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Amazon River

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  1. River in South America with headwaters in northern Peru. It flows across northern Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean.


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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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On Earth, regions shaped by large river systems are some of the richest ecosystems on the planet -- the Amazon River basin alone supports tens of thousands of known species.

From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025

However, he came under fire from environmentalists for backing a controversial oil-exploration project near the mouth of the Amazon River, which began in October.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

In the weeks before the conference, oil and gas major Petrobras, was given licenses by the Brazilian government to explore offshore drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 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

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