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The Amazon River or River Amazon (Portuguese: Rio Amazonas; Spanish: RÃo Amazonas) of South America is the largest river in the world by volume, with a total river flow greater than the next top ten largest rivers flowing into the ocean combined.
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Maps of The Amazon River
The Amazon produces approximately 20 percent of all the water that the world's rivers pour into the oceans on its own.
The Amazon collects water from just over 40 percent of South America's Landmass, through the thousands of tributaries that join the main branch of the Amazon river. Of these tributaries, 17 are over 1600(1000 miles) kilometres long.
http://www.mbarron.net/Amazon/bigmap.htm
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Amazon River from Wikipedia
The Amazon River accounts for approximately 1/5 of the world's total river flow, and it has the largest drainage basin in the world. There is an ongoing dispute regarding its length, and along with the Nile it is one of the contenders for the position as the longest river in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_River
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Amazon River from Britannica
Portuguese, Rio Amazonas, Spanish Río Amazonas, the greatest river of South America and the largest drainage system in the world in terms of the volume of its flow and the area of its basin.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109565/Amazo
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Amazon (river) from Encarta
Amazon (river) (Portuguese and Spanish Amazonas), river in northern South America, largely in Brazil, ranked as the largest in the world in terms of watershed area, number of tributaries, and volume of water discharged. Measuring 6,400 km (4,000 mi) from source to mouth, it is second in length only to the Nile among the rivers of the world.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571466/Amaz
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