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  2. Amazon River - Wikipedia

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    Satellite image of the mouth of the Amazon River, from the north looking south. Belém is the major city and port at the mouth of the river at the Atlantic Ocean. The definition of where exactly the mouth of the Amazon is located, and how wide it is, is a matter of dispute, because of the area's peculiar geography.

  3. Source of the Amazon River - Wikipedia

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    The Amazon River is the largest river in the world in terms of its flow rate. In addition, it is the second longest river, measuring 6,575 km (4,086 mi) [3] from its source to the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean [4] after the Nile River which is considered to be the longest river in the world (see Source of the Nile River), although there is some dispute.

  4. List of rivers of Amazonas (Brazilian state) - Wikipedia

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    Amazon River basin. Amazon River (includes the Solimões River) Tapajós River. Juruena River. Bararati River; Nhamundá River. Piratucu River; Mamuru River. Uaicurapa River; Andirá River; Paraná Urariá (Amazon and Madeira side channel) Maués Açu River. Urupadi River; Amanã River; Paracori River; Parauari River; Apoquitaua River; Paraconi ...

  5. List of rivers by discharge - Wikipedia

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    The average flow rate at the mouth of the Amazon is sufficient to fill more than 83 such pools each second. The estimated global total for all rivers is 1.2 × 10 6 m 3 /s (43 million cu ft/s), [ 1 ] of which the Amazon would be approximately 18%.

  6. Amazon basin - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Amazon River falls to lowest in over a century amid Brazil ...

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    The port of Manaus, the region's most populous city, at the meeting of the Rio Negro and the Amazon River, recorded 13.59 meters (44.6 ft) of water on Monday compared to 17.60 a year ago ...

  8. Marañón River - Wikipedia

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    The Marañón River (Spanish: Río Marañón, IPA: [ˈri.o maɾaˈɲon], Quechua: Awriq mayu) is the principal or mainstem source of the Amazon River, arising about 160 km to the northeast of Lima, Peru, and flowing northwest across plateaus 3,650 m (12,000 feet) high, [4] it runs through a deeply eroded Andean valley, along the eastern base of ...

  9. Amazon river levels fall due to lack of rain, hurting navigation

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    Last year's record drought in the Amazon and less than usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains for export and cutting off ...