Amazon Shows Its Age: Scientists Say River No Younger Than 9 Million
When you buy through links on our internet site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . The Amazon River has been around three times longer than scientists had surmise , concord to a new estimate that peg the age of the meandering lifeline at around 9 million year . The second - long river , after the Nile , the Amazon supplies one - fifth of the freshwater that enters the global oceans ....