The amazon
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The Amazon River is located in South America. It runs through
Guyana, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
•There are no bridges that cross the Amazon, mostly because
there is no need, the majority of the Amazon River runs through
rainforests rather than roads or cities.
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 •The largest city along the Amazon River is Manaus. Located in
Brazil it is home to over 1.7 million people.
 •There are over 3000 known species of fish that live in the
Amazon River, with more constantly being discovered.
 •Anacondas lurk in the shallow waters of the Amazon Basin,
they are one of the largest snakes in the world and occasionally
attack larger animals such as goats that get to close the water.
 •The Amazon River is also home to the piranha, a meat eating
type of fish! Being carnivores, piranhas are known to attack in
groups, preying on livestock that strays into the water and
possibly appearing in one or two of your own nightmares
As with the Nile,
the people who
lived along the
Amazon in
ancient times
used the river for
agriculture and
transportation.
That hasn't
changed
There more than one
thousand tributaries
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The Amazon is the world's second-longest river at
3,980 miles. But the Amazon is one of the widest rivers
on Earth, at times six whole miles wide. A full 20
percent of the water that pours out of the planet's
rivers into the oceans comes from the Amazon.
The Amazon dominates South America, collecting
water from 40 percent of the continent, in the form of
thousands of tributaries, many of which are
themselves more than 1000 miles long.
The Amazon River is part of a larger area called the
Amazon Rainforest, which has a unique assortment of
plants and animals. In some spots, the vegetation is so
dense that sunlight can't reach the rainforest floor.
Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana gave the river
its name and was the first European to travel the
length of the river. In 1541-2, he and his men
encountered a tribe of fierce women who reminded
him of the story from ancient Greece about Amazons,
who were warrior women. Perhaps to warn later
travelers about these fierce women, he named the
river Amazon.
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