Compare the expanse of the Amazon Basin with the U.S. state of Texas
The size of the Amazon River basin in relation to the U.S. state of Texas.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Transcript
NARRATOR: The Amazon basin is more than 3,000 miles wide and stretches some 1,700 miles north to south.
The state of Texas can fit into the Amazon basin five times over.
The state of Texas can fit into the Amazon basin five times over.