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Amazon River

The second-longest river in the world, the Amazon flows about 3,900 miles from northern Peru across northern Brazil to a wide delta on the Atlantic Ocean.

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Tennessee has fertile soil, mild climate, huge water systems and abundant minerals. The minerals include fluorite, marble, pyrite, zinc, limestone, phosphate rock, coal, and small amount of petroleum and natural gas.

What continent is the Amazon in?

It is located in South America. The countries that are near it are Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Guyana.

How much land does the amazon river cover?

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What countries does Amazon River go through?

Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Guyana.

Do starfish live in the Amazon River?

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How long is the Amazon River in km?

The length of the Amazon River is 6,575 km or 4,086 miles.

Source: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/1753894090274608

Was the Amazon River formed by a river?

Some geological evidence indicates that the Amazon River started to form over 200 million years ago when the present South America continent was still part of Gondwanaland. The Amazon River then flowed west into the Pacific Ocean. When Gondwanaland split apart about 140 million years ago, the South America plate was adrift until it collided with the Nazca plate, crushing the western edge of South America to form the Andes. The Andes blocked off the former mouth of the Amazon River, creating a huge fresh water lake that drained into the Atlantic Ocean while erosion formed the Amazon River Basin over the next 50 million years.

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Just Gondwana, not Gondwanaland. It's a common mistake, a tautology because "wana" means "land"!

Is the Amazon River in Argentina?

No, it's not in Argentiana. It starts in Ecuador, runs through Peru and meets the sea in Brazil.

What is so special about Amazon River?

It is the second longest river in the world.

As well as being the second longest river in the world, it has many roles, like watering many different diveristies of animals, from minor animals right up to the large animals such as the big cats of south america. It also has one of the largest spreads of area fed.

Houses many different animals, such as the boto(amazon river dolphin), piranha, and some bull sharks.

Also accounts for around one fifth the worlds river flow

The Amazon river spans 3 countries...Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.

What was the original name of the Amazon River?

On 26 December 1541, Francisco de Orellana accepted an expedition to conquer new lands for the King of Spain. He and 49 men journeyed 600 km down the Napo River, constantly threatened by the Omaguas Indians they reached a major confluence, at a point near modern Iquitos, and then followed what is now known as the Amazon River for a further 1200 km to its confluence with the Negro River (near modern Manaus), which they reached on 3 June 1542. This area around the Amazon was dominated by the Icamiaba natives, who were mistaken for fierce female warriors by the members of the expedition. Orellana later narrated the belligerent victory of the Icamiaba women over the Spanish invaders to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who, recalling the Amazons of Greek mythology, baptized the river Amazonas, the name by which it is still known.

Taken from Wikipedia.

Where does the water from Amazon River come from?

The Amazon originates in the Andes in Peru.

The geographic source of the Amazon River in Mt. Nevado Mismi of Peru. From its source to the mouth, the length of the Amazon river is 6,575 km or 4,086 miles.

Source: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/1753894090274608

Why is the Amazon River so important?

because it is good for your heart and too much of it can give you a heart attack that's why normal flora is important.

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What is the comparison of the Nile River and The Amazon River?

there are 3

crocodiles live in the river Nile and piranhas but neither of them live in the river Thames

and the Nile is only 4,132 and the Thames is 215

and the Nile flows through jungle and desert and the Thames does not

so there you have it 3 differences

Where is Amazon basin?

Amazon basin is belongs to the amazon rain forest. It is in south america.

What does the Amazon River contain?

Some of the Features on the Amazon River things such as; Meanders; Ox bow lakes; Confluences and Tributaries

What is the absolute location of the amazon river basin?

The River Amazon is in South America. It starts at Calillona, Peru. Its delta can be found in North Eastern Brazil. The Amazon River originates in Peru and flows through Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean.It is 2 to 4 degrees from the Equator.

South America

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By volume, the Amazon River of South America is the largest river in the world with a total discharge greater than the next ten largest rivers combined. The Amazon, which has the largest drainage basin in the world, about 7,050,000 square kilometers (2,720,000 sq mi), accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world's total river flow.

The mouth coordinates are 0°10′0″S 49°0′0″W

The source coordinates are 15°31′5″S 71°45′55″W

How many yards is the Amazon River?

Amazon River is the longest river in the world. Its basin is 4,195 miles in length or 7,383,200 long in yards.