the main estuary. Also from the source of the Mantaro which added another 100 km to the total length. Only the Mantaro source is intermittent as opposed to the Apurimac's permanent source.

Localpatriotism around the length of rivers.

Actually, it is the volume of water flow that reflects the size of a river. Somehow everyone overlooks this fact. 2A02:AB88:4702:7900:FC6E:D1F2:AEA:13BA (talk) 18:24, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

I am adding the research article of prof. Janský: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294373863_A_New_Survey_of_Sources_of_the_Amazon

I think it's worth looking into. Lairdone (talk) 09:32, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

"Stone Age Amazon" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Stone Age Amazon has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 April 17 § Stone Age Amazon until a consensus is reached. consarn _{(talck) (contirbuton s)} 11:38, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Request to Update Amazon River Swimming Record

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Please update the section regarding Martin Strel's 2007 Amazon River swim to reflect that his speed record was broken in November 2010 by Serbian swimmer Darko Novović (also referred to in media as Davor Novović).

While Martin Strel remains the first to complete the swim openly without a cage, Novović completed the 5,450 km journey in 46 days (beating Strel's time by 20 days) using an improvised protective net cage.

Please see the following reliable journalistic sources to verify this update:

• The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/17/serbia-darko-novovic-amazon-swimming
• B92 News: https://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2010&mm=11&dd=17&nav_id=70949&version=amp

Thank you! ~2026-48010-08 (talk) 06:50, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: according to the page's protection level, you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. AlphaBetaDeltaLambda αβδλ 13:22, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Also  Not done, since Wikipedia is written by human beings, and also because nothing like what you describe is even in the article. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 17:06, 5 September 2026 (UTC)