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=== List of major tributaries === The main river and tributaries are (sorted in order from the confluence of Ucayali and Marañón rivers to the mouth): {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Left tributary ! Right tributary ! Length (km) ! Basin size (km<sup>2</sup>) ! Average discharge (m<sup>3</sup>/s) |- | colspan="5" |'''Upper Amazon''' (Confluence of Ucayali and Marañón rivers ''-'' [[Tabatinga]]) |- |[[Marañón River|Marañón]] | |2,112 |364,873.4 |16,708 |- | rowspan="3" | |[[Ucayali River|Ucayali]] |2,738 |353,729.3 |13,630.1 |- |Tahuyo |80 |1,630 |105.7 |- |Tamshiyaçu |86.7 |1,367.3 |86.5 |- |[[Itaya River|Itaya]] | rowspan="2" | |213 |2,668 |161.4 |- |[[Nanay River|Nanay]] |483 |16,673.4 |1,072.7 |- | |Maniti |198.7 |2,573.6 |180.4 |- |[[Napo River|Napo]] | rowspan="2" | |1,075 |103,307.8 |7,147.8 |- |Apayaçu |50 |2,393.6 |160.9 |- | |Orosa |95 |3,506.8 |234.3 |- |Ampiyaçu | rowspan="2" | |140 |4,201.4 |267.2 |- |Chichita |48 |1,314.2 |87.7 |- | rowspan="2" | |Cochiquinas |49 |2,362.7 |150.2 |- |Santa Rosa |45 |1,678 |101.5 |- |Cajocumal | rowspan="2" | |58 |2,094.9 |141.5 |- |Atacuari |108 |3,480.5 |236.8 |- | colspan="5" |'''[[Solimões River|Middle Amazon]]''' ([[Tabatinga]] ''-'' [[Meeting of Waters|Encontro das Águas]]) |- | rowspan="2" | |[[Javary River|Javary]] |1,056 |99,674.1 |5,222.5 |- |Igarapé Veneza | |943.9 |58.3 |- |Tacana | rowspan="3" | | |541 |35.5 |- |Igarapé de Belém | |1,299.9 |85.4 |- |Igarapé São Jerônimo | |1,259.6 |78.2 |- | rowspan="2" | |[[Jandiatuba River|Jandiatuba]] |520 |14,890.4 |980 |- |Igarapé Acuruy | |2,462.1 |127.1 |- |[[Putumayo River|Putumayo]] | rowspan="2" | |1,813 |121,115.8 |8,519.9 |- |[[Tonantins River|Tonantins]] | |2,955.2 |169.2 |- | rowspan="3" | |[[Jutaí River|Jutai]] |1,488 |78,451.5 |4,000 |- |[[Juruá River|Juruá]] |3,283 |190,573 |6,662.1 |- |[[Uarini River|Uarini]] | |7,195.8 |432.9 |- |[[Japurá River|Japurá]] | |2,816 |276,812 |18,121.6 |- | rowspan="2" | |[[Tefé River|Tefé]] |571 |24,375.5 |1,190.4 |- |Caiambe | |2,650.1 |90 |- |Parana Copea | | |10,532.3 |423.8 |- | rowspan="2" | |[[Coari River|Coari]] |599 |35,741.3 |1,389.3 |- |[[Mamiá River (Amazonas)|Mamiá]] | |5,514 |176.2 |- |[[Piorini River|Badajos]] | rowspan="2" | |413 |21,575 |1,300 |- |Igarapé Miuá | |1,294.5 |56.9 |- | |[[Purus River|Purus]] |3,382 |378,762.4 |11,206.9 |- |Paraná Arara | | |1,915.7 |78.2 |- | |Paraná Manaquiri | |1,318.6 |52.9 |- |[[Manacapuru River|Manacapuru]] | |291 |14,103 |559.5 |- | colspan="5" |'''Lower Amazon''' ([[Meeting of Waters|Encontro das Águas]] ''-'' [[Gurupá]]) |- |[[Negro River (Amazon)|Rio Negro]] | rowspan="2" | |2,362 |714,577.6 |30,640.8 |- |[[Rio Preto da Eva|Prêto da Eva]] | |3,039.5 |110.8 |- | rowspan="2" | |[[Igapó-Açu River|Igapó-Açu]] |500 |45,994.4 |1,676.5 |- |[[Madeira River|Madeira]] |3,380 |1,322,782.4 |32,531.9 |- |[[Urubu River (Amazonas)|Urubu]] | rowspan="2" | |430 |13,892 |459.8 |- |[[Uatumã River|Uatumã]] |701 |67,920 |2,290.8 |- | |[[Canumã River|Canumã]], [[Paraná do Urariá]] |400 |127,116 |4,804.4 |- |[[Nhamundá River|Nhamundá]], [[Trombetas River|Trombetas]] | rowspan="2" | |744 |150,032 |4,127 |- |[[Curuá River (Amazon River tributary)|Curuá]] |484 |28,099 |470.1 |- | rowspan="3" | |Lago Grande do Curuaí | |3,293.6 |92.7 |- |[[Tapajós River|Tapajós]] |1,992 |494,551.3 |13,540 |- |[[Curuá Una River|Curuá-Una]] |315 |24,505 |729.8 |- |[[Maicuru River|Maicurú]] | |546 |18,546 |272.3 |- | |Uruará | |4,610.2 |104.8 |- |[[Jauaru River|Jauari]] | | |5,851 |108.3 |- | |[[Guajará River (Amazon)|Guajará]] | |4,243 |105.6 |- |[[Paru River|Paru de Este]] | |731 |39,289 |970 |- | |[[Xingu River|Xingu]] |2,275 |513,313.5 |10,022.6 |- |Igarapé Arumanduba | rowspan="2" | | |1,819.9 |50.8 |- |[[Jari River|Jari]] |769 |51,893 |1,213.5 |- | colspan="5" |'''[[Amazon Delta]]''' (river mouth to [[Gurupá]]) |- |Braco do Cajari | | |4,732.4 |157.1 |- | rowspan="2" | |[[Pará River|Pará]] |784 |84,027 |3,500.3 |- |[[Tocantins River|Tocantins]] |2,639 |777,308 |11,796 |- |[[Atuá River|Atuã]] | | |2,769 |119.8 |- | |[[Anajás River|Anajás]] |300 |24,082.5 |948 |- |Mazagão | rowspan="3" | | |1,250.2 |44.4 |- |[[Vila Nova River|Vila Nova]] | |5,383.8 |180.8 |- |[[Matapi River|Matapi]] | |2,487.4 |81.7 |- | |[[Acará River|Acará]], [[Guamá River|Guamá]] |400 |87,389.5 |2,550.7 |- |[[Arari River|Arari]] | rowspan="2" | | |1,523.6 |80.2 |- |[[Pedreira River|Pedreira]] | |2,005 |89.9 |- | |[[Paracauari River|Paracauari]] | |1,390.3 |67.9 |- |[[Jupati River|Jupati]] | | |724.2 |32.6 |} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazonwaters.org/ |title=Aguas Amazonicas |access-date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=11 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111184115/https://amazonwaters.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ore-hybam.org/ |title=HyBam |access-date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=29 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829163121/https://www.ore-hybam.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Rivers Network">{{cite web |url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/ |title=Rivers Network |access-date=27 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316161153/https://www.riversnetwork.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.meioambiente.am.gov.br/ |title=Secretaría do Meio Ambiente (SEMA) |access-date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106213601/https://meioambiente.am.gov.br/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.br/ |title=Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA) |access-date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=11 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211163720/https://www.gov.br/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Lower Amazon"/>
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