Widest river
Record Holder
The Amazon Basin
Country
Record Date
18/03/2005
- 11 kilometre(s)
The Book of World Records officially recognizes that While not in flood, the main stretches (i.e. not its tidal reaches where an estuary/delta can be much wider) of the Amazon river in South America can reach widths of up to 11 km (7 miles) at its widest points.
