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The Pará and the Amazon are connected by a series of river channels called furos near the town of Breves; between them lies Marajó, an island almost the size of Switzerland that is the world's largest combined river/sea island. Others consider it the independent lower reach of the Tocantins River.
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∙ 13y agothe amazon river has 9 main tributaries called Marañón, Japurá, Rio Negro, Ucayali, Purus, Madeira, Tapajós, Xingu and Tocantins.
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∙ 13y agoPurus River - 2,100 miles 3,379 kilometres
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∙ 13y agothe amazon river has 9 main tributaries called Marañón, Japurá, Rio Negro, Ucayali, Purus, Madeira, Tapajós, Xingu and Tocantins.
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∙ 14y agoThe river Purus. It is 3,379 km/2,100 mi long.
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∙ 13y agoThe major tributaries are
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∙ 12y agothe madeira and tapajos river
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