<P> The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries . The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 7,500,000 km (2,900,000 sq mi), or roughly 40 percent of the South American continent . It is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela . </P> <P> Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon Rainforest, also known as Amazonia . With a 5,500,000 km (2,100,000 sq mi) area of dense tropical forest, this is the largest rainforest in the world . </P> <P> The Amazon River rises in the Andes Mountains at the west of the basin with its main tributary the Marañón River in Peru . It is usually considered to be the second longest river in the world . However, a team of Brazilian scientists has claimed that the Amazon is the longest river in the world . It covers about 6,400 km before draining into the Atlantic Ocean . The Amazon and its tributaries form the largest volume of water . The Amazon accounts for about 20% of the total water carried to the oceans by rivers . Some of the Amazon rainforests are deforested because of the increasing of cattle ranches and soy beans field . </P> <P> The highest point in the watershed of the Amazon is the peak of Yerupajá at 6,635 m (21,768 ft). </P>

Are there any rivers coasts and mountain regions near the amazon rainforest