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- Flows through Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela
- Length: 4,195 milesUnique South America Travel Experience: Amazon River
- Area: 2,720,000 square milesUnique South America Travel Experience: Amazon River
- Width: One to 35 milesUnique South America Travel Experience: Amazon River
- Average velocity: 1.5 miles per hour
- Contains 20% of the earth's fresh waterUnique South America Travel Experience: Amazon River
- Discovered: 1541 by a Spanish explorer Francisco de OrellanaUnique South America Travel Experience: Amazon River
- Home to over two million species of animals and birdsBBC News: Amazon River
- Every year the river rises more than 30 feet (9 m)National Geographic: Amazon River and Flooded Forests
- Temperature averages 29 °C
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The Amazon River is the second longest in the world and the is the largest river by volume. Flowing from Lake Lauricocha in the Peruvian Andes, the Amazon flows across the continent of South America through over 1,500 tributaries and subtributaries to empty into the Atlantic Ocean. Along its journey, the swiftly flowing river picks up a great deal of nutrient rich soil, which is then deposited in the Amazon Basin during yearly floods, which can see river levels rising as much as thirty feet.
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Amazon Rainforest
The drainage basin of the Amazon River creates the largest rainforest in the world, which has the greatest diversity of plant species in the world and is home to over 2,000 species of birds and mammals. Many of these species are not found anywhere else on earth and are considered to be severely endangered. -
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Amazon River Questions
What large rivers feed into the Mississippi River? 1 AnswerThe Mississippi is joined by the Minnesota River south of the Twin Cities, the St. Croix River near Prescott, Wisconsin, the Black River (Mississippi River), La... read more
What are the largest rivers in Vera Cruz? 1 Answerhttp://www.dfinitivo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rivers-of-the-world.jpg The most important rivers in Veracruz are the Pánuco, Tuxpan and Cazones rivers in t... read more
What rivers connect into the Mississippi river near St. Louis? 2 AnswersThe rivers that connect near St. Louis into the Mississippi would be The Illinois river,The Missouri river,Meramec river and the Kaskaskia river. http://upload.... read more
What Castrophic event caused the formation of the Snake River? 1 AnswerThis caught my attention because I remember the famous Ansel Adams Snake River picture. It seems geologists are still debating what formed the river. The easte... read more
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More types of fish swim in the Brazilian Amazon River than in the entire Atlantic Ocean!
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YouTube - Amazon River Woodpecker vs Snake - A fight over woodpecker nest: submitted by hombrelobo to hombrelob.. http://bit.ly/64doIm
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@sdegutis oh my bad. im going to name it amazon, after the river
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The Residents make me feel like Im floating down The Amazon River
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