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2. Amazon River - Wikipedia

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   The candirú, native to the Amazon River, is a species of parasitic fresh water catfish in the family Trichomycteridae, [97] just one of more than 1200 species of catfish in the Amazon basin. Other catfish 'walk' overland on their ventral fins, [ 98 ] while the kumakuma ( Brachyplatystoma filamentosum ), aka piraiba or "goliath catfish", can ...

3. Victoria amazonica - Wikipedia

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   Victoria amazonica is a species of flowering plant, the second largest in the water lily family Nymphaeaceae. It is called Vitória-Régia or Iaupê-Jaçanã ("the lilytrotter's waterlily") in Brazil and Atun Sisac ("great flower") in Inca (Quechua). Its native region is tropical South America, specifically Guyana and the Amazon Basin.

4. Amazon basin - Wikipedia

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   The highest point in the watershed of the Amazon is the second biggest peak of Yerupajá at 6,635 metres (21,768 ft). The Amazon River Basin occupies the entire central and eastern area of South America, lying to the east of the Andes mountain range and extending from the Guyana Plateau in the north to the Brazilian Plateau in the south.

5. Category:Flora of the Amazon - Wikipedia

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6. Amazon biome - Wikipedia

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   White water of the Solimões and black water of the Rio Negro converge to form the Amazon River. The Amazon watershed covers about 5,846,100 square kilometres (2,257,200 sq mi). [12] The Amazon River accounts for 15–16% of the total water discharged by rivers into the oceans of the world. [2] Rivers may be blackwater, whitewater or clearwater.

7. Whitewater river (river type) - Wikipedia

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   A whitewater river is classified based on its chemistry, sediments and water colour. Whitewater rivers have high levels of suspended sediments, giving the water a pH that is near-neutral, a high electric conductivity and a pale muddy, café au lait-like colour. [1] Whitewater rivers are of great ecological importance and are important to local ...