Amazon River
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It was named after the Amazons, legendary female warriors.
The world's second-longest river, after the Nile, it flows nearly four thousand miles and carries more water than any other river in the world.
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The Amazon River basin, the largest on Earth, spans roughly 6.2 million square kilometers.
From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025
The U.S.-listed miner plans another site at Fazendinha, close to where the Madeira meets the Amazon River, Bloise said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras this month started exploratory drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River, an area considered a promising new oil frontier.
From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025
The Amazon River dolphin, one of two freshwater dolphin species in the Amazon and Orinoco basins, uniquely adapts to explore seasonally flooded forest habitats.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
The captain of the distressed vessel, at last heeding the injunction, cast down his bucket, and it came up full of fresh sparkling water from the mouth of the Amazon River.'
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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