Definition of Amazon River in English :

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Amazon River meaning in English

Meaning of Amazon River in English

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Amazon River

see synonyms of amazon river

Noun

1. amazon, amazon river

a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Amazon River

see synonyms of amazon river
The second-longest river in the world and the one with the greatest volume of water, flowing about 6,600 km (4,100 mi) from Peru across northern Brazil to a delta on the Atlantic Ocean. Much of the Amazon basin consists of tropical rain forest that is home to numerous indigenous cultures and supports many rare plant and animal species.

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