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Pará
Pará river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, N Brazil. It is actually the southeastern arm or estuary of the Amazon, divided from the rest of the river by Marajó island. It receives the waters of the Tocantins River. The port of Belém is on the right bank. ... Read more
Xingu
Xingu , river, 1,230 mi (1,979 km) long, rising in central Mato Grosso state, Brazil, and winding north across Pará state into the Amazon River at the head of the Amazon delta. The Xingu, with many rapids and falls, passes through wild, partly unexplored country, and only in its lower course ... Read more
river
river stream of water larger than a brook or creek. Land surfaces are never perfectly flat, and as a result the runoff after precipitation tends to flow downward by the shortest and steepest course in depressions formed by the intersection of slopes. Runoffs of sufficient volume and velocity join t... Read more
Missouri
Missouri river, c.2,565 mi (4,130 km) long (including its Jefferson-Beaverhead-Red Rock headstream), the longest river of the United States and the principal tributary of the Mississippi River. The length of the combined Missouri-Mississippi system from the headwaters of the Missouri to the mouth... Read more
Amazon
Amazon Port. Amazonas , world's second longest river, c.3,900 mi (6,280 km) long, formed by the junction in N Peru's Andes Mts. of two major headstreams, the Ucayali and the shorter Marañón . It flows across N Brazil before entering the Atlantic Ocean near Belém. The A... Read more
Congo
Congo or Zaïre , great river of equatorial Africa, c.2,720 mi (4,380 km) long, formed by the waters of the Lualaba River and its tributary, the Luvua River, and flowing generally N and W through Congo (Kinshasa) to the Atlantic Ocean. Course The second longest river of Africa and ... Read more
bore
bore inrush of water that advances upstream with a wavelike front, caused by the progress of incoming tide from a wide-mouthed bay into its narrower portion. The tidal movement tends to be retarded by friction as it reaches the shallower water and meets the river current; it therefore piles up and ... Read more
Mississippi
Mississippi river, principal river of the United States, c.2,350 mi (3,780 km) long, exceeded in length only by the Missouri River, the chief of its numerous tributaries. The combined Missouri-Mississippi system (from the Missouri's headwaters in the Rocky Mts. to the mouth of the Mississippi River... Read more
Japurá
Japurá , river, c.1,750 mi (2,815 km) long, rising as the Caquetá in the Andes, SW Colombia. It flows SE into Brazil, where it is called the Japurá, and enters the Amazon through a network of channels. It is navigable by small boats in Brazil. ... Read more
Orinoco
Orinoco , river of Venezuela, estimated to be from 1,500 to 1,700 mi (2,410-2,735 km) long. Rising near Mt. Delgado Chalbaud in the Guiana Highlands, S Venezuela, the Orinoco flows in a wide arc through tropical rain forests and savannas (llanos), forming part of the Venezuela-Colombia border, and e... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Amazon River"

Amazon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Port. Amazonas , world's second longest river, c.3,900 mi (6,280 km...south. The Casiquiare River, a natural canal, links the Amazon basin (through the Rio...definitively opened the Amazon to world knowledge. The river continued to be of enormous... Read more
Amazons
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body Amazons A legendary nation of female warriors...Sea. The distinctiveness of the fabled Amazons lay in their being an all-female tribe...Themiscyra in Cappadocia on the banks of the River Thermodon. From there they were said...hunting, and fighting. These legendary Amazons appear in several Greek ... Read more
rivers
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth rivers A river is a natural stream of water that flows...become groundwater. In order to have river run-off, precipitation must exceed evaporation...This results in large rivers such as the Amazon in South America, and the Congo in Africa...composition of major dissolved solids in river water is ... Read more
river
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...tributaries, and by a more smoothly graded bed; and the old river by a course graded to base level and running through a...diminishing in popularity now that quantitative studies of river behavior are more common. See also flood ; water rights ; waters, territorial . Important River Systems River ... Read more
longest rivers
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Mississippi 2335 1450 Colorado Pacific Ocean 2333 1450 South America Amazon [2] Atlantic Ocean 6430 3990 Paraná-Plata Atlantic Ocean 4000 2400 Purus Amazon 3350 2080 Madeira Amazon 3200 1990 Sao Francisco Atlantic Ocean 2900 1800 Australia Murray-Darli... Read more
Marañón
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...join the Ucayali River in NE Peru where it forms the Amazon River; some consider the...headwater of the Amazon, but an expedition...of the Apurímac River (a tributary of...distant from the Amazon's mouth. The Marañón...before reaching the Amazon basin. The Huallaga ... Read more
Kayapos
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...rain forest around the Amazon River in Brazil. The Kayapos...live along the Xingu River in the eastern part of the Amazon rain forest, in several...savanna (grassland). The Amazon basin, which includes the Amazon River and its tributaries such... Read more
Mississippi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition river, principal river of the United States, c.2,350 mi (3,780 km) long, exceeded in length only by the Missouri River, the chief of its numerous tributaries. The combined Missouri-Mississip...headwaters in the Rocky Mts. to the mouth of the Mississippi River) is c.3,740 mi (6,020 km) long and ranks ... Read more
Missouri
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition river, c.2,565 mi (4,130 km) long (including its Jefferson-Beaverhead-Red Rock headstream), the longest river of the United States and the principal tributary of the Mississippi River. The length of the combined Missouri-Mississippi system...3,740 mi (6,020 km), making it the world's third longest ... Read more
Francisco de Orellana
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...c.1546, Spanish explorer of the Amazon River. He took part in the conquest of...he floated down the length of the Amazon in one of the most improbable successful...long-haired male warriors) gave the river its name. He died in a subsequent... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "Amazon River"

Amazon
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Amazon, Brazil‐Peru A river, Amazanu in Tupi‐Guarani, which means ‘Big Wave’, a reference to the rapid flow at its mouth. It has no connection with the female warriors of Greek mythology, the Amazons, although Spanish explorers brought back tales of fearsome female warriors in ... Read more
Amazon floral region
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Amazon floral region Part of R. Good's ( The Geography of the Flowering Plants , 1974) neotropical kingdom , corresponding to one of the formations of the rain forest. Because of extensive flooding by the Amazon river, the vegetation can be divided into that which is above the flood-level, called ... Read more
Negro River
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Negro River, South America Three rivers...enters Brazil, later joining the Amazon. The forests around the river periodically flood and as the...organic matter washes into the river and gives the water its dark...hence the name ‘Black River’ from the Portuguese... Read more
river water, major constituents
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences river water, major constituents The average composition of river water is very different from that of sea water. The pH varies...average is usually between 6 and 8. Large rivers, e.g. the Amazon, remove about 10 5 kg of material per km 2 of catchment area...solid particles of colloidal debris. The ... Read more
Amazonas
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names ...a state named after the River Amazon, in Portuguese ‘Rio...both connected with the Amazon River basin.3. Venezuela: a state...Orinoco River. The Negro River, which forms its western border, is a tributary of the Amazon. Read more
Pará
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Pará, Brazil, Indonesia, Suriname 1. Brazil: a state through which the lower Amazon flows and whose Guaraní name simply means ‘River’. It is also the name of a river.2. The river in Suriname and island in Indonesia are spelt Para. Read more
Madre de Dios
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Madre de Dios, Peru‐Bolivia A river, a tributary of the Amazon, named by the Spanish ‘Mother of God’ in tribute to the Virgin Mary. Read more
Platanistoidea
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology ...comprises the one family Platinistidae (river dolphins), cetaceans which are believed...tail slightly notched at the mid-line. River dolphins grow to a length of 1.5–...there are two species; Inia inhabits the Amazon and upper Orinoco rivers of S. America...found in the estuary of the La Plata ... Read more
bore
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...abrupt front. Bores occur in certain shallow estuaries and river mouths where there is a large tidal range, and suitably funnel-shaped regions, e.g. the Amazon, the Bay of Fundy, the Tsing Kiang River in China, and the Rivers Severn, Trent, and Ouse in England... Read more
Marajó Island
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Marajó Island ( Isla de Marajó ), Brazil An island of 15 500 square miles (40 100 sq. km) in the Amazon river delta, its name reflects its location from the Guaraní para ‘river’ and jho ‘to go out’. Read more

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Lost cities.(Time Trip)(archeological discovery around the Xingu tributary of the Amazon River)
Magazine article from: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication; 12/2/2005; 560 words ; ...upper Xingu, a tributary of the Amazon River. They have found evidence of densely...European to travel the length of the Amazon River. Along the way, he says, he encountered...so impressed that he named the river the Amazon, after the famed female fighters... Read more
BRAZIL: EXPEDITION OUT TO PROVE THE AMAZON IS WORLD'S LARGEST RIVER.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/24/2007; 222 words ; ...Which is the largest river in the world? Would it...Nile, in Africa, or the Amazon, in Brazil? Seeking an...identify the true head of the Amazon River, the place where it actually...better. In the case of the Amazon River, for instance, we know... Read more
The River of Doubt: Into the Unknown Amazon.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 9/22/2006; 191 words ; The River of Doubt: Into the Unknown Amazon. Candice Millard. Little...discover the course of the 'River of Doubt', a tributary of the Amazon and to collect specimens for...white men to travel on the river and their journey was unbelievably... Read more
Hendrik Meurkens: Amazon River.(Artículo breve)
Magazine article from: Latin Beat Magazine; 9/1/2005; ; 203 words ; HENDRIK MEURKENS Amazon River (Blue Toucan) Despues de grabar más de una decena de discos en...principales géneros brasileños (choro, samba, bossa nova) en el CD Amazon River, una travesía irresistible a través de cuatro temas originales... Read more
Ecuador filed a lawsuit against ChevronTexaco claiming the U.S. oil giant dumped approximately 19 billion gallons of oil-polluted water into pits and rivers in the Amazon between 1971 and 1992.(Environment)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Latin Trade; 7/1/2003; 85 words ; ...ChevronTexaco claiming the U.S. oil giant dumped approximately 19 billion gallons of oil-polluted water into pits and rivers in the Amazon between 1971 and 1992. The company claims the water it extracted from its drilling operations was treated before it was released... Read more
Amazon Sweet Sea: Land, Life, and Water at the River's Mouth.
Magazine article from: Latino Leaders; 12/1/2002; 128 words ; ...colorful narrative and vibrant photography, Amazon Sweet Sea is a wonderful volume that presents life in the world's biggest delta, the Amazon. The author, Nigel J H Smith, uses the...to probe deeply into their daily lives. Amazon Sweet Sea chronicles their activities... Read more
CRUCERO POR EL RIO MAR.(viaje sobre el río Amazonas desde la ciudad de Manaus, Brasil)(TT: Cruising on the ocean river.)(TA: travels on Amazon River from city of Manaus, Brazil)
Magazine article from: Américas (Spanish Edition); 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; En treinta años de viajes por el Amazonas, el autor capta los altibajos de la vida...crucero trasatlántico en navegar el río Amazonas hasta Manaus, en el centro de América...contratar cuatro prácticos del río Amazonas, el doble de lo corriente, para que en... Read more
Libertino y coqueto, el pez-hombre del Amazonas.(delfines de río)(TT: Intelligent and playful, the river-man of the Amazons.)(TA: river dolphins)(Artículo Breve)
Magazine article from: Contenido; 12/1/2001; ; 302 words ; ...medianoche se pierde entre la vegetación del Amazonas para regresar al río, convertido en...historias se narran en la ribera del río Amazonas, hábitat de este misterioso animal que...construcción de diques y presas en el Amazonas, el delfín rosado está en peligro de... Read more
The status of infectious disease in the Amazon region.
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; The Amazon River basin region is a vast territory with...Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The Amazon River, the longest river in the world, traverses...epidemiologic change throughout the vast Amazon River basin. Dr Tauil is a professor in the... Read more
Lessons from the Amazon. (Executive Perspective).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: School Administrator; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...undergrowth for a first glimpse of the Amazon River. Once the bus stopped, we walked...The people who live along the Amazon River don't fight it, they accommodate...went in search of dolphins. The Amazon River is home to the only fresh-water... Read more