Home›Rivers›Rivers of South AmericaGroupRivers of South AmericaRivers whose course runs mainly through South America, grouped here by continent for browsing rather than mixed into one worldwide list: the Amazon, the Parana, the Orinoco and the Sao Francisco are among the entries filed here. Each entry records the river's length, its source and mouth, and the countries its course passes through, so a reader comparing rivers within one continent is not also comparing across continents with very different scales.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonLongest River Length (km)Well-attested6400 1Browse ByAll Rivers of South AmericaRivers of South America14 entriesRivers of South AmericaFilter Results14 entriesWater Body TypeAllRivers of South America (14)ContinentAllSouth America (14)Area or Depth BandAll117,000 to 720,000 sq km (2)797,000 to 161,760,000 sq km (3)Flows ThroughAllArgentina (3)Bolivia (1)Brazil (9)Chile (1)Colombia (5)Guyana (1)Paraguay (2)Peru (1)Uruguay (1)Venezuela (3)Parent Water BodyAllThe Amazon River (1)Shaped ByAllCanyon Formation (1)Fluvial Erosion (1)Orogeny (1)Plate Tectonics (1)LengthAll2,574 to 9,600 km (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 14Bio Bio RiverRivers2 linksEssequibo RiverRivers3 linksMadeira RiverRivers4 linksMagdalena RiverRivers4 linksMeta RiverRivers3 linksNegro RiverRivers4 linksOrinoco RiverRivers3 linksParaguay RiverRivers4 linksParana RiverRivers4 linksSao Francisco RiverRivers3 linksThe Amazon RiverRivers12 linksTocantins RiverRivers3 linksUruguay RiverRivers5 linksXingu RiverRivers4 linksSources1. List of rivers by length - Wikipediatier 2WikipediaArticle textQuote, Article textHowever, the origin of the river at Nevado Mismi had already been known more than one decade earlier (see Jacek Palkiewicz), and satellite based measuring from this origin to the Amazon mouth has resulted in not more than 6,400 km.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.