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
An average atmospheric river transports more than double the flow of the Amazon River, according to the American Meteorological Society.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 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
If it turned out that the River of Doubt was a tributary of the Amazon River, they estimated that they had to travel another four hundred miles.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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