The Amazon River releases 5.5 * 10 ^ 7 gallons of water into the Atlantic Ocean every second
This statement is factually incorrect. The actual amount of water discharged by the Amazon River into the Atlantic Ocean is estimated to be around 209,000 cubic meters per second, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Though it is difficult to convert this directly to gallons since a gallon is a unit of volume commonly used in the United States, it's estimated that 1 cubic meter is roughly equivalent to 264.172 gallons. Therefore, the approximate discharge of the Amazon River into the Atlantic Ocean would be:
209,000 cubic meters/second * 264.172 gallons/cubic meter ≈ 55,148,648 gallons/second
So, the correct estimated discharge of the Amazon River into the Atlantic Ocean would be around 55 million gallons per second, not 5.5 * 10^7 gallons per second.