Amazon River
Noun
Meaning
a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)
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Examples
A migrant wave would have taken some time after initial entry to reach present-day Brazil, probably entering the Amazon River basin from the Northwest.
All of these rivers flow into the Amazon River.
Arapaima — a 10-foot-long South American fish that breathes air — have disappeared from much of the Amazon River basin because of overharvesting.
Far from lab coat and face mask territory, a group of indigenous healers with feather and leaf headdresses has been working its way up the Amazon river, looking for medicinal plants to treat the new coronavirus.
He and other found mercury in Amazon river dolphins – nearly half of those studied had dangerously high levels – and other researchers found mercury levels in jaguar fur near ASGM sites in the Brazilian Pantanal.
Freshwater The Amazon River in Brazil A freshwater ecoregion is a large area encompassing one or more freshwater systems that contains a distinct assemblage of natural freshwater communities and species.