What's over 4,000 miles long and spans over six countries?

No, it's not the world's largest conglide.

It's arguably the most famous waterway on the planet, the Amazon River.

This watery wonder is believed by many to be the longest river in the world,

closely followed by the Nile.

Although these two rivers may share a similar size,

there's one thing they don't have in common. Bridges. In total, the Nile has nine crossings over

Cairo alone, while shorter rivers like the Yanksi and Danube both have over 100. How many bridges

does the Amazon have? A grand total of zero.

So what's the reason behind this?

Boiling lava water?

Tsunami-like waves?

Or maybe even a supersized serpent lurking in its depths?

Well, get your waiters on because we're about to uncover the mystery of why the Amazon River has no bridges whatsoever.

The first thing you'll notice about the Amazon River is its sheer size.

Stretching some 4,345 miles long, it's fair to say that this river is lengthy.

So lengthy, its course runs even longer than the distance between Alaska and New Orleans.

Being such a big river, it's unsurprising that the Amazon releases a lot of water into the Atlantic.

And I mean a lot.

The river distributes around 44,000 gallons of fresh water into the ocean every second.

That means in 24 hours, the Amazon spills some 3.8 billion gallons of fresh water into the Atlantic.

For some perspective, that's equivalent to tipping 5,759 Olympic swimming pools of water into the ocean every single day.

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