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The Amazon River (UK: / ˈ æ m ə z ən /, US: / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n /; Spanish: Río Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the longest or second-longest river system in the world, a title which is disputed with the Nile.
Iquitos (/ ɪ ˈ k ɪ t ɒ s, iː-,-t oʊ s / ⓘ; [3] [4] Spanish pronunciation:) is the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province and Loreto Region.It is the largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, as well as the ninth-most populous city in Peru.
River cruise ships with accommodation facilities offer longer cruises. According to Douglas Ward, "A river cruise represents life in the slow lane, sailing along at a gentle pace, soaking up the scenery, with plentiful opportunities to explore riverside towns and cities en route. It is a supremely calming experience, an antidote to the pressures of life in a fast-paced wor
Avalon Waterways started operations in 2004 with just one initial ship, called Avalon Artistry.The following year, the company added the Avalon Poetry to its fleet. [3]As of 2019, the company operates ships on the Danube, Rhine, Moselle, Rhone, Seine and Saone in Europe; [3] The Mekong River in Southeast Asia, [4] [5] as well as on the Yangtze (in China), the Ganges (in India) and the Amazon ...
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 1 ] or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent.
AmaWaterways is a Calabasas, California based river cruise company that offers cruises in Europe, Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, South America, and Egypt. [1] [2] Its price range is considered "luxury" among river cruises. [2] It had a fleet of 26 ships as of 2022. [1]
The várzea, or flooded forest, is found along seasonally flooded basins of tributaries of the upper Amazon River, and of the Amazon itself. [1] To the west the Iquitos várzea extends to the highest places where várzea is found in the Amazon region. The eastern boundary is defined by the Iquitos arch, an ancient crystalline arch that crosses ...
Tamshiyacu City has a population of about 8,000. [1] On the banks of the Amazon River about 50 km upstream from the city of Iquitos (about an hour by speedboat). [1] The population of Tamshiyacu is dedicated to fishing and growing humari, pineapples, cassavas and bananas.
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